Chris Nugent works as a Senior Counsel with the Community Services Team of Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for developing cutting-edge immigration-related pro-bono projects and trainings for firm offices and undertaking complex domestic and international casework involving immigration and public policy.
Mr. Nugent has over two decades of experience in immigration law and policy including his previous tenure as a Director of the ABA Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono; Executive Director of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (Florence, Arizona) serving immigration detainees; and an National Association for Public Interest Law Equal Justice Fellow working with Mexican and Guatemalan indigenous farmworkers in California in community development projects.
Mr. Nugent has written and lectured extensively about immigration policy and practice issues.
Professional Honors & Awards
Memberships
American Bar Association, Co-Chair, Rights of Immigrants of Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member of Pro Bono, GLBT and Family Law Committees
- National Immigration Forum, Board of Directors
- Just Neighbors Ministry, Board of Directors
Court Admissions
- U.S. Appeals Courts, Fourth Circuit
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Board of Immigration Appeals
Christopher Nugent
