Joshua Joseph Despain

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Wilner & O'Reilly APLC

Experience: 7 years

Colorado, Executive Office for Immigration Review and USCIS

Boyd Service Award with Highest Honors and Pro Bono Society

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J.J. Despain is a managing attorney in Boise for W&O’. He is admitted to the Colorado State Bar and practices mostly family-based and employment-based immigration law. J.J. has represented clients in over 100 interviews with USCIS. He has participated in events at community centers in both Utah and Idaho to present issues in immigration law and speak about the many possibilities available to potential clients. J.J. graduated from Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in communications with an emphasis in print journalism. He spent two years as an opinions editor, sports editor, and web editor for the campus newspaper, The Daily Universe. J.J. also earned minors in both Spanish and political science. After his undergraduate studies, J.J. attended law school at the University of Iowa College of Law. In Iowa, J.J. was the president of the student chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, a managing editor of the Iowa Law Review, a judicial clerk for the Honorable Stephanie M. Rose of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, and was involved with the Latino Law Students Association and Sports Law Society.

J.J. previously worked with Catholic Charities of Central Texas in Austin, Texas, where he led the office’s DACA renewal process for clients, and also assisted with U-visas and I-601A waivers. He also worked in Austin with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on cases involving housing disputes. Back in Iowa City, J.J. assisted with Cole & Vondra, PC, in putting on Know Your Rights seminars for the local immigrant community, and with the Iowa Legal Aid Pro Bono Project.

In his spare time, J.J. enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, exploring the Idaho outdoors, drawing, watching sports (especially BYU), and watching movies. J.J. and his family live in Boise.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Colorado

Colorado Supreme Court
ID Number: 49597
Since 2016

Executive Office for Immigration Review

ID Number: EE162589
Since 2017

USCIS

ID Number: 49597
Since 2016

Professional Experience

2019 - Current

Wilner & O'Reilly APLC

Managing attorney

2016 - Current

Wilner & O'Reilly APLC

Associate attorney

Practicing family-based immigration (U-visas; I-601A, I-601, and I-212 waivers; I-130 petitions; I-360 petitions, e.g., VAWA petitions and SIJS petitions; consular processing; adjustment of status; K1 visas; asylum) Practicing employment-based immigration (PERM labor certifications; I-140 petitions; H visas; E-2 visas; L-1 visas; TN visas) Advocating for clients in U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services interviews Representing clients in Executive Office for Immigration Review hearings Leading CLE seminars for the firm’s attorneys and paralegals Mentoring legal interns Presenting immigration issues at community events in Utah and Idaho Publication: H-1B Visa Program, RIVERSIDE LAWYER, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 8–9 (Oct. 2018)

2014 - 2015

Iowa Law Review

Managing editor

Edited articles and notes, focusing on Bluebook format and other technical aspects

2014 - 2014

Catholic Charities of Central Texas - Immigration Legal Services

Legal intern

Led DACA status renewal process, including interviewing clients, and preparing applications Interviewed clients and prepared their applications, usually in Spanish, for U-visas, I-601A waivers

2014 - 2014

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Judicial extern for The Honorable Stephanie Rose

Wrote and researched for drafts of memoranda and orders Observed trials and hearings with judicial clerks

Education

2012 - 2015

University of Iowa

J.D. (2015) | Law

Honors: Boyd Service Award with Highest Honors Pro Bono Society

2005 - 2011

Brigham Young University

B.A. (2011) | Communications

Activities: Minor in Spanish Minor in political science

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Boyd Service Award with Highest Honors

University of Iowa College of Law

Pro Bono Society

University of Iowa College of Law

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Wilner & O'Reilly APLC 10173 West Overland Road Boise ID 83709 Telephone: (208) 391-2020

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