About Us: The Law Offices of Mark S. Kocol,P.C.

Service:

• Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
  • Liaison Committee (Chicago Co-Chair) 2001-2002
• Asylum Office Liaison Committee
  • Chicago Chair
    2000-2001
  • District Director Committee
    1996-1997

Experience

1. Admitted to bar:
   • 1994, Illinois
   • 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
   • 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
2. Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
3. Frequent speaker on the topic of immigration law at AILA seminars
4. Quoted on various immigration-related topics in local, national and internationally respected publications, such as:
   • New York Times
   • Chicago Tribune
   • Time Magazine (International Edition)
5. Appeared on Chicago’s Channel 2 (CBS affiliate) news programs to discuss various US political asylum-related issues
6. Interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR)
7. In 2005 and 2006, he successfully argued before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on various asylum/refugee and procedural issues
8. In 1999, he successfully argued before the United States Board of Immigration Appeals on the issue of whether his client had a reasonable and well-founded fear of persecution if she were returned to her home in the Former Yugoslavia

For more information, please call 312-588-0466.