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Eric Lee
Attorney 01

Eric
Lee

Federal Litigator

— 2024 AILA Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in Litigation
— Argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Dept of State v. Muñoz (2024)
— Co-Founder & President, Consular Accountability Project
— Fluent in Spanish
— Licensed — Michigan

Eric Lee is a federal litigator and 2024 recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Jack Wasserman Memorial Award for Excellence in Litigation. Eric has represented high-profile clients fighting deportation, detention, visa denials, employment termination and school discipline based on free speech, association, false gang membership allegations and other unlawful pretexts. In 2024, Eric represented a Salvadoran man and his U.S. citizen wife separated by three presidential administrations, arguing the case (Dept of State v. Muñoz) before the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-founder, president and executive director of the Consular Accountability Project, a non-profit that litigates challenges to the authority of consular officers over visa denials and visa policy. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Michigan and speaks Spanish.

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Chris Godshall-Bennett
Attorney 02

Chris
Godshall-Bennett

Civil Rights Attorney

— J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
— B.A. Political Science & MESAS, Columbia University
— Former Legal Director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
— Decade of civil rights advocacy prior to law practice
— Licensed — District of Columbia

Chris Godshall-Bennett is a civil rights attorney and longtime activist. He became a lawyer after a decade in the Jewish Palestine Solidarity Movement to defend the rights and political power of progressive movements in the face of unprecedented repression. Chris has represented victims of police brutality, students facing retaliation for their political activism, prisoners denied basic care and dignity, employees fighting workplace discrimination, and non-citizens facing detention and deportation. Chris is the former Legal Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the nation's largest Arab civil rights organization. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Middle Eastern, South Asian, & African Studies from Columbia University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.

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Shalyn Fluharty
Attorney 03

Shalyn
Fluharty

Immigration Attorney

— Former Executive Director, Americans for Immigrant Justice
— Former Director, Dilley Pro Bono Project (formerly CARA Pro Bono Project)
— Former Protection Officer, UNHCR Washington, D.C.
— Asylum & removal defense specialist
— Licensed — California

Shalyn Fluharty is a Florida-based, California-barred attorney with extensive experience handling complex and high-stakes asylum and removal defense cases. She represents clients both in and out of detention, including parents fighting to reunite with their children and unaccompanied children seeking safety on their own. She previously led the Dilley Pro Bono Project in Texas and served as Executive Director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, where she oversaw a staff of approximately 100 and doubled the organization's budget to expand access to immigration representation. She later served as a Protection Officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Washington, D.C., where she focused on U.S. asylum reform. She is licensed to practice law in the State of California.

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