Mr. Skyler Anderson
ANDERSON & BENSON, PLLC
Skyler Anderson is one of the founding partners of ANDERSON & BENSON. He has several years of experience dedicated to immigration. Dating back to his first year in law school through pro bono clinics and internships, Skyler’s focus has always been immigration law. As an attorney, he has successfully navigated clients through the tangled webs of immigration law through U.S. embassies and consulates throughout the world, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the immigration and appellate courts. His advocacy has resulted in a number of notable published decisions in the state and federal appellate courts.
Skyler lived for two years in southern Chile, where he became fluent in Spanish and where he developed a love for foreign cultures. Upon returning to the United States, Skyler continued his study of the language, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Brigham Young University in 2007. He went on to receive his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2009.
Skyler served on the executive committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) four years. He has held leadership positions and/or volunteered at the Horizonte Pro Bono Immigration Clinic since 2008. He is a former judicial clerk for the Immigration Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been recognized for his service to the minority community by the NAACP, and was a recipient of the College of Law Outstanding Achievement Award in Immigration Law.
- The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
- Law
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- Honors: CALI Award in Predatory Lending Seminar; College of Law Outstanding Achievement Award in Conflicts of Law, Conflict Management, and Immigration Law; 2009 Leary Scholar
- Activities: SJ Quinney College of Law Immigration Clinic Student Coordinator
- Brigham Young University
- Spanish
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- Honors: Certified as Advanced High in written and oral Spanish.
- Partner/Attorney
- ANDERSON & BENSON, PLLC
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- Partner/Attorney
- Immigrant Defenders Law Group, PLLC
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- Attorney
- Ishola-Tarin, PLLC
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- Attorney
- Dorany Rodriguez-Baltazar, PLLC
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- Court Clerk
- EOIR - Immigration Court
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- Assisting two local immigration judges in research and decision drafting at the immigration court in Utah.
- Matter of CHAIREZ-Castrejon, 26 I&N Dec. 819 (BIA 2016)
- Board of Immigration Appeals (published decision)
- Golicov v. Lynch, No. 16-9530 (10th Cir. 2016)
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Matter of Chairez and Matter of Sama, 26 I&N Dec. 796 (A.G. 2016)
- USDOJ, AG Loretta Lynch
- Advanced High - Written Spanish
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Advanced High - Oral Spanish
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Honoree of the Year
- Utah Minority Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - UT Chapter
- Chapter Chair
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - UT Chapter
- Vice Chair
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - UT Chapter
- Treasurer
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - UT Chapter
- New Member Division Liaison
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- Activities: Organizing and facilitating mentorships and other assistance for new immigration attorneys.
- Utah
- All 50 States for Federal Immigration Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
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- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Spanish: Spoken, Written