Born in Gainesville, Florida, Evan D. George has over six years experience in immigration law, including three years with a premier immigration firm in New York City, NY, Masliah & Soloway, PC. In February 2008, Mr. George started his own immigration law practice in Gainesville, Florida, where he represents individuals in all areas of
immigration and deportation defense. He is a member of the Florida Bar, an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Mr. George serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. George is a guest speaker at professional conferences and law schools, including the University of Florida Law School, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Alachua County Public Defenders Office. He writes a regular column Immigration Matters for the ECJBA Newsletter. Mr. George provides pro-bono legal services to indigent asylum seekers and battered migrant women and conducts Know Your Rights presentations for immigrant groups. He is presently a member on the Executive Board for the Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association for Alachua County and the Young Lawyers Division Executive Board.
In New York City, he represented over seventy asylum seekers, from dozens of countries, with claims of a well-founded fear of persecution, including persons targeted for violence on account of their political opinion, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Mr. George was a Co-Chair for the New York City AILA Young Lawyers Division for 2005 and 2006.