Attorney Profile

Frederick B. Benson
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Mr. Benson is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

• Immigration
• Naturalization
• Citizenship
• Probate
• Wills
• Estate planning and trusts

Admitted

• California, 1975
• Pennsylvania, 1976
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1976
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd and 9th Circuits, 1981

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 1975
• Franklin & Marshall College, B.A., 1971
• University of Delaware

Certifications

• Certified Specialist, Immigration and Nationality Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Associations and memberships

• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Immigration Section; Member, Executive Committee, 2002 – 2003)
• State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section)
• California Board of Legal Specialization (Member, Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, 2000 – 2004; Chair, 2003 – 2004)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Lecturer

• Immigration Legal Assistance Project, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1986

Speaker

• “Naturalization Derivative Status,” American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference, 2003
• “Lunch with the Experts,” Los Angeles County Bar Association Immigration Section, 2007
• General Attorney (Nationality), Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California, 1976 – 1980