The Immigrant and Refugee Appellate Center, LLC (IRAC) is a public interest immigration law firm. It is dedicated to representing persons from throughout the world in immigration matters. IRAC defends individuals in appellate proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the federal circuit courts of appeals, and in habeas proceedings in federal district courts. Among others, it has represented asylum applicants, applicants for relief under the Convention Against Torture, lawful permanent residents, derivative United States citizens, and parolees who are threatened with removal or deportation from the United States.

In addition, IRAC assists immigration attorneys. It provides a same day filing service with the BIA. It arranges to review and copy Records of Proceedings (ROP’s) at the BIA. It researches and drafts briefs, motions, and memoranda of law for all levels of immigration proceedings.

Thomas Hutchins, Esq. established IRAC in 2001. Mr. Hutchins brings more than fifteen years of appellate experience to IRAC, first as a staff attorney with a refugee group in South Texas and then as a private practitioner in Virginia. He is joined by James Feroli, Esq., with over five years of immigration law practice.