Position: Associate.
Practice Areas: Education.

Michelle H. Basi practices in the areas of education and immigration. Michelle previously served as a Summer Associate with the Firm. She represents public entities with respect to employment and termination matters, wage-hour compliance, student discipline and student rights, civil rights, and church/state issues.

Michelle also represents entities and individuals in immigration law matters, including obtaining temporary and permanent visas. During law school, Michelle worked as a law clerk, assisting in the representation of clients for family-based visas, VAWA self-petitions, asylum, and removal proceedings. As an undergraduate student, Michelle completed an internship in the Firm’s immigration department, assisting with the preparation of immigration cases.

• J.D., University of Denver College of Law,
  - Chancellor’s Scholar
  - Order of St. Ives
  

• Missouri, 2003
• Illinois, 2004

• The Missouri Bar Association
• The Illinois State Bar Association

• “FERPA and Other Legal Issues for School Secretaries and Registrars,” 2004