Dan Gividen
Work in Gividen Law, PLLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Immigration, Federal, Appellate
Dominion Plaza, 17304 Preston Road, Suite 810, Dallas, TX 75252
About Dan Gividen
Practice Areas
- Immigration
- Federal
- Appellate
Education
- Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WashingtonJ.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Weber State University, Ogden , UtahB.S.
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Minor: English
Classes and Seminars
- “Mechanics of a Prosecutorial Discretion Request”, Dallas Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, - June 17, 2021
- “Pereida v. Wilkinson"—SCOTUS’ First Immigration Decision of the October 2020 Term, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Dallas Chapter, - April 20, 2021
- “What’s Next After Matter of Thomas and Thompson”, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Texas Chapter Virtual Fall Conference, - December 11, 2020
- “Review of SCOTUS 2019 Immigration Decisions and Preview of Immigration During the Next Term”, Dallas Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, - July 14, 2020
- “Practical Crimmigration”, State Bar of Texas, Annual Meeting on Demand, - June 25, 2020
- “Emerging Issues in Removal Defense”, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Immigration Law, - February 13, 2020
- "Urban Advantage Podcast Tackles the Tense and Emotional Topic of DACA, Guest Immigration Law Expert", https://news.untdallas.edu/urban-advantage-podcast-tackles-tense-and-emotional-topic-daca, - January 6, 2020
- “Overview of Immigration Law and Current Immigration Litigation”, Dallas Bar Association, Thomas Moore Section, - September 5, 2019
- “Crimmigration: The Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law”, Dallas County Criminal Practice Seminar, - September 4, 2019
- “Important Arguments/Issues that Should Be—But Aren’t—Getting Made in Removal Proceedings", American Immigration Lawyers Association, Dallas Chapter, - August 27, 2019
- “Removal Immigration Court Practice and Case Law Updates” , Dallas Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, - March 12, 2019
- “Review of Recent Significant SCOTUS, Circuit Court, and BIA Immigration Decisions", Dallas Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, - July 9, 2018
- “Criminal Prosecutions of Immigration Fraud—Panel Discussion”, U.S. Department of Justice National Advocacy Center, Panelist, - January 27, 2017
- “The Fog Lifts for the Categorical Approach: Not Really . . . The way Mathis, as evidenced by subsequent circuit decisions, cast more fog on the categorical approach", Dallas Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, - November 8, 2016
- “A Toolbox for Fact-Based Immigration Conversations”, Higginbotham Inn of Court – Group Presentation, - December 8, 2015
- “Renteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, American Immigration Lawyers Association – Texas Chapter, - July 22, 2014
- “Anatomy of a Removal Case”, American Immigration Lawyers Association Spring Conference, Texas Chapter, - April 24, 2014
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2009
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2014
Other Affiliations
- Higginbotham Inn of Court, 2017 - 2021 (Barister)
- Dallas Bar Association - Immigration Law Section , 2017 - Present (Member)
- State Bar of Texas - Immigration Law Section, 2021 - Present
- Higginbotham Inn of Court, 2015 - 2016 (Associate)
- Federal Bar, 2020 - Present
Past Positions
- University of North Texas Dallas, College of Law, Adjunct Professor - Immigration Law, 2016 - 2021
- Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Deputy Chief Counsel, 2016 - 2019
- U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Special Assistant United States Attorney, 2014 - 2016
- Office of Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Assistant Chief Counsel, 2011 - 2014
- Sorrels, Udashen, & Anton, Associate Attorney, - 2011
- The Honorable Jorge A. Solis, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Law Clerk, 2009 - 2010
Office Info
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