Benjamin Casper, Partner
Benjamin Casper has over fifteen years of experience litigating cases before immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Courts, the U.S Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School with honors in 1997. Benjamin has served as an adjunct clinical professor of immigration law at the University of Minnesota Law School, William Mitchell College of Law, and University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Benjamin is frequently invited to teach continuing legal education seminars to both national and local audiences. Since 2011, he has served on the amicus curiae committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In 2008, Benjamin helped the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota establish the Pro Bono Litigation Project, which he continues to direct on a contract basis.
Benjamin has won awards for teaching, mentoring, and pro bono representation in the field of immigration litigation. You can read his full biography here.
Kate Evans, Partner
Before joining the firm, Kate clerked for the Honorable Diana E. Murphy, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, as well as the Honorable Harriet Lansing and the Honorable Thomas Kalitowski of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
In 2009, Kate graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where, as a member of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, she litigated cases before federal district court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and immigration court. Kate received the Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize from the Dean of the law school for her outstanding work in the clinic. Kate also represented clients in a wide range of immigration matters as an intern at Lutheran Social Services of New York. The law school awarded her a full-tuition scholarship for her dedication to public service.
Kate is the author of an award-winning article, The ICE Storm In U.S. Homes: An Urgent Call for Policy Change, 33 N.Y.U. REV. L. & SOC. CHANGE 561 (2009), on the Fourth Amendment and ICE home raids. She is currently an adjunct clinical professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Read Kate’s full biography here.
