REBECCA M. WHITING

• Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Illinois

  • United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois

  • United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• Education

  • The John Marshall Law School, JD 2007

  • Purdue University , B.A., Political Science, 2004

• Legal Career

  • Adjunct Professor at The John Marshall Law School, teaching Immigration Law (2015 to 2017) and volunteering at the Domestic Violence Clinic (2017 to 2019).

  • More than fifteen (15) years of experience, exclusively practicing all areas within the U.S. immigration laws.

  • Designated as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers® in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

  • Designated as a “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers® in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

  • Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) from 2007 until 2017. Active member in AILA’s Chicago Chapter, serving on the Asylum Committee (2012 & 2014), the Secretary of State Committee (2012 & 2013), the Social Security Administration Committee (2012), and the Continuing Legal Education Committee (2009 & 2010).

  • Speaker for The Chicago Bar Association's Immigration and Nationality Law Committee regarding, "Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions" (Sep. 15, 2016).

  • Panel speaker for ILW’s seminar “Removal for Experts” (Nov. 13, 2014).

  • Briefed and argued Klene v. Napolitano, 697 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2012), in which the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Department of Homeland Security cannot preclude a naturalization applicant from seeking judicial review of their application simply by initiating removal proceedings against them.