Scott C. Titshaw 404.873.8592 [direct] 404.873.8593 [fax] scott.titshaw@agg.com Area of Practice International Transactions, and Immigration Law

Scott Titshaw is a senior associate who focuses on immigration law and German-American business transactions.

Mr. Titshaw represents a wide variety of domestic and multinational corporations, schools and universities, entrepreneurs, individuals and families in all aspects of business and family based immigration, including temporary and long-term visas, employment authorization, permanent residence (green cards) and naturalization, as well as I-9 and SSA employer compliance issues. He represents his clients before the Department of Homeland Security (including the BCIS, BICE, & BCBP), the Justice Department, the Department of Labor, the Department of State and at US Consulates around the world. As a regularly published author, frequent lecturer, and lobbyist, Mr. Titshaw carefully monitors developments in immigration law and policy and provides his clients with advice concerning their short and long-term strategies and alternatives.

Mr. Titshaw also works together with other members of AGG's German-American business services and international practice teams to assist foreign-based companies or individuals in determining the optimal structure for doing business in the United States. In addition, he assists these clients in establishing and maintaining operations in the United States and in structuring cross border transactions. Based on his legal studies in Germany and his work for German courts and law firms, Mr. Titshaw is particularly knowledgeable about German and European Union legal systems and business practices.

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, 2003
  
• LGIRTF National Board, 2002-present
  
• Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia, President 2001-2002, Vice President 2000-01, Board of Directors 1999-present
  
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Atlanta, Chapter, 1996-present; Treasurer and Executive Committee, 2003 - present, Chair-Congressional Liaison Committee, 2002-present
  
• Legal Translator / Interpreter, German Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe,
  Germany, 1992-1994
  
• Judicial Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Adrian G. Duplantier, 1990-1991
  
  
Publications & Writing Awards

• "O&P Nonimmigrants," 24th Annual Immigration Law Update, Florida Bar Ass'n & AILA, 2003.
  
• "K Visas for Fiance's and Spouses of U.S. Citizens," Georgia ICLE, 2003.
  
• Investment Guide to Germany (co-editor & co-translator) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/Rödl & Partner GbR, 2001.
  
• "US Immigration Law: Denying the Value of Gay and Lesbian Families," Human Rights, 2001.
  
• "Sharpening the Prongs of the Establishment Clause: Applying Stricter Scrutiny to Majority Religions", Ga.L.Rev.1989.
  
• 1989 Legal Writing Award of the State Bar of Georgia.
  
• Georgetown University's Bernard M. Wagner Medal for "Excellence in Writing", 1985.

Languages
Fluent in German, proficient in Spanish

Education
L.L.M. (Master of Law), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg,
    Germany, 1993 (magna cum laude)
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship in
    German and E.U. Law, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1991-92
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1990 (cum laude)
    Georgia Law Review Editorial Board, 1988-89; Notes Editor,
    1989-90
B.A., English and Government, Georgetown University, 1985
    Georgetown Journal Editorial Board, 1985

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 1990