The Attorneys
Three litigators. One firm. Built to fight.
Eric
Lee
Licensed — Michigan
Eric Lee is a federal litigator and 2024 recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Jack Wasserman Memorial Award for Excellence in Litigation. Eric has represented high-profile clients fighting deportation, detention, visa denials, employment termination and school discipline based on free speech, association, false gang membership allegations and other unlawful pretexts. In 2024, Eric represented a Salvadoran man and his U.S. citizen wife separated by three presidential administrations, arguing the case (Dep’t of State v. Muñoz) before the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-founder, president and executive director of the Consular Accountability Project, a non-profit that litigates challenges to the authority of consular officers over visa denials and visa policy. Eric’s work has been featured in CNN, the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, Al Jazeera, France 24, Newsweek, NPR, Telemundo, Univision and others. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Michigan and speaks Spanish.
Chris
Godshall-
Bennett
Licensed — District of Columbia
Chris Godshall-Bennett is a civil rights attorney and longtime activist. He became a lawyer after a decade in the Jewish Palestine Solidarity Movement to defend the rights and political power of progressive movements in the face of unprecedented repression. Chris has represented victims of police brutality, students facing retaliation for their political activism, prisoners denied basic care and dignity, employees fighting workplace discrimination, and non-citizens facing detention and deportation. Chris is the former Legal Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the nation’s largest Arab civil rights organization. His work has been featured in CNN, NPR, CBS, NBC, The Jerusalem Post, The Middle East Eye, and more. Chris received his B.A. in Political Science and Middle Eastern, South Asian, & African Studies from Columbia University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.
Shalyn
Fluharty
Licensed — California
Shalyn Fluharty is a Florida-based, California-barred attorney with extensive experience handling complex and high-stakes asylum and removal defense cases. She represents clients both in and out of detention, including parents fighting to reunite with their children and unaccompanied children seeking safety on their own. She previously led the Dilley Pro Bono Project in Texas and served as Executive Director of Americans for Immigrant Justice, where she oversaw a staff of approximately 100 and doubled the organization’s budget to expand access to immigration representation. Shay later served as a Protection Officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Washington, D.C., where she focused on U.S. asylum reform. While Shay has worked at the highest levels of leadership and systemic reform, her greatest passion remains directly representing individuals and families and innovating to expand access to justice. She is licensed to practice law in the State of California.
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