About Ira J. Kurzban, ESQ
Mr. Kurzban holds J.D. and M.A. Degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. with honors from Syracuse University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He is also an honorary fellow of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he was honored for his exemplified signal service to every aspect of the legal profession. He is also the recipient of the Wasserstein Fellowship at Harvard University Law School and was named the 2020 Recipient of the Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law. Mr. Kurzban has been a founding partner in the law firm of Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli, & Pratt P.A. of Miami, Florida for over 40 years and is the chair of the firm's... Read More
Education
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California
J.D.
University of California, Berkeley
M.A. in Political Theory
Syracuse University
B.A.
Honors:
With High Honors
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa
Awards
2020 Recipient of the Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law
Super Lawyers, 2006-Present
Who’s Who Legal – International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers – Corporate Immigration, 2012
Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys – Immigration 2011
Named “Star Individual” Lawyer in Chambers
Named in the Best Lawyers in America for Immigration and Employment Law, 1995-Present
AV Rated with Lexis-Nexis, 2009-Present
Named one of world’s twenty-three most highly regarded corporate immigration lawyers
Named by Miami Today as One of the Twenty Best Lawyers in Dade County, Florida
Named by National Law Journal as One of the Top Twenty Immigration Lawyers in the United States
First Recipient of the Tobias Simon Award Presented by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Selected by Esquire Magazine as part of America’s New Leadership Class
Selected in Newsweek Magazine as one of 100 American Heroes for his work for refugees
Named one of the top 100 employment lawyers in the US
Lawdragon – The Leading 500 Lawyers in America
Florida Legal Elite, 2004-Present
South Florida Legal Guide – Top Lawyers, 2021
The Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in federal litigation
Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in the advancement of immigration law given by the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Carol King Award for his efforts in immigration law given by the National Lawyers Guild
Named as one of the world’s twenty three most highly regarded corporate immigration lawyers in the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers
Recipient of the Lawyers of the Americas Award for his work on behalf of human rights in this hemisphere given by the University of Miami
Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Past-President
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Former General Counsel
Honorary Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Fellow
Wasserstein Fellowship, Harvard Law School
Bar Admissions
California, 1976
Florida, 1976
Iowa, 2008
New York, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th... Read More
Languages
English Spanish