William Schiller represents individuals, corporate, and university clients in a broad array of immigration matters. Many of the clients he represents are professors, researchers, scientists and post-doctoral scholars who apply for permanent residence as outstanding researchers and professors, and via national interest waiver and extraordinary ability immigration petitions. In addition, Wiliam's law practice involves the representation of highly-skilled professionals and individuals in a wide range of non-immigrant visa matters, as well as family-based immigration involving applications for permanent residence in the United States, asylum matters, removal, naturalization, consular processing, and other complex areas of immigration law.
As universities, medical centers, international students, faculty and postdoctoral scholars face increasingly complex and evolving immigration policies, William also leads Hinshaw’s Higher Education Immigration Team.
William lectures and publishes extensively on immigration law, and his client base is national and worldwide. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches a senior-level course on international human rights and U.S. refugee law.
Professional Affiliations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, Former Co-Chair
- Illinois State Bar Association
Honors & Awards
- "Pro Bono Leadership" Award, Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center (now NIJC) and the American Bar Association
- Recognized as a "Superb Attorney" by Avvo
- Recipient of "Client Choice" Award, Avvo
- Recognized by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer," in the areas of Immigration Law: Employment and Immigration Law: Individual, 2013 – 2023
- Recognized on the Super Lawyers list by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine, 2005 – 2023
Publications
- Co-Author, "Employment-Based Immigration: The First Three Preferences," Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 2022 – 2023 Ed., 2020 – 2021 Ed., 2019 – 2020 Ed., 2018 – 2019 Ed., 2017 – 2018 Ed.
News
- August 14, 2023
Hinshaw Publications
- September 28, 2023Insights for Employers
- August 9, 2023Insights for Employers
Community/Civic Activities
- Immigration Equality, Pro Bono Attorney
- Immigration Project, Former Vice President and Board Member
- Leadership Council of the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), Former Member and Co-Chair
Practices
Education
LL.M., International Business Law, King's College London, 1991
J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1987
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois