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Bruce Allen is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University and a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law, where he won the Alumni Award for ranking first in his class of over three hundred students. He has been engaged in the practice of law for more than twenty years. He is a member in good standing of the bars of the U.S. states of Ohio and Massachusetts, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in Canada. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and the Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Bruce began his legal career as a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in the United States. He established his own law firm in 1983. In addition to immigration law, his practice has included extensive litigation experience in the state and federal courts, including several precedent-setting cases in the areas of civil rights and employment discrimination. Although he was raised and educated in the United States, Bruce has strong family ties to Nova Scotia, Canada, which he has maintained throughout his life. This has made possible the expansion of Allen & Hodgman from a U.S. based law firm to a Canadian and U.S. law firm. An avid swimmer, biker and runner, Bruce has competed in more than seventy-five triathlons over the last fifteen years.

(Ms.) Blair Hodgman is a cum laude graduate of Tufts University and a cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law. Blair has been a practicing attorney for twenty years. She is also a member of the Ohio and Massachusetts bars, the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. She has served as Chair of the provincial Immigration Section of the Canadian Bar Association. She is also a member of AILA. Blair began her career as an associate at Jones Day Reavis and Pogue, one of the largest law firms in the world. She joined Bruce Allen to establish Allen & Hodgman in 1983. Her career includes extensive litigation experience in both civil and criminal law. Blair is an active runner, and has won many first place prizes.

Both Bruce Allen and Blair Hodgman are fully licensed and qualified to practice both U.S. and Canadian immigration law. At the present time, their practice consists exclusively of immigration law. There are at most a few dozen lawyers in the world with these qualifications. Bruce and Blair have a unique ability to counsel clients from around the world who are considering working and living in the United States or Canada.