About Robert Aaron
Robert Aaron Perkins combines a steady practice in immigration law with years in legal education. He built his foundation in the Midwest and has balanced courtroom work and classroom teaching for decades.
Perkins earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Beloit College in 1986. He continued his studies at the University of Illinois College of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1989. Those formative years set the stage for a career that would alternate between private practice and academe.
He began his legal career soon after law school, joining Dentons in 1989. By 1991 he was working at McCullough, Campbell & Lane. In 1994 he became the lead lawyer at The Immigration Professor, P.C., a practice he has associated with for many years. In 1998 he added an academic appointment at the University of Illinois College of Law, where he taught and worked with law students.
Perkins’s professional network includes long-standing membership in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a connection that dates to 1993 and continues. That affiliation has kept him engaged with developments in immigration policy and practice and with other practitioners in the field. His dual roles in practice and teaching have allowed him to bring practical problems into the classroom and legal theory into client work.
Over time Perkins has expanded his practice’s footprint. The Immigration Professor maintains offices in multiple cities, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles and Davenport, Iowa. Practicing out of several offices has meant managing cases across jurisdictions and working with local counsel when matters require it. He has spent years navigating the procedural and substantive questions that immigrants and their families face.
Colleagues and students have come to know him as someone who moves between the demands of litigation and the slower pace of academic work. He has taught at a major public law school while running a practice that serves clients in different regions. That mix has influenced how he approaches client counseling and how he frames legal problems for students.
As of 2026 Perkins continues to practice immigration law through The Immigration Professor, P.C., maintaining multiple offices and teaching engagements while focusing on immigration matters.
