About Stephen
Stephen Yale-Loehr is a lawyer and academic whose career straddles practice, teaching and policy work. He earned both his undergraduate degree and his J.D. from Cornell University, where he later returned to teach. His classroom work at Cornell centers on immigration practice, drawing on decades of courtroom and administrative experience.
After law school he built a practice that led to admissions before multiple high courts. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Those credentials have underpinned a career that moves between appellate filings, agency proceedings and law school seminars. He has combined litigation and client representation with an ongoing role in legal education.
On the academic side he holds the title Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell University. There he teaches courses that address the mechanics of immigration law and the practical skills lawyers need when handling asylum, removal and visa matters. His teaching is part of a broader effort to connect classroom instruction to the daily realities of immigration work, including courtroom procedure and client counseling.
In private practice he serves Of Counsel at Miller Mayer, LLP. In that capacity he consults on complex immigration questions, prepares filings and appears where appropriate before federal courts and administrative bodies. His work for the firm is paired with writing and public-facing commentary aimed at explaining changes in immigration policy and practice to other lawyers and to interested audiences.
Beyond the office and the classroom he participates in several professional organizations. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a nonresident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. He holds memberships in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Tompkins County Bar Association and USA Chambers. Those roles reflect a steady engagement with both the bar and policy research communities.
His career is marked by a steady interplay between advocacy, instruction and policy analysis. He publishes and speaks on immigration topics, and he continues to contribute to debates about immigration law and its administration. He splits his time between Cornell and Miller Mayer, LLP, and currently focuses his practice on immigration and nationality law.
