Adam S. Cohen is a Partner with Siskind Susser, practicing exclusively immigration and nationality law. Adam focuses his practice in the areas of healthcare and academic immigration. He represents universities, academic medical centers, health care systems, hospitals, private practices, and individual students, scholars, physicians, researchers, faculty, nurses, and other allied health care professionals.
Adam is very active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and he has served on several committees, such as the High Impact Adjudication Assistance (HIAA) Committee, the USCIS Case Assistance Committee, the Media Advocacy Committee, the Client Practice Resources Committee, and the Board of Publications. Adam is a former Business Subcommittee Chair of the USCIS Case Assistance Committee, as well as a former Vice Chair of the AILA Media Advocacy Committee and, in that role, he served as an AILA national spokesperson.
Adam is also active in NAFSA: Association of International Educators and served for several years as a member of the Regulatory Sessions Working Group, International Students and Scholars Regulatory Practice Committee (ISS RP) and Trainer Corps. He is also an active member of the International Medical Graduate Taskforce (IMGT), the physician immigration bar organization, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys, and he serves on committees in both organizations.
Adam is the author of the publication, The Academic Immigration Handbook, a 400+ page resource primarily for institutions. The publication is now in its fourth edition and is distributed by AILA. Adam has spoken multiple times on academic and healthcare immigration topics at AILA, IMGT, NAFSA, AHLA (American Health Law Association) and other national conferences, as well as for various universities and organizations. He has been selected as a Global Elite Thought Leader – Under 45 and a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration, as well as a Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star. He has also been quoted in The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Times of India, Bloomberg Law, and other press and has written articles and op-eds for various publications, including The Hill and AILA’s Think Immigration blog.
Adam received his law degree from the University of Florida. Prior to joining Siskind Susser, he served for several years as a Judicial Law Clerk and Attorney Advisor for the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Honors
- 2023 Who’s Who Legal Corporate Immigration Future Leaders
- 2023 Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader – Under 45
- 2022 Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader – Under 45
Professional Associations
- International Medical Graduate Taskforce
- Physician Immigration Bar Organization
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- Federal Bar Association Memphis Mid-South Chapter – past Board Member
- Florida Bar
Books
The Academic Immigration Handbook