Simpson Thacher attorneys have met with great success in recent months in representing refugee clients in the clients' applications for asylum and withholding of removal. They have succeeded in obtaining asylum and/or withholding of removal for refugees from Colombia, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Tibet, China, Nepal, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.
Congratulations on a job well done to the following Simpson Thacher attorneys and paralegals: Fernando Ballester Gil, Rachel Birnbaum, Vanessa Bressler, Tai-Heng Chen, Sandra Chiocchi, Sung Choi, Justin Despirito, David Evans, Beatriz Franco, Esther Kim, Veronique Laughlin, Michael Masserman, Matthew Meyer, Amanda Motsinger, Melanie Ramjoue, Charlton Rugg, Dana Rundlof, Manda Sertich, Yuval Sheer, Terryl Simeina, Veronica Vela and Janet Whittaker.