Resume
JOSEPH C. GRASMICK
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ADDRESS:
Joseph C. Grasmick
Law Office of Joseph C. Grasmick, Business Immigration Olypic Towers
300 Pearl Street Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14202 U.S.A.
Voice: 716.842.3100 Fax: 716.842.3105 jgrasmick@grasmick.com http://www.grasmick.com
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
J.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1978 (cum laude, Law Review, Baldy Fellow)
M.A., Social and Cultural Anthropology, SUNY at Buffalo, 1978. (Graduate
Fellowship)
B.A., Political Science, SUC of NY at Fredonia, 1974. (Dean's List, President
Class of 1972, President Student Government)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Immigration and Nationality Law; Ethnology and National Law of Latin America;
Interethnic Contact and Social Networks; Legal Anthropology; International Law
and the International Protection of Human Rights; Law and Indigenous Peoples
EMPLOYMENT AND RESEARCH
Law Office of Joseph C. Grasmick, Buffalo, NY and Gellman,
Kurtzman, Macri & Grasmick, Niagara Falls, NY, immigration and
nationality law, 9/78-1/81 Associate; 1/81-Present, Partner/Owner. Inter-American Foundation, Research Fellow, research concerning inter-ethnic
contact between Paraguayan ethnic groups. 8/79-1/81.
Organization of American States, Research Fellow, consultant to Paraguayan
Ministry of Public Health in an applied research project concerning the impact
of national rural health service administration on indigenous minorities.
10/79-10/80.
Fulbright Research Fellow, Paraguay, 10/79-10/80.
Lawyer's Committee for International Human Rights, representative to the United
Nations/ECOSOC Commission on Human Rights Subcommission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Geneva, Switzerland. 8/78-9/78. International Labor Organization, short-term assignments with the Application
of Standards Branch, Geneva, Switzerland, surveying the South American Civil Code
real property law, and its application to indigenous minorities. Funded by
the Ford Foundation Human Rights Internship Program. 5/77-9/77.
Buffalo Law Review, Senior Editor. 6/77-6/78.
SUNY at Buffalo Law School, Research Associate, locating translating and
summarizing Guatemalan, Mexican, Colombian and Panamanian legal materials
pertaining to the incorporation of treaty law into national law. 1/76-12/76. Peace Corps Volunteer, Paraguay, working with the national health agency,
SENASA, executing running water projects and designing comprehensive pilot
health programs, selected to coordinate a program of technical and cross-cultural
training for newly arrived Peace Corps volunteers. 7/72-9/75. (Accepted for
one-year extension of original two-year term)
Survey Research, Louis Harris and Associates and the Roper Organization, both
of New York, NY, constructing samples, executing pretests and interviewing.
7/70/72.
PUBLICATIONS
Canada-U.S. Business Immigration Handbook, 6th Edition, Carswell, Toronto, Ontario
(Canada). Editor and principal author of treatise, and annual updates.
How to Legally Retire in the U.S.,
Sunbelt Canadian, Pheonix, AZ (Fall 1990).
Heard at the Border-U.S. Immigration Newsbriefs , The National Inquirer, Canadian
Bar Association Ontario, Immigration Section. (Regular column).
Free Trade Agreement Helps Canadians to Work in the U.S., How to Retire in the
U.S., How to Legally Work in the U.S., Can The New Immigration Law Help You?
The Brunton U.S. Nonresident Taxletter, Brunton International Services, Inc.,
Boca Raton, FL (Summer/Fall 89; Spring 90; Summer/Fall 90; Winter 90-91). Immigration Strategy for a U.S. Expansion, Business Quarterly, London Ontario
(Canada) (Summer 1989).
Doors are opening south of the Border, Let's Talk Business, Hamilton Ontario
(Canada) (April 1989).
Land and the Forest-Dwelling South American Indian: The Role of National Law,
In: Whose Trees? Proprietary Dimensions of Forestry. Louise Fortmann and
Johan W. Bruce, eds. Boulder, CO: Westview. (1988)
The Immigration Angle (five part series), Erie County Bar Bulletin, Buffalo:
Erie County Bar Association (September 1984-January 1985).
Immigration into Canada Under the Substantive Requirements of the Immigration
Act of 1976: A Practical Overview , with Mendel M. Green, American Bar
Association, "Canadian Law Newsletter", Vol. III January 1983.
U.S. Immigration for Businesses, Investors and Workers, (hardcover book) with
Arthur M. Gellman and Kenneth A. Cohen, Buffalo: William S. Hein (1981). Immigration Newsletter, Niagara Falls, NY Gellman, Cohen & Grasmick, (Volumes
III-IX, 1979-1988) Editor and principal author of the quarterly publication. Land and the Forest-dwelling South American Indian: An Anthropological and Legal
Perspectives, London: Committee for Indigenous Peoples, Discussion Paper Series
No. 5 (1981). Published simultaneously by the National Association of Inter-
disciplinary Ethnic Studies: Wisconsin.
Land and the Forest-Dwelling South American Indian: The Role of National Law,
Buffalo: Buffalo Law Review. V 27 N 4. (1979) Reprinted by the Land Tenure
Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Admitted to practice in New York State and admitted to Federal practice (WDNY)
American Immigration Lawyers Association; Erie County Bar Association;
New York State Bar Association; Association.
AWARDS
Who's Who ...In the East, ...In American Law, ...Emerging Leaders. Marindale-Hubbel "AV" legal rating. (Highest possible rating.)
LANGUAGE ABILITY
Spanish: Excellent; Guarani: Good; French: Fair; Portuguese: reading ability
SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE
Paraguay: 5 years; Argentina; 1 year; Mexico: 8 months; Puerto Rico: 3 months;
Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Panama,
Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands, Guyana, Haiti,
Dominican Republic, Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany,
Netherlands, Thailand, Venezuela, India, Micronesia, New Zealand, Belize: less than 3
months each.
rev: August 5, 1995