Marcine A. Seid, Esq., practices exclusively in the area or Immigration and Naturalization Law as a member of the State Bar of California. She is a graduate (Phi Beta Kappa) of the University of California, Davis (B.A.) and earned her Jurisdoctorate degree from the Santa Clara University Law School in 1993.
Ms. Seid is currently an elected Director of the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA) and was a former Chairperson for AILA's Santa Clara Valley, California chapter. She had the opportunity to act as a liaison between AILA and the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the U.S. Department of Labor. Specifically, Ms. Seid served as an AILA liaison with INS' California Service Center in 2001-2003, as an AILA liaison for the U.S. Department of Labor, Region VI in 2004-2005, and as an AILA liaison for the USCIS, Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in 2005. She is currently the AILA's liaison committee Chairperson for the USCIS, Administrative Appeals Office.
Ms. Seid is a frequent speaker for many national, regional and local continuing legal education (CLE) conferences and seminars. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles on immigration law and was published in the Santa Clara University's Law School's High Technology Law Journal.
Ms. Seid has participated as an immigration expert witness at the Santa Clara Superior Court, in California, and has guest lectured on employment-based immigration at the Santa Clara University Law School and Stanford Law School.
Ms. Seid is recognized in Best Lawyer's in America and listed in the Heritage Registry of Who's Who's and the Global Directory of Who's Who.
Most notable, Ms. Seid volunteers as an ambassador for the American Immigration Law Foundation and advocates for positive Comprehensive Immigration Reform as the Chairperson of the Bay Area Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Ms. Seid was a former Commissioner for the Parks & Recreation Department of Santa Clara County and a member of the San Jose Leadership Program.
