Contact Information:
Office: (402) 392-0101
Direct: (402) 501-8134
Espanol: (402) 384-2462
jfinch@smithgardnerslusky.com

Areas of Specialty:
Immigration, Removal Defense, Family Petitions, Business based Visas, Specialty Visas, Criminal Defense in both State and Federal Courts (limited to Immigrants), Civil (as relates to Immigration).

Position & Background:
Partner. Born August 17, 1969, Spanish Fork, Utah.
Admitted: Iowa State Bar – April, 2000; Nebraska State Bar - February, 2009; U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa; 8th Circuit Court of Appeals 2008.
Member: Nebraska Bar Association, Omaha Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Languages: Spanish.

Education:
BS Brigham Young University, Provo, UT - 1994; MBA Drake University, Des Moines, IA – 1999; JD Drake University, Des Moines, IA – 1999; LLM (Agricultural Law) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR - 2000

Civic Involvement:
Board Member, Latino Center of the Midlands - 2005-Present
Scout Master Troop 338, Mid-America Council Boy Scouts of America – 2007-Present

Publications:
The Making of Article 9 Section 9-312(2) into Model Provision Section 9-324A.
The Production Money Security Interest: Finally a Sensible ‘Superpriority’ for Crop Finance, 5 DRAKE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL LAW 381-428 (2000).
The Iowa State Bar Association, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, 2008.
Agricultural Law: A Selected Bibliography, 1996-1999, 53 ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW 495-660 (2000). (Co-Author)