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Greg Siskind, a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA) and the University of Chicago (JD) is an immigration lawyer and legal technology company founder. He started Siskind Susser, his immigration law firm, in 1994, and Visalaw Ventures, his software and book publishing company, in 2015. He served for 12 years as a board member for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is the current Chair of the International Bar Association’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. Siskind is the author of seven books, including the 4,200-page AILA "Cookbook" and the new American Bar Association book “The AI-Ready Law Firm.” In 1994, he launched the first immigration law website and the first law firm email newsletter and in 1998, he started the first lawyer blog. His foray into AI began in 2015, culminating in the launch of the immigration intelligence platform Visalaw.ai in January 2024. His contributions have earned him AILA’s Advocacy Award, AILA’s inaugural Technology Award, the ABA’s James E. Keane Award for e-Lawyering and the 2024 American Legal Technology Award in the category of AI. He’s also a co-founder of IMMpact Litigation, specializing in mass immigration litigation.