Adam Boyd

Attorney at Law

Philadelphia | Washington

https://www.boyd.esq

Passionate about immigration

Adam Boyd has spent most of his career in public service. His interest in immigration spans litigation, appeals, policy, visa and benefit applications, and compliance.

Experience

  • Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), Immigration Law and Practice Division (ILPD), 2023-2025, Associate Legal Advisor

    • Review and draft appeals for filing with the Board of Immigration Appeals

    • Represent the agency in supplemental briefing before the Board of Immigration Appeals

    • Ensure consistency in OPLA’s nationwide litigating positions before the nation’s immigration courts

    • Guide the development of federal court decisional law

    • Counsel on substantive immigration law and protection law matters

    • Coordinate with DOJ and DHS components in deciding whether to pursue further review of adverse federal court immigration decisions

    • Provide guidance to OPLA field locations, agency leadership, DHS components, and DOJ components on substantive immigration law issues

    • Advance OPLA’s efforts to combat protection law-related fraud by applicants and preparers

    • Assist agency components with Equal Access to Justice Act settlements

    OPLA, Field Legal Operations, Washington, D.C. (Annandale) Field Office, Detail Assignment Summer 2024, Assistant Chief Counsel

    • OPLA advocate before the local immigration court

  • Executive Office for Immigration Review, 2019-2023

    • 2021 Attorney General’s Honors Program - Board of Immigration Appeals, 2021-2023, Judicial Law Clerk

    • 2019 Attorney General’s Honors Program - Miami Immigration Court, 2019-2021, Judicial Law Clerk and Attorney Advisor

    Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation (Appellate Section), Fall Semester 2018, Legal Extern

  • Stevens & Lee, Summer 2018, Summer Associate

    Callister Law, Summer 2018, Law Clerk

  • Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada, Summer 2017, Law Clerk

  • Fiscal Affairs Department, Expenditure Policy Division, 2014-2016, Division Coordinator

  • 2014, Staff Assistant Intern

Education

    • Journal of Law & International Affairs

    • Thurgood Marshall Moot Court

    • Phi Delta Phi Honor Society

    • 2019 Presidential Management Fellow Finalist (withdrawn)

  • Study Abroad 2013, Université François Rabelais (University of Tours)

    Concentration in Vocal Performance

    • University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Chorus 2009, Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

    • Carnegie Hall Choral Performance 2010, Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore

    • ACDA Northwest Divisional Conference 2012: The University of Wyoming Singing Statesmen Male Ensemble Northwest

Admissions

  • Florida

  • District of Columbia

  • U.S. Supreme Court

Pro Bono Representation

  • Plaintiff Representation

    • Negligence Per Se (Federal Cyberstalking, 18 U.S.C. §2261A(2)(B))

    • Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

    • Public Disclosure of Private Facts – Invasion of Privacy

    • Landlord-Tenant Eviction Defense

    • Child Support and Custody

    • Last Will & Testament

    • Living Will

    • Power of Attorney

    • U.S. Consumer Leasing Act

    • Maryland Consumer Protection Act

    • Fraudulent and Negligent Misrepresentation

    • Respondeat Superior

    • Fraud

Achievements and Involvement

  • Eagle Scout

  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alumnus

  • Federal Bar Association Member

  • Chorus

Publication

  • “Clarity in the Code du Travail,” 7 PENN. ST. J.L. & INT’L AFF. 263 (2019)