Devin T. Theriot-Orr

Devin Theriot-Orr is an immigration attorney and managing member whose practice focuses on litigation, removal defense, asylum, naturalization, and family-based immigration. He represents individuals and families facing complicated immigration matters and works to resolve cases involving difficult legal and procedural issues. His practice also includes federal litigation and appeals, where he advocates for immigrants seeking protection, lawful status, and fair treatment under U.S. immigration law.

Theriot-Orr earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003, graduating with high honors. While in law school, he served as president of the Student Bar Association and participated in the Appellate Advocacy Clinic. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in 1997, majoring in physics with minors in history and philosophy. His academic background supports a careful, analytical approach to complex immigration and appellate matters.

Theriot-Orr has extensive experience in complex immigration litigation and has served as class counsel in multiple class actions seeking to protect the rights of immigrants in the United States. His notable cases include Rahman v. Napolitano, Medina-Lara v. Holder, Rosario v. USCIS, Siddiqui v. Holder, and NWIRP v. USCIS. He has also provided expert testimony on U.S. immigration law to tribunals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Devin Theriot-Orr also contributes to immigration law through teaching and professional education. He has served as an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law, where he has taught immigration law, and he frequently presents at regional and national immigration law conferences. He is admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, several federal appellate courts, federal district courts in Washington and the District of Columbia, and the Washington State Supreme Court. His work combines litigation experience, legal analysis, and practical immigration advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Open Sky Law, PLLC
• Member, Washington State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Washington

Education

• University of Washington School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Oberlin College
  BA in Physics

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