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Roberts, Maurice Aaron was born on October 4, 1910 in Newark. Son of Samuel and Rebecca (Rosen) Roberts.
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Roberts, Maurice Aaron was born on October 4, 1910 in Newark. Son of Samuel and Rebecca (Rosen) Roberts.
Juris Doctor summa cum laude, Rutgers University, 1932; postgraduate, New York University, 1940-1941.
Private practice, Newark, 1933-1941; attorney, unites states department Justice, Philadelphia, Washington, 1941-1974; naturalization examiner, chief district adjudications division, Immigration & Naturalization Svc., Philadelphia, 1941-1949; deputy chief investications, Immigration & Naturalization Svc., Washington, 1949-1952; deputy general counsel, Immigration & Naturalization Svc., Washington, 1952-1955; senior trial attorney criminal division, immigration litigation unit, Immigration & Naturalization Svc., Washington, 1955-1963; head immigration litigation unit criminal division, Immigration & Naturalization Svc., Washington, 1963-1968; chairman, Board Immigration Appeals, Washington, 1968-1974; executive editor, Immigration Briefings, Washington, since 1988; editor-in-chief, Interpreter Releases, Washington, since 1974. Lecturer immigration law law schools and American Bar Association, United States, since 1967. Member presidential transition team on immigration and naturalization service, 1992-1993.
Member county advisors United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Washington, 1987-1989. Fellow American Immigration Law Foundation, 1990 (honorary). Member American Bar Association (coordinating commission on immigration law 1989-1992), Federal Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association (honorary, Founders' award 1975).
Married Lillian Ruth Orbach, August 4, 1939. 1 child Joan Rhoda Roberts Singer.