Robert C. Divine chairs the Global Immigration Group of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, P.C. He served from July 2004 until November 2006 as Chief Counsel and for a time Acting Director of USCIS. He is the author of Immigration Practice, a 1,600 page practical treatise on all aspects of U.S. immigration law in its Fifteenth Edition. He has practiced immigration law since 1986 and has served as Chair of various national committees of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.