John is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Immigration and Nationality Law and has been practicing law for over a decade. He focuses his practice on immigration and criminal defense. John has extensive experience as both an immigration attorney and a criminal attorney.
John is the two term prior Chapter Chair for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Central Florida Chapter, and is the immediate past Chair of the Florida Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Certification Committee.
John is a member of the Florida Bar and the Federal Bars for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
John served as a Senior Attorney with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). As an ICE Attorney, John handled all forms of removal/deportation proceedings including those involving aggravated felonies, drug trafficking, national security and human rights issues, and more.
John also handled cases involving all forms of deportation/removal relief including asylum, withholding of removal, cancellation of removal for lawful permanent residents and for those who are not lawful permanent residents, adjustment of status, 212(c) relief, and many others.
As an ICE attorney, John obtained Top Secret Clearance and assisted federal and local law enforcement officers assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
During his six year tenure with ICE, John was promoted to Senior Attorney. In that position, he trained other government attorneys from ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and state prosecutors.
John has also served as a panelist and guest speaker at many Immigration and Criminal Law events throughout Florida and has provided multiple CLE-accredited trainings to attorneys.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
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Credit Cards Accepted
Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.
- Florida
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- 11th Circuit
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- Middle District of Florida (Federal)
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- Southern District of Florida (Federal)
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- English
- Partner
- Shorstein, Lasnetski, & Gihon
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- University of Florida
- J.D. | Law
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- Federalist Society, Law College Council, Criminal Law Society.
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- University of Florida
- B.A. | History and Criminology
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- Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Student Senate.
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- Outstanding Contributions to the Chapter
- American Immigration Lawyers, Central Florida Chapter
- Orange County Bar (Florida)
- Immigration and Nationality Law Committee Member
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- Seminole County Bar Association
- Member
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- Federal Bar Association - Orlando Chapter
- Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Member
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- Catholic Lawyers Guild- Orlando
- Member
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- Florida State Bar # 604321
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- Discussion Leader & Panelist, AILA National Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida
- American Immigration Lawerys Association
- Immigration and Nationality Law
- Florida State Bar
- Website
- John Gihon's Website Profile
- Website
- Shorstein, Lasnetski, & Gihon Website
- Blog
- Jacksonville Criminal Lawyer Blog
- Florida Criminal Law Update (November 21, 2022 – November 23, 2022)
November 28, 2022 - Federal 11th Circuit Criminal Case Law Update (November 14, 2022 – November 18, 2022)
November 23, 2022 - Florida Criminal Law Update (November 14, 2022 – November 18, 2022
November 22, 2022
- Blog
- Florida Immigration Lawyer Blog
Immigration Attorney John Gihon on Fox Business talking about Immigration
