Bennett R. Savitz is an EB-5 immigration attorney and founder of Savitz Law Offices, P.C. located in Boston. Attorney Savitz has exclusively practiced immigration law since 1994 and has been recognized by the Best Lawyers of America publication since 2008 as one of Boston’s Best Lawyers specializing in immigration law. Before founding his own law practice, attorney Savitz practiced with Pampanin Law Offices, Goldman Savitz, P.C., and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
Attorney Savitz has been active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where he has served on numerous national and local committees which have helped shape procedures and policies for the entire practice of immigration law. He was also the AILA New England Chapter chair. Attorney Savitz frequently speaks on aspects of immigration law and has written numerous articles on the subject. He has articles published in the nationally-distributed AILA Immigration & Nationality Law handbook and has spoken at the AILA national convention. He also served as chairman of a series of seminars on immigration law that were sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. He also edited the organization’s Immigration Law Primer and teaches a graduate level immigration law course at Lesley University.
Attorney Savitz regularly presents information about immigration law to thousands of attendees at the BIO international and Pacific Rim conferences for the biotechnology industry and the INTERPHEX international conference for the pharmaceutical industry. He has also presented at the SHRM World Congress and the SHRM Global Forum, where he presented on immigration law to human resources professionals.
Attorney Savitz earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego in 1990. He earned his master’s degree in international relations and his law degree in 1993 from Boston University, where he was an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar.
Attorney Savitz is fluent in Russian and Spanish.