Maggio+Kattar

Senior Counsel

spattison@maggio-kattar.com
phone: 202.483.0053
fax: 202.483.6801

Stephen ("Steve") Pattison is a Senior Counsel at Maggio + Kattar.  Steve has more than three decades of experience in immigration law and consular affairs.  Bringing a depth and breadth of experience honed in private practice and working for the U.S. Foreign Service, Steve serves as an invaluable resource to the firm's clients in consular processing and business immigration matters.

Prior to joining Maggio + Kattar, Steve was in private practice in London, England following a twenty eight year career in the U.S. Foreign Service.  He served in U.S. consular sections in a wide variety of countries, including Beirut, Lebanon; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Bangkok, Thailand; Bucharest, Romania; Brussels, Belgium; and Berlin, Germany; where he was Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs, the senior U.S. consular official in the country.  In Washington D.C., Steve held positions with the Department of State that included working in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and as the country officer for Jamaica and the Bahamas within the Bureau of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, and as head of the Coordination Division in the Visa Office within the Bureau of Consular Affairs.

An accomplished and sought-after public speaker, Steve has been served on panels for national and international immigration conferences.  He has also been widely published on a variety of topics, including consular processing, ethics, waivers, and all facets of business immigration.

Steve earned his bachelor's degree in European History and Political Science from the Southern Methodist University summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  He was awarded a law degree from the University of Texas Law School in Austin, where he was a member of the Board of Advocates.  Steve's foreign languages include German, Romanian, Thai and Arabic.  He limits his practice to federal immigration matters and is admitted to practice in the state of Texas only.