David L. Wilson

David L. Wilson is the Managing Attorney at Wilson Law Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he practices Immigration Law. He is licensed to practice in Minnesota, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

David earned his undergraduate degree from the University of St. Thomas, graduating cum laude in 1993. He received his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law, graduating cum laude in 1997.

David is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Federal Bar Association. He is a past chair of the AILA Minnesota-Dakotas Chapter and has served as an AILA liaison to the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

David has also taught immigration law as an adjunct professor at Hamline University School of Law. At William Mitchell College of Law, he taught Writing, Research, Advocacy, and Presentation; Appellate Advocacy; and the Immigration Law Clinic.

David frequently speaks on legal topics in Minnesota and throughout the United States. He provides pro bono legal services to victims of domestic abuse and children in need. In 2012, the Children’s Law Center of Minnesota recognized his pro bono work on behalf of immigrant children in foster care. In 2013, he received the 360 Communities Caring Award for his pro bono work with the Lewis House Domestic Abuse Shelters. Minnesota Lawyer honored him as one of its Minnesota Attorneys of the Year in 2016. That same year, he received the Minnesota Justice Foundation’s Private Attorney Public Service Award.

David represents clients in proceedings before federal agencies, federal courts, Minnesota courts, and Minnesota agencies. He has served as attorney of record in multiple published decisions, as well as unpublished decisions from federal courts and the Minnesota Court of Appeals.