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I received my B.A. from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1971, and my Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1977. I am currently a partner in the law firm of Rittenberg, Samuel & Phillips, LLC, in New Orleans, Louisiana. I maintain a general law practice, with emphasis in education law, labor law, and family law. Since beginning in private practice in 1977, I have represented the United Teachers of New Orleans, Jefferson Federation of Teachers, and the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, and numerous local affiliates in Louisiana affiliated with the...

From 1987 to 1999, Bettwy was an Assistant Editor of International Legal Materials, a publication of the American Society of International Law. He has specialized in immigration law since 1987 when he began as a prosecutor in immigration court for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in San Francisco. From there, he was promoted to Associate General Counsel in Washington, DC, in charge of attorney training, and then he transferred to the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego, where he continues to specialize in immigration law matters before the U.S. District Court and the Ninth Circuit...