John Nechman is a partner in the Houston, Texas law office of Katine and Nechman L.L.P., where he focuses on immigration law.  He is also an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law and the University of Houston Law Center.  He is a past chair/president of several national, state, and local legal organizations, and he is a frequent speaker on immigration, business, human rights, criminal, and GLBT/HIV-related legal issues.  He has twice been named a “Super Lawyer Rising Star” attorney by Texas Monthly Magazine and is the recipient of the 2004 Stonewall Law Award for Excellence in Advocacy, the Human Rights Campaign’s 2005 Political Equality Award, the 2007 State Bar of Texas’s Judge Norman Black Award, and the 2007 Outsmart Magazine Statue of Liberty Award.