Butzel immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis has been named to the Detroit Bar Association Foundation’s 2026 Class of Fellows.
Pacis focuses his practice in immigration law and has handled a variety of immigration matters including H-1B specialty occupation cases, L-1 Intracompany transfers, Labor Certification matters, Immigrant Visa Petitions/Adjustment of Status applications and interviews, TN Free trade cases, H-1B Department of Labor Investigations, I-9 employer verification compliance, and U.S. Port of Entry airport and land port interviews.
Recently, Pacis was named a 2026 Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. He also was named Immigration Lawyer of the Year in 2025, 2023, and 2013, respectively, in the field of Immigration Law by The Best Lawyers in America and has been listed in Best Lawyers® for several years.
Pacis is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and the Samahang Pilipino Ng Oakland Filipino organization. He served two consecutive one-year terms from 2003 to 2005 as chairperson of the Michigan Chapter of AILA and was a member of the AILA National Board of Governors for those terms.
