ÿþ<html> <title>Diego Page</title> <Body> The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is an immigrant advocacy group,[1] and is the United States' immigration bar association.[2] The AILA is a non-profit organization that consists of lawyers and law professors that are dedicated to the practice and teaching of immigration law. Its advocates represent U.S. families who are attempting to get U.S. permanent resident status for family members overseas and also represent businesses that have sponsored highly-skilled workers overseas who are attempting to enter the United States on a temporary or permanent basis.[3] The AILA was funded in 1946, and as of 2001, consists of over 7500 lawyers.[4] In 1985, there were 1,800 members; a three-fold increase from 1975.[5] The president of the AILA as of June 2008 is Kathleen Campbell Walker, a lawyer working in El Paso.[2] David Leopold, a Cleveland-based lawyer,[6] is the vice-president of the Association.[7] In July 2007, the AILA filed a class action lawsuit against the United States federal Citizenship and Immigration Service, after the government rejected thousands of applications for Green cards from highly skilled immigrants In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy. One or more defendants are required to respond to the plaintiff complaint. If the plaintiff is successful, judgment will be given in the plaintiff's favor, and a range of court orders may be issued to enforce a right, award damages, or impose an injunction to prevent an act or compel an act. A declaratory judgment may be issued to prevent future legal disputes. A lawsuit may involve dispute resolution of private law issues between individuals, business entities or non-profit organizations. A lawsuit may also enable the government to be treated as if it were a private party in a civil case, as plaintiff or defendant regarding an injury, or may provide the government with a civil cause of action to enforce certain laws. The conduct of a lawsuit is called litigation. <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7862856511718358"; /* 336x280, created 1/16/09 */ google_ad_slot = "0549954211"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </Body> </html>