Curriculum Vitae of Donald Mooers
Donald Mooers practices law in Bethesda, Maryland. He concentrates primarily on meeting the immigration needs of businesses and individuals in the Metropolitan Washington, DC region and throughout the US. He also provides strategic consulting services to select clients through Mooers Strategies.
Don is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School, where he spent two years in its renowned Immigration Clinic. He received his Bachelor’s Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Duke University. He was a Fulbright Scholar in comparative law in the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius.
Don served as Senior Advisor in the U.S. Department of State, as the Peace Corps’ Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and as a Legislative Aide to a member of the U.S. Congress. He was the founding Executive Director of the Smile Train and also founded the global Volunteer Environmental Corps. For two years he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in West Africa. He has worked in 92 countries around the world.
He has served as a Commissioner on the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism, a member of the Board of Directors of the Career Transition Center and the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, and as a leader in fundraising efforts for Montgomery College. Don helped create both the Community Bridge Project and the AmeriCorps Project CHANGE to mobilize dedicated resources to assist struggling immigrant students and families in Montgomery County. Project CHANGE AmeriCorps members currently operate at sites throughout Montgomery County. He has also provided pro bono legal and advocacy services through the Gilchrest Diversity Center and the Save Small Business campaign, a nationwide immigration law advocacy organization he co-founded and directs. He serves on the Board of the Montgomery County Sister Cities organization, and is active in establishing a partnership between Montgomery County and the Department (Province) of Morazan in El Salvador.
Don serves as host of MCT’s Montgomery Week in Review, was the creator and host of Global Montgomery, an award-winning television program highlighting the lives of individuals with a connection to Montgomery County who have achieved a measure of national or international acclaim. He has also appeared as a regular guest on WUSA-TV Channel 9 (CBS), WMAL-AM630 (ABC radio) and MCT Channel 21 to discuss pressing immigration and political issues.
He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Don is married to the former Magdalena Kobylinski and is the father of three children. The family lives in Bethesda, Maryland.