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Immigrants Of The Week: Scott Dixon, Leonard Cohen and Cesar Alvarez

by Greg Siskind

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: SCOTT DIXON - INDY 500 WINNER

Congratulations go to Scott Dixon of New Zealand who now sits at the top of the American race car world with his first time win today in the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500. Dixon has been in an elite group of race car drivers for the last few years, but today's win is a major breakthrough for the Kiwi.

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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: LEONARD COHEN - SINGER/SONGWRITER/POET/NOVELIST

Canadian-born Leonard Cohen should be better known by Americans given his amazing 40+ year career. That may be because others have often gained more fame singing Cohen songs than Cohen himself. Judy Collins was one of the first when she had a hit in 1967 with Cohen's Suzanne. Joe Cocker had a hit in the 80s with First We Take Manhattan. More recently, young people around the world have been treated to new version's of Cohen's 1984 song Hallelujah. The song was sung by Rufus Wainwright on the soundtrack of the hit film Shrek and recently in the American Idol finals by Jason Castro.

Here's Jeff Buckley's well known version of Hallelujah:

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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CESAR ALVAREZ - LAWYER

Cesar Alvarez is one of the generation of young Cubans who came to the US as refugees in the early 1960s after the revolution in his home country. I grew up in Miami during a time when many of these new arrivals were planting new roots and starting to make their mark on the country. There are so many success stories in this generation including today's Immigrant of the Day. Cesar Alvarez was named in today's National Law Journal as one of the 50 most powerful minority lawyers in the country. I'll be writing about others in the coming days.

Alvarez is the CEO at Greenberg Traurig, one of the largest law firms in the world with offices on multiple continents. Alvarez practiced corporate and securities law as well as international law before being elevated to heading the Florida-based firm.

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About The Author

Greg Siskind is a partner in Siskind Susser's Memphis, Tennessee, office. After graduating magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago. Mr. Siskind is a member of AILA, a board member of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and a member of the ABA, where he serves on the LPM Publishing Board as Marketing Vice Chairman. He is the author of several books, including the J Visa Guidebook and The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet. Mr. Siskind practices all areas of immigration law, specializing in immigration matters of the health care and technology industries. He can be reached by email at gsiskind@visalaw.com.

The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of ILW.COM.

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