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Pennsylvania Immigration Lawyer Challenges ICE’s Mandatory Detention Policy

Nov 11, 2025

Last week, David S. Santee, founding attorney of Santee Law Offices, filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of an asylum applicant who was arrested during a routine ICE check-in. These arrests have been increasing since the beginning of Trump’s second term in January. Over the last 11 months, DHS has been testing the limits of its authority by arresting people and deporting...

Santee Named Immigration Super Lawyer

May 29, 2019

Congratulations to our firms’s founder, Super Lawyers is Thompson Reuters’ rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented multiphase selection process relies on peer nominations and evaluations, as well as Thompson Reuters’ independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is...

New Sentences for Juvenile Lifers

Oct 19, 2017

Philadelphia Criminal Defense Client L.G. was convicted of first degree murder for a crime committed when he was 17 years old. Client B.H. was convicted of Second Degree Murder for a crime committed when he was 15 years old. Both were sentenced to Life without the possibility of parole, which was the mandatory sentence for juveniles convicted of either First or Second Degree murder. Mr. Santee filed petitions for post-conviction relief on behalf of...

Santee to Teach at NITA Program

Oct 19, 2017

Philadelphia Attorney Mr. Santee has been teaching trial advocacy at Villanova University School of Law since 2003. For six years, he served as Villanova Law’s Assistant Dean for Trial Advocacy Programs. He also served as Head Coach of Villanova Law’s award-winning National Trial Competition Team...