Mohammed Faqir* is an Iraqi national who holds a Bachelor's degree in Medicine and General Surgery. Mohammed started his career in Iraq as a Rotational Doctor in a teaching hospital. Mohammed is married and has a wonderful daughter, who is three years old. Mohammed was an active supporter of the American liberation of Iraq and collaborated with the Coalition Forces before he was forced to flee Iraq fearing death by terrorist insurgents. In April 2003, Mohammed worked in the emergency room of the local hospital in his city. It was his original idea to seek help from American forces before looters ransacked his hospital of vital medicines and supplies. Being fluent in English, Mohammed volunteered to go to the nearest American base to ask for help. Making personal connections with a Colonel of an Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, Mohammed started directly collaborating with the American troops. During the first year of his work with the Coalition Forces, Mohammed, together with a Commanding Officer of the U.S. Army, created a secure, efficient distribution system for medications and medical supplies. Mohammed participated in enacting protective procedures for his Teaching Hospital. He frequently invited non-governmental organizations working with Coalition Forces into the hospital. Also, with the critical information that Mohammed collected, the U.S. Army prevented some well-known criminals from gaining serious political positions in his city and removed tons of weaponry from various locations in the area. In November 2003, when Mohammed was working in the emergency room of a public hospital, a group of insurgents entered the room. Mohammed could tell that they were Al Mahdi Militiamen because of their beards, black turbans, and shirts. They approached Mohammed and threatened to kill him if he continued to work with the American Coalition Forces. A few days later, yet another group of Al Mahdi insurgents approached Mohammed and threatened to kill his parents and family. Mohammed was particularly frightened because the insurgents knew where his family lived in another part of Iraq. In November 2006, Mohammed's parents-in-law decided to move in with Mohammed and his wife fearing death at the hands of Sunni insurgents. On December 9, 2006 Mohammed discovered from his wife that his parents-in-law were ambushed by Al Mahdi insurgents as they were getting out of the car. They both suffered multiple gunshots to their back and lower extremities. After 30 minutes, Al Mahdi insurgents stopped shooting. Fortunately, Mohammed's parents-in-law survived the attack, as they were taken to hospital immediately. Fearing for his safety, Mohammed had no other choice but to leave his family behind and flee the Iraq. In December 2007, Mohammed arrived in India and applied for refugee status with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). After registration with the UNHCR, Mohammed was invited by a United States doctor friend to come visit her briefly in the United States for her wedding. After entering the USA, Mohammed felt freedom and safety for the first time in years. He was no longer worried about being threatened. Once in the United States, Mohammed contacted The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, see www.thelistproject.org. The List Project is an innovative effort to advocate for and assist in the resettlement of brave Iraqis who have helped the U.S. in Iraq. The List Project's founder, Kirk Johnson, a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) worker in Baghdad and Fallujah, has partnered with the law firms of Holland & Knight, Proskauer Rose and Meyer Browne, to help Iraqi allies now seeking refuge in the United States. The List Project immediately contacted Christopher Nugent, Senior Pro Bono Counsel with the Community Services Team of Holland & Knight LLP with a request to represent Mohammed in filing for asylum in the United States. The pro bono team at Holland & Knight LLP, including Christopher Nugent, Elizabeth Lee, Ban Hameed, Nathan Adams, Karine Noncent and Jon Umarov swiftly developed substantial original and corroborative evidence and filed Mohammed's application for asylum with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services Asylum Office. After a rigorous and exhausting four-hour asylum interview at the Arlington Asylum office, Mohammed was granted asylum in the United States on January 21, 2009. After being granted asylum, Mohammed emailed his supporter: "Salam Alykoom I hope you are doing well, yesterday as you know I granted the asylum, and Thanks God first, you all, and the love of the people who were supporting me, I can not imagine the day of 21st of January how depressed I was in the morning and at the office, but Thanks God we made it, I am so thankful for your efforts and thanks a lot for the help and your spirits which was covering me with love and care... What was amazing, when I arrived to the House, I got a mail, and it was from the department of citizenship and immigration and it was having the Job authorization card in it, Oh my God, how fast, they told me in the office within two weeks !!!! I am so impressed !" Mohammed has now secured a position at an emergency room of a United States hospital. The current step underway by Holland & Knight LLP is to facilitate derivative asylee status and the expeditious resettlement of his wife and his daughter to the United States, who remain in danger in Iraq at the hands of Al Mahdi insurgents. *Name protected to protect client's identity