Practice areas

We help individuals who are currently in removal proceedings. Our representation includes challenging the government's evidence and presenting all available defenses and/or applications for relief for which individuals qualify.

We help individuals who fear persecution or torture in the home country. We have experience in challenging any bars to such relief, such as failure to file in a timely manner and criminal/security related bars. 

We help individuals who seek to sponsor a family member to immigration to the United States, whether it be through adjustment of status in the United States or through Consular processing for family members abroad.

We help individuals with prior removal orders who may be eligible to reopen their proceedings due to prior errors, changes in law, or changed circumstances which could render an individual eligible for immigration relief.

We have extensive experience in assessing the immigration consequences of prior convictions. We also consult on open cases in order to assist criminal defense counsel in negotiating an immigration friendly plea. We also have extensive experience in advising on post-conviction relief opportunities to help erase a conviction effectively for immigration purposes. 

We help individuals apply for temporary protected status if they are from countries whom the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated to be unsafe. Some individuals with TPS may also be eligible for more permanent immigration status.  We also assist individuals from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to apply for residency through NACARA if they came to the United States during a certain period of time. 

Our office conducts detailed investigations to assess complex immigration histories in order to fully evaluate immigration options. Each case is unique and needs a careful evaluation because of the nuances and complexities of immigration law. We also provide second opinions in complex immigration matters. 

We assist individuals who have been the victims of cime, domestic violence, and labor/sex trafficking. We can assist with U-Nonimmigrant Status (U-Visa), legal status through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and Trafficking (T-visa) visas. We can also assist with permanent residency applications for those already in one of the above-named statuses.  

We represent individuals who have been detained by ICE, including those seeking release on an immigration bond from an Immigration. Our office condemns the detention of individuals and we passionately fight for the release of our clients. 

We have extensive experience in assisting individuals apply for Citizenship, especially individuals with complicated immigration or criminal histories. We also have experience in assessing whether individuals may already be citizens due to the complicated derivative and acquisition of citizenship laws. 

We assist individuals who need to request waivers of inadmissibility because a criminal conviction, alleged prior misrepresentations, unlawful presence, or prior deportations. We have extensive experience in filing stateside I-601A waivers, as well as other waivers in connection with consular processing. 

We have experience in appealing decisions when the immigration agencies make errors.