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Kyle K. Morishita
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer
Immigration
University of California, Davis, School of Law
During World War II, the U.S. government detained my U.S. citizen grandparents because of their Japanese ancestry. Learning about this history and serving as my grandfather's caretaker inspired me to be an attorney.
I clerked for Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP and the Honorable Kristen L. Mix of the U.S. District Court. I also interned for U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and the U.S. Air Force.
I speak at national conferences and universities regarding racial equity, ethics, and immigration law. I received honors from Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers.
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Otis Landerholm
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
Otis greatly enjoys learning languages. He speaks both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. He believes that with increasing globalization, people need to get to know one another; a good way to start is to learn each other's language.
Before practicing law, Otis lived in countries as diverse as Spain, Argentina, Japan, China and Ecuador. He received two bachelor's degrees (in Philosophy and Linguistics) from Washington State University, and he later received his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. While at Golden Gate, Otis received various honors and awards and placed among the top of...
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Jesse Adam Lloyd
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 22 years of experience
Immigration
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Jesse Lloyd is a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and has helped certify new specialists as a member California State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Council. He is a past chair of the Alameda County Bar Association Immigration Section, American Immigration Lawyers Association national ICE liaison committee, and Northern California Chapter. He has appeared on numerous television, web, and radio stories regarding immigration matters.
Jesse focuses on family-based immigration, removal defense, naturalization, asylum, and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
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Jonathan Charles Dunten
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 18 years of experience
Immigration and Criminal Defense
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
I am licensed to practice law before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, California State Courts, the Federal District Court for Northern California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
I received my undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara with honors and my Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University School of Law, including certificates of specialization with distinction in international and business law.
I formerly served as a media liaison for the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and was a professor of immigration and criminal...
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Arezou Bakhtjou
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration and Criminal Defense
Law Office of Arezou Bakhtjou is located in Oakland, CA and helps clients in Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Hayward, San Leandro, Pleasanton, Martinez, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, and all Bay Area Counties including Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, and San Francisco County.? Memberships: Alameda County Bar Association ?Alameda County Bar Association Criminal Division (Board Member) Women Lawyers of Alameda County Alameda County Court Appointed Attorneys Program Alameda County Bar Association Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee Experience: County of Contra Costa Court Appointed Attorneys Program Placer County...
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Arash Yasrebi
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Scott Andrew Mossman
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 19 years of experience
Immigration
University of California, Davis, School of Law
I have practiced immigration and naturalization law exclusively since 2003. My practice emphasizes immigration and naturalization for applicants with criminal convictions, removal defense, and working with criminal defense counsel to minimize the immigration harm from convictions. I am licensed by the State Bar of California (license #227178) and received my juris doctorate degree in 2003 from the University of California, Davis, School of Law.
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Angela Bean
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 39 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Full service immigration law firm that specializes in procuring and protecting immigration status for individuals who want to live and work in the United States. We do family, employment, citizenship, greencard applications, removal and deportation defense, and provide expert immigration advice to non-citizens facing obstacles due to criminal arrests and convictions.
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Evelyn Herrera
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 29 years of experience
Immigration, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Kevin John Stewart
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Jo-Anna Nieves
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Florida State University College of Law
Jo-Anna Nieves, founder of The Nieves Law Firm, takes the "criminal" out of criminal defense, and is something she does well. Jo-Anna has been recognized by multiple awards agencies for her exemplary legal work, having been named the Best Criminal Defense Attorney and the Best DUI Lawyer in Oakland by Expertise.com in 2023, as well as being recognized as a Super Lawyer Rising Star for the past 7 years. Oakland Magazine also named her a Top 5 Attorney in their annual "Best of Oakland" awards.
Her award-winning legal work extends beyond the criminal defense realm as Jo-Anna has been cited in...
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James Phillip Vaughns
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Immigration, Criminal Defense and Entertainment & Sports
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Joshua J. Schroeder
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 9 years of experience
Immigration, Appeals, Civil Rights and IP
Lewis & Clark Law School
Joshua J. Schroeder owns and operates SchroederLaw, a law firm located in Oakland, California that is focused on constitutional law at the intersection of intellectual property, immigration law, and social justice. We opened our doors right before the pandemic in 2020, and have been rolling with the punches ever since. Our story, like so many these days, is one of resilience and perseverance in unprecedented times.
In the pandemic, and during the transition of power after January 6, 2020, we never lost sight of our purpose. That purpose is to bring the best services to our clients...
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Robert Lee Lewis
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 28 years of experience
PO Box 12336
Oakland, CA 94604
Immigration
U of San Francisco School of Law
Robert has advocated for immigrants and refugees since the early 1980s, when he worked with resettlement agencies in the placement of Cuban "Marielitos" refugees. After earning his law degree in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed Robert, under the Attorney General's Honor Program, to clerk for the immigration judges for one year at the Immigration Court in San Francisco. He opened his own law firm in 1995, and immediately focused on defending Central and South Americans from deportation. Robert has lived in Mexico and Brazil and speaks both Spanish and Portuguese fluently.
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Robert David Baizer
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Choi
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Immigration
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Anthony Nze-Nwosu
Oakland, CA Immigration Lawyer
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
Dr. Anthony Nze-Nwosu is the managing attorney and has been licensed to practice in all 50 states. Anu Peshawaria serves our firm Of Counsel with world-wide experience. Together, our team has handled countless legal matters related to immigration law. We have over 10 years of combined experience, utilizing our knowledge to successfully guide you through the process. We tailor all of our case strategies to the individual needs of each client, focusing on your goals and objectives. Call today and let U.S. Immigration Attorney help you with your case, whether in obtaining a Green Card, applying for citizenship, or defending...
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Precilla Diaz
Oakland, CA Immigration Attorney with 20 years of experience
Immigration and Personal Injury
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Claribel Palacios Maduena
Alameda, CA Immigration Attorney with 13 years of experience
Immigration
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ms. Madueña is an expert immigration lawyer in the Bay Area handling a wide range of immigration matters, including complex cases with criminal issues. The bulk of her practice focuses on family-based immigration and removal defense. She has successfully argued for the release of clients in immigration detention, and has obtained Adjustment of Status, Asylum, and Cancellation of Removal for her clients against the government in Immigration Court. Ms. Madueña has also obtained Lawful Permanent Residency, Asylum, Naturalization, NACARA, and Waivers before the immigration office. Notably, when she was a first-year associate, Ms. Madueña presented a complex criminal and...
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Erich Gerard Keefe
Berkeley, CA Immigration Attorney with 20 years of experience
Immigration
New Coll of CA School of Law
Erich Keefe is a former social worker, whose immigration practice is an extension of those values and goals. His practice focuses on asylum seekers, VAWA self-petitioners, U Visa applicants, green card applicants, and others facing immigration court proceedings.
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Christian Schmidt
Berkeley, CA Immigration Attorney with 23 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Sweta Khandelwal
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Immigration
UCLA School of Law and Faculty of Law, Delhi University
Sweta has been practicing law for more than 10 years and has represented clients across multiple nationalities. Sweta has been recognized as amongst the "Top 40 under 40" immigration attorneys in CA by the American Society of Legal Advocates. An immigrant herself, Sweta came to the US as a dependent on a H-4 Visa, transferred to a student (F-1) visa, interned under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program, worked on a H-1B Visa, and is finally self-employed while obtaining her Permanent Residency. Sweta has navigated her way through the complex web of US immigration laws and...
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Robert P. Gaffney
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 43 years of experience
(415) 989-1998
601 Montgomery Street
Suite 1114
San Francisco, CA 94111
Immigration
UC Hastings COL
A California State Bar Certified Specialist in immigration and nationality law, has over 25 years of experience counseling a wide range of corporate and individual clients in areas of employment-related, investment, and family-based visa and immigration matters. He has developed significant expertise and a strong practice focus representing alien entrepreneurs under the EB-5 visa program and counseling U.S. businesses in the development of investment opportunities designed to qualify foreign direct investors for immigrant status under the EB5 provisions. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and is the author of "Country Specific Issues and Challenges in Representing EB-5 Petitioners...
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Liliana Gallelli
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer
Immigration, Business and Criminal Defense
Liliana Gallelli is an attorney since 2004 and has specialized in immigration, business and post-conviction law matters. She has represented hundreds of clients before immigration agencies, immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, federal district courts, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her work involves applications for business visas (L1s, E2s, H1bs, among others), family petitions, removal proceedings/deportation, asylum, and U visas, among others. She speaks Spanish fluently and conversational Portuguese, Italian and French.
Ms. Gallelli also represents clients in business law including:
Business Formation (LLC’s, S and C Corporations)
Sales Agreements
Partnerships
Applications for Alcohol License
Applications for Contractors...
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Christine Victoria Troy
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 23 years of experience
Immigration
University of California Hastings College of Law
Founded in 2000, The Law Office of Christine Troy provides high quality legal services to all clients. Christine Troy is an experienced attorney, practicing exclusively in the area of Immigration and Naturalization Law, with a special emphasis on green cards through employment and marriage/family and work visas. Ms. Troy provides personalized and responsive service to each of her clients to ensure each client is satisfied with the quality of legal work and attention received.
Ms Troy was admitted to the California State Bar in December 1999. She is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and the Federal Ninth Circuit...
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Geri N. Kahn
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 32 years of experience
(415) 397-5446
465 California Street
Suite 607
San Francisco, CA 94104
Immigration and Social Security Disability
U of San Francisco School of Law
I practice both Immigration and Nationality Law and Social Security Disability law.
As to the Immigration field, I represent people in removal (deportation) proceedings. I also assist small businesses in obtaining professional visas such as H-1Bs or L-1s for their employees. I represent applicants for political asylum, and religious workers and individuals at all stages of the naturalization process. Finally, I help people who wish to bring their family members to the United States.
In the Social Security field, I represent disabled individuals at administrative hearings and in federal court.
In both areas I...
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Fariba Faiz
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 25 years of experience
Immigration and International
Southwestern University School of Law
Fariba is the founder of Fariba Faiz Law Offices PC, based out of San Francisco, California. Attorney Faiz is an experienced immigration attorney with a proven track record of successfully petitioning in the realm of investment immigration (E-1/E-2 visas and direct and regional center EB-5 projects), family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration. Fariba works with multinational firms and their employees and immigrant investors in partnership to transfer, intra-company, foreign personnel and their families to the United States. She partners with employers and employees in various industries including information technology, pharmaceuticals, biotech, finance and banking sector, hospitals and healthcare providers, architectural design...
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Harry G. Lewis
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 31 years of experience
351 California St
#600
San Francisco, CA 94104
Immigration, Business and Employment
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Harry G. Lewis is an accomplished Employment, Immigration and Business Law attorney with extensive trial experience. He represents private and public companies, non-profits, public agencies and individuals throughout California.
Harry partners with clients to find creative strategies that address their complex legal needs. He has an uncompromising dedication to excellence, providing attentive service and skilled advocacy, always focused on achieving the best possible results.
Harry received his B.A. from the University of Virginia. In 1991, he earned his J.D. from William & Mary Law School. Harry is active in the community, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Marin Humane...
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Stanley Dale Radtke
San Leandro, CA Immigration Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Immigration, Appeals, Criminal Defense and Social Security Disability
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Andrei Romanenko
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 11 years of experience
Immigration
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Derek Deake Lim
Fremont, CA Immigration Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Immigration, Business, Estate Planning and Family
New College of California
Experienced, dedicated and affordable immigration attorney servings the Immigration community for near 20 years. Record of winning case on asylum, VAWA claim, naturalization with criminal background, waivers, and complex family based immigrant visa petitions.
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Prerna Lal
Berkeley, CA Immigration Attorney with 8 years of experience
Immigration and Tax
The George Washington University Law School
A monumental civil rights advocate, Attorney Prerna Lal pioneered a robust network of highly-organized and diverse undocumented youth with digital engagement capacity, and fought against the deportations of immigrant community members. This model of organizing spurred immigration organizations across the country to fight against deportations, and laid the groundwork for the Obama Administration’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)” program. For this, Attorney Lal received awards and recognition in the community, including the Changemaker of the Year award from the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). ABC News has listed Lal as among the “Top 20 Immigration Experts to Follow...
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Peter Duong
San Francisco , CA Immigration Attorney with 25 years of experience
(415) 231-5143
300 Montgomery Street
Room 660
San Francisco , CA 94104
Immigration
Stanford Univ Law School
Mr. Duong is the owner of the Law Offices of Peter Duong. He holds a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School, where he was president of the Moot Court Board and received the Hilmer Oehlman Memorial Prize and the Ira Driscoll Prize. Prior to law school, Mr. Duong received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the College of William and Mary. He brings to every case more than fifteens years of legal experience. Mr. Duong’s practice focuses on all areas of immigration law including cutting edge and complex cases involving individuals with criminal convictions and same-sex marriage cases....
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James A. Bach
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 43 years of experience
(415) 248-3100
100 Bush Street, Suite 1980
Shell Building
San Francisco, CA 94104
Immigration
UC Hastings COL
Mr. Bach received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 1975 and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1979. He has been working with immigration cases since 1978, and has lectured and written articles on immigration law. He has been a Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association continuously since 1980. In 1989, Mr. Bach was one of the first lawyers certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law (less than 8% of California immigration attorneys are Board Certified by the State Bar)....
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Gabriel D. Jack
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 22 years of experience
Immigration
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
I have been practicing immigration law since 2001. I represent a great number of clients in family-based immigration, the majority of whom have recently married a US citizen, as well as employment based immigration. I prepare the petition and file it, obtain work permits, prepare my clients for the USCIS (formerly INS) interview, appear with them at the interview, and follow up with USCIS to issue the decision to grant Permanent Residence (Green Card). We prepare petitions for foreign investors and key employees with E2 Visas, L1A and L1B Visas, as well as H-1B Visas.
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Davy S. Day
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 17 years of experience
Immigration
Santa Clara University School of Law
Davy is a Supervising Attorney at Pearl Law Group. He focuses his legal practice on U.S. corporate immigration law. Davy has experience assisting and consulting foreign nationals, including high-level multinational executives and managers, individuals of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, and professional workers, on matters relating to employment-based immigration and nonimmigrant status/visa.
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Priscilla Higuera
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney with 8 years of experience
Immigration
California Western School of Law
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Gene Sverdlov
San Francisco, CA Immigration Attorney
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of Illinois College of Law
Law Offices of Gene Sverdlov is focused on immigration law, although it has helped clients in a variety of legal spheres. Immigration matters typically include obtaining of residency status, or green cards, work authorization, naturalization, green card renewal, hardship waivers, and deportation defense. Our office has successfully argued and won cases before immigration courts in California, Arizona and Washington. In addition, we have obtained settlements in personal injury, real estate and internet fraud cases. Mention Justia and receive a free consultation!
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Gopal Shah
Berkeley, CA Immigration Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
We are a boutique Immigration Law Firm based in Berkeley, CA. We provide personalized and efficient U.S. Immigration legal services to Individuals, Families, Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Small Businesses throughout the United States.
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Gali Schaham Gordon
San Francisco, CA Immigration Lawyer with 24 years of experience
(415) 284-1601
55 New Montgomery Street
Suite 308
San Francisco, CA 94105
Immigration
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
I personally guide my clients through the nuances and complexities of immigration law.
I counsel employers as well as professionals, entrepreneurs, students, scientists, artists, and families.