Areas of Practice: Immigration Law and Immigration Litigation; family-based immigration; employment-based immigration; representation of persons in removal proceedings in Immigration Court, at the Board of Immigration Appeals, in United States Federal Court for the Western District of Washington, and at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; affirmative asylum; cancellation of removal; waivers of inadmissibility; requests for deferred action status; VAWA petitions; special immigrant juvenile petitions; religious worker petitions; special immigrant petitions for religious workers; bond/custody hearings in immigration court; I-751 petitions to remove conditional status; naturalization applications; motions to reopen; and many other applications for immigration benefits.

.Notable Cases: Balogun v. INS (asylum denial reversed by 9th Cirucit Court of Appeals), Salvador Rivera v. John Ashcroft, et al,; (9th Circuit reversal of denial of habeas corpus petition); co-counsel in Zenebe Gete v. INS, (decision in class action lawsuit which was dismissed at U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, was later reversed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals); In the Matter of Majid Al-Massari; Matter of O-,