Blog Posts in 2013

Post-conviction relief ("PCR") refers to the eliminating or otherwise the reducing of the effects of a criminal conviction. Certain criminal convictions carry immigration consequences for foreign ...

Many people understand the concept of hearsay from various courtroom-drama television shows and movies. The legal definition of hearsay is a statement made out of court that is offered in court as ...

As many American families, including several families that only recently immigrated to the United States, were preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving Day last week, the United States Court of Appeals for ...

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit"), the federal court with jurisdiction over petitions for review of decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals ...

After the United States Supreme Court barred the United States Government from discriminating against lawfully married same-sex couples in its landmark decision United States v. Windsor , the United ...

In what many private practitioners of immigration law find to be a long overdue decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit"), the federal court with ...