Johnson Law & Consulting

immigration and refugee law expert / Legal Brief Writing and Case Strategy / Executive Vice President of the National Association of Immigration Judges / Attorney and Former Immigration Judge

Brief Writing

Johnson Law & Consulting can assist you or your organization in drafting legal briefs for the immigration court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Circuit Court of Appeals.

Johnson Law & Consulting has drafted winning legal briefs addressing asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Johnson Law & Consulting also has experience drafting legal briefs addressing procedural issues, crimmigration, and fraud and misrepresentation.

Below are representative published decisions.

  • Lkhagvasuren v. Lynch , 849 F. 3d 800 (9th Cir. 2016) (whether retaliation for whistleblowing amounts to persecution on account of a political opinion).
  • Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorkas, 656 F. 3d 954 (9th Cir. 2011), overruled by De Osorio v. Mayorkas, 695 F. 3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), rev Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio, 573 U.S. (2014) (interpretation of the Child Status Protection Act).
  • Vasquez v. Holder, 602 F. 3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2010) (recognizing eligibility for a waiver when conditional residence status terminated based on marriage fraud).
  • Matter of Wang, 25 I&N Dec. 28 (BIA 2009) (interpretation of the Child Status Protection Act), counsel for Amici Curiae.