Attorney Profile
Aaron M. Morrison, a Los Angeles immigration attorney with over a decade of immigration litigation experience, is the principal attorney of the Law Office of Aaron M. Morrison. Mr. Morrison has defended hundreds of clients facing deportation and specializes in handling complex immigration matters, including asylum and criminal immigration (detention and bond) cases.
Mr. Morrison is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), National Immigration Project of The National Lawyers Guild (“NIPNLG”), and Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Immigration Law Section. For the 2015-2016 term, he served as a pro bono liaison for the AILA Southern California Chapter. Mr. Morrison has also volunteered in Dilley, Texas with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, where he successfully fought for the release of Central American women and their children from immigration detention.
Mr. Morrison is admitted to practice law in California and before the United States District Court, Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to opening his firm, Mr. Morrison worked for nearly ten years as an associate for a small immigration law firm in Los Angeles where he appeared in immigration court on a daily basis and defended his clients from deportation. Mr. Morrison has also represented clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Mr. Morrison obtained his Juris Doctorate in 2003 from Southwestern Law School, where he was Lead Articles Editor of the Southwestern Journal of International Law. Mr. Morrison received his B.A. degree (with Honors) in English and Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He currently resides in Los Angeles. In his spare time, Mr. Morrison enjoys traveling, spending time with his family, playing guitar, walking his two dogs, attending Los Angeles Dodgers games, hiking and reading.
Types of Immigration cases Mr. Morrison has handled:
- Cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents under section 240A(b) of the INA
- Cancellation of removal for certain permanent residents under section 240A(a) of the INA
- Adjustment of Status cases under sections 245(a) and (i) before the USCIS and the Immigration Court
- Military Parole in Place applications (“PIP”)
- Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers (I-601A)
- Petitions for U Visa Status
- Suspension of Deportation under former section 244 of the Act
- Asylum, withholding of removal, and claims for relief under Article III of the United Nations Convention Against Torture
- Discretionary waivers under sections 212(c),(h), and (i) of the INA.
- Applications for Temporary Protected Status
- Claims under NACARA
- VAWA cases
- Motions to reopen and rescind removal orders
- Citizenship claims
- Defense against claims of abandonment of status in removal proceedings
- Defense against claims involving false claims to U.S. Citizenship
- Smuggling cases
- Aggravated felonies
- Bond proceedings (including Rodriguez hearings)
- BIA appeals
- Ninth Circuit Appeals
Mr. Morrison has represented defendants in the following types of cases in criminal court:
- Post conviction proceedings (PC 1016.5 motions)
- Misdemeanor driving under the influence
- Felony driving under the influence resulting in bodily injury
- Vehicular manslaughter
- Homicide
- Assault with deadly weapon
- Hit and run
- Possession for sale of a controlled substance
- Simple possession of a controlled substance
- Domestic violence
- Assault and battery
- Child abuse/molestation
- Rape
- Probation violation hearings
- Burglary
- Arson
- Petty theft
- Identity theft
- Document fraud/forgery/perjury
Mr. Morrison has defended clients in the following Immigration Courts:
Los Angeles, Adelanto, Imperial, San Francisco, San Diego, San Pedro, Lancaster, El Centro, Eloy (Arizona), Florence, (Arizona), Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, Harlingen, Pearsall, Los Fresnos, Nebraska, Seattle, Tacoma, Stewart (Georgia), Oakdale (Louisiana), and Salt Lake City. Mr. Morrison has defended clients in criminal proceedings in the following counties: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside.
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