Stephen Eckdish: Is a San Francisco criminal defense attorney and U.S. immigration lawyer who has successfully defended thousands of clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Mateo County, Marin County, Alameda County, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and throughout northern California.

Immigration Law: I routinely and successfully represent clients who wish to become lawful permanent residents but have overstayed and are consequently out of status, those who have sustained misdemeanor or felony convictions, and those who are in removal/deportation proceedings.

Immigration Lawyer and Criminal Defense: Practicing in San Francisco since 1980. As a U.S. immigration lawyer and criminal defense attorney, I defend non-citizens in the immigration courts in removal (deportation) hearings and in the California criminal courts. In defending non-citizens in criminal actions, I emphasize avoiding convictions which may have immigration consequences or prevent adjustment of status or result in deportation.

Removal and Deportation

• Post Conviction Relief: I attack criminal convictions in the criminal courts which form the basis for deportation in removal proceedings and which may prevent cancellation of removal for permanent and non-permanent residents.
  
  
• I file waivers against excludability, inadmissibility and deportability such as the recently revived suspension of deportation under section 212(c) of the I.N.A. for relief from aggravated felony convictions which occurred before April, 1996 and utilize the 212(i) and 212(h) waivers for those who have committed fraud, made material misrepresentations or been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude.
  
  
• Filing for adjustment of status to permanent residency: Emphasizing the handling difficult adjustment cases where my clients have overstayed and are out of status, or have sustained criminal conviction(s), or are in removal proceedings seeking relief from deportation.
  
  
• Filing applications for Asylum, Withholding of Removal and Convention Against Torture (C.A.T.): Relief in removal proceedings from deportation for those seeking protections against well founded fears of persecution or torture in their home countries and, where none of these remedies are available, Voluntary Departure.
  

Criminal Defense: I emphasize defending all classes of serious felonies including, but not limited to, 'three strikes' prosecutions, drug crimes, sex offenses, violent felonies, domestic violence and DUI cases.

Criminal Defense and Immigration Practice: I represent both U.S. citizens and non-citizens in both the criminal and immigrations courts, featuring post conviction relief and expungement of criminal convictions for employment concerns.

Personal Injury: I emphasize aggressively prosecuting law suits for victims who have sustained serious injuries arising from automobile accidents.

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