Immigration Law / Deportation Defense

Los Angeles County and Orange County

Immigration and Deportation Law Attorney

Legal Solutions for Southern California
Aggressive Representation

Federal immigration law creates several categories of criminal offenses, which has significant impact on the immigration consequences a criminal conviction will have:

• Aggravated felonies have the worst consequences, followed by
• non-aggravated felony grounds for removal
• criminal grounds for inadmissibility to the United States
• criminal grounds that preclude satisfaction of a good moral character finding

A large part of the immigration law practice of Southern California immigration attorney Laurence B. Donoghue is the defense of people whom the U.S.C.I.S. (formerly known as the INS) is trying to remove from the U.S. through deportation.

As an experienced criminal defense attorney and former state and federal prosecutor, immigration and deportation law attorney Laurence Donoghue is exceptionally well qualified to vigorously argue the cases of people at risk of being deported before U.S. immigration courts. Contact us now for a free half-hour consultation. Members of our staff speak Spanish, Tagalog, French, and English.

Donoghue Offers Aggressive Criminal and Deportation Defense

If you are not properly defended, a criminal conviction can result in your deportation, ineligibility for relief from removal, and being barred from naturalization.

Few immigration lawyers have been prosecutors or criminal defense attorneys as Mr. Laurence B. Donoghue has. He understands how prosecutors think and will force them respect your rights and to prove every element of their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Expungement of Criminal Records for Legal Permanent Residents

When Mr. Donoghue successfully clears the criminal record of a non-U.S. citizen through aggressive defense or expungement of past convictions, he effectively halts the deportation action against that person. The solution is usually in state court – before a matter reaches U.S. immigration courts.

• For example, it may be possible to appeal to a state court where you were previously convicted and given a one-year sentence, and obtain a reduction in the sentence to 364 days. If the sentence is less than a year, you may be able to retain your refugee or asylum status, or legal permanent resident immigration status.

Preserve Your Asylum or Refugee Status or Legal Permanent Residency!

Mr. Donoghue has been successful at vacating guilty pleas on constitutional grounds, modifying convictions, and reducing sentences – with the result that the alien at risk of deportation retained his right to remain in the U.S.

Whether in state court, federal court, or in U.S. immigration courts, Laurence B. Donoghue presents a powerful defense of people at risk of deportation because of criminal offenses or visa violations.

While no attorney can promise success in your particular case, Laurence Donoghue will use every bit of his knowledge and experience to aggressively fight for your best result.

To schedule a free 30-minute consultation with an experienced and aggressive Los Angeles immigration and deportation law attorney, contact the Law Offices of Laurence B. Donoghue now.