Law Office of Scott A. Mossman
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 1100, Oakland CA 94612 - (510) 835-1115

Scott Mossman, Immigration Lawyer/Attorney

About Scott Mossman

Scott Mossman is an attorney licensed by the State Bar of California and authorized to represent clients before the following courts and agencies:

The courts of the State of California
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (the Board of Immigration Appeals and immigration courts)
The Department of Homeland Security agencies: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection
United States embassies and consulates throughout the world

Scott practices only immigration law, with an emphasis on representing noncitizens with a criminal conviction in immigration and naturalization applications, defending them in removal proceedings, and appealing adverse immigration decisions to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO).

Scott also represents clients before the federal district courts in actions for injunctions, mandamus, and declaratory relief. This type of litigation is sometimes necessary when the government violates the law or unreasonably delays a decision on an immigration petition or application.

Scott is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is on the Board of Directors for the U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic Alumni Council.

Scott received his law degree from the University of California, Davis, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class. He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from California State University, Sacramento.

In law school, Scott was active in the Immigration Law Clinic and the King Hall Immigrant Detainee Project. During the second year of law school, he served as a legal extern for a judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He also spent a summer as a law clerk at the State Bar of California, Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (the disciplinary arm of the State Bar).

Scott Mossman also has spoken and written about immigration:

Scott gave a presentation on naturalization issues to a citizenship class at the Fremont Adult School on March 30, 2010.
Scott and a co-panelist gave a presentation on the one-year asylum bar and exceptions in a webinar presented by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) on March 11, 2010.
Scott and co-panelists gave a presentation on basic asylum law and procedure in a webinar presented by the ILRC on November 18, 2009. He spoke about the mandatory bars to asylum and the procedures for applications to USCIS and immigration judges.
Scott gave a presentation at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall on representing asylum applicants before the Asylum Office to law students in the California Asylum Representation Clinic on August 29, 2009.
Scott and a co-panelist gave a presentation on unlawful presence, the permanent bar, and the Ninth Circuit's decisions in Duran-Gonzalez, Perez-Gonzalez, and Acosta at the August meeting of Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Scott served as a panelist on the Inadmissibility & Deportability webinar presented by the ILRC on April 15, 2009. He spoke about the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for fraud/misrepresentation, false claims to U.S. citizenship, unlawful re-entry after a prior removal or more than one year of unlawful presence (the "permanent bar"), and public charge concerns.
Scott participated in an advice clinic organized by ILRC and Oakland Community Organizations at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oakland, on February 1, 2009.
Scott participated in an advice clinic organized by ILRC and Oakland Community Organizations at St. Jarlath Catholic Church in Oakland, on January 22, 2009.
Scott and two co-panelists gave a presentation on the pro-bono attorney/interpreter/mentor team for persons interested in volunteering for the asylum program of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco on September 23, 2008.
Scott gave a presentation at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall on representing asylum applicants before the Asylum Office to law students in the California Asylum Representation Clinic on September 6, 2008.
Scott spoke about immigrant rights and eligibility for benefits at the Western Service Workers Association office in West Oakland on February 23, 2008.
Scott participated in an advice clinic organized by ILRC and Oakland Community Organizations at St. Anthony Catholic Church, on February 17, 2008.
Scott served as a panel commentator on Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication, an important study by Professors Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag, at Stanford Law School on October 18, 2007.
Immigration Daily published an article by Scott Mossman entitled An Invitation To Dialogue To Improve Adjudication In Removal Proceedings, on October 11, 2007.
Scott discussed the role of a mentor attorney in pro bono asylum cases at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco on September 18, 2007.
Scott moderated a presentation on ethical witness preparation at a lawyer education event on September 15, 2007, at U.C. Davis School of Law.
Scott discussed Social Security no-match letters, Real ID driver's license requirements, immigrant rights, and immigration reform with members of the Roofer's and Waterproofer's Local Union No. 40 in San Francisco on July 19, 2007.
Scott was the principal author of two sections of the report of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission published in November 2006: Real ID Act: A Federal Law's Impact on the Human and Civil Rights of San Franciscans.
Scott Mossman published an article in the October 2006 issue of Verdict, the journal of the National Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals, entitled Restriction of Judicial Review in Immigration Cases. (Article provided courtesy of Verdict, 233 Broadway, Suite 1807, New York NY 10279, (212) 791-1364.)
Scott published an article, The USCIS Ombudsman's Proposal To Restrict The Jurisdiction Of The Asylum Office Would Waste Resources, Inhibit Government Scrutiny Of The Applications, And Do Nothing To Reduce Fraudulent Claims, in the May 1, 2006, edition of Immigration Daily.
Scott and other speakers discussed immigration enforcement legislation at a town hall meeting, Current Immigration Reform: Bordering on Injustice?, sponsored by the UC Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal. The event took place on March 29, 2006. EVENT FLYER
Scott published an article, The New Enforcement Bill's Attack On Judicial Review: The Wrong Response To Widespread Judicial Criticism Of The Department of Justice's Unfair And Incompetent Handling of Immigration Cases , in the February 1, 2006, edition of Immigration Daily.
A June 15, 2005, East Bay Express article on how REAL ID could affect victims of torture quoted Scott. Opening Old Wounds by Robert Gammon
On May 26, 2005, Scott Mossman and other representatives from labor, civil rights, and immigrant rights groups testified before the San Francisco Human Rights Commission about the REAL ID Act and the USA PATRIOT Act.
Scott published an article, Scraps From The Table: Positive Changes To REAL ID Made By The House And Senate Conferees, in the May 9, 2005, edition of Immigration Daily.
Scott appeared as a guest on the Karel Show on KGO ABC Radio 810AM, to discuss the REAL ID Act on May 8, 2005.
Scott participated in a block party at Lincoln Park, East Oakland, to educate youth about deportation on April 30, 2005. Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership and Oakland Asian Students Educational Services organized the event.

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Scott's Volunteer Activities:

Pro bono attorney of the day for unrepresented respondents at the San Francisco Immigration Court.
Mentor to pro bono attorneys representing asylum applicants through the Asylum Program of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mentor to UC Berkeley law students representing asylum applicants through the Cal Asylum Representation Clinic (CARC).
Monthly advice clinic at Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland's Fruitvale District.
Occasional free clinics organized by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC).

Scott Mossman is a licensed attorney and active member of the State Bar of California, Bar #227178.

For pending criminal charges, we advise defendants, criminal defense attorneys, and public defenders throughout the entire State of California.
In removal cases, we represent clients residing anywhere in Northern California before the San Francisco Immigration Court.
For USCIS applications, we primarily represent clients before the USCIS San Francisco and San Jose Field Offices, including clients from Alameda, Berkeley, Concord, Fremont, Hayward, Martinez, Milpitas, Mountain View, Napa, Oakland, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Mateo, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale, and Walnut Creek. For appeals of denied USCIS petitions and waivers, we represent clients living anywhere in the world.