Lakin & Wille LLP - Oakland, CA

Zealous Immigration Litigation and Removal Defense in Oakland

When faced with detention, deportation, or unlawful administrative denials, individuals and their families need fearless legal advocacy backed by exceptional trial acumen. Headquartered in Oakland, Lakin and Wille LLP represents noncitizens in complex deportation defense, federal appellate challenges, and immigration detention matters throughout Northern California. Whether you need a lawyer to contest a negative immigration decision or seek to hire an attorney to secure a bond release for an incarcerated relative, the firm delivers vigorous courtroom representation.

Partners Judah Lakin and Amalia Wille established the firm in 2019 after years of practicing together at one of the country's most renowned immigration litigation practices. Drawing on decades of collective courtroom experience, they have built an agile boutique firm focused on unraveling the most challenging procedural and substantive immigration obstacles.

Strategic Legal Services for Complex Immigration Matters

Lakin and Wille LLP is nationally known for tackling difficult immigration controversies that other firms decline. Those looking to find a lawyer who handles high-stakes removal and appellate litigation can rely on the firm across several specialized practice areas:

• Deportation and removal defense: Defending clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review against complex grounds of deportability, inadmissibility, and criminal convictions.
• Federal court litigation and habeas corpus: Filing federal habeas corpus petitions and mandamus actions in the U.S. District Court and petitions for review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge unlawful detentions and unjust rulings.
• Appeals and motions to reopen: Litigating appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and drafting comprehensive motions to reopen based on changed circumstances, ineffective assistance of counsel, or new statutory relief.
• Immigration detention and bond hearings: Zealously advocating for individuals detained in county jails and immigration detention centers, securing release on bond or conditional parole.
• Asylum and family-based visas: Representing asylum seekers fleeing severe harm as well as families pursuing adjustment of status, consular processing, and provisional unlawful presence waivers.

Recognized Leaders in Civil Rights and Immigrant Advocacy

The partners at Lakin and Wille LLP serve as lecturers at UC Berkeley School of Law, where they supervise law students representing noncitizens before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The firm was honored as the 2020 Pro Bono Champion by the American Immigration Lawyers Association Northern California Chapter in recognition of landmark class action litigation that secured the release of over a hundred medically vulnerable detainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Both partners are fluent in Spanish, ensuring that Spanish-speaking clients communicate directly with their legal team without language barriers. Every case receives a team-oriented strategy that combines detailed factual investigation with innovative legal analysis.

Contact Lakin and Wille LLP to Discuss Your Legal Options

Navigating federal immigration courts without skilled legal representation puts your future and your freedom at extreme risk. If you need to hire an attorney to fight deportation, challenge an unjust ruling, or secure the release of a detained family member, Lakin and Wille LLP provides the tenacious advocacy your case requires. Contact the Oakland office today to request a comprehensive case evaluation.