Norton Tooby's national law practice is located in Oakland, California.

This office

* obtains post-conviction relief from state and federal criminal convictions for immigrants nationwide

* writes and publishes practice manuals for immigration and criminal lawyers

* gives seminars, and maintains this website

* consults concerning immigration consequences of past and future criminal convictions, and how to avoid them in both criminal and immigration court

Education.

Mr. Tooby graduated in 1967 with a B.A. cum laude from Harvard, and in 1970 with a J.D. from the Stanford Law School, where he served as President of the Stanford Law Review.

Honors and Awards.

He is listed in BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA. In 2000, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center awarded him its Philip Burton Immigration & Civil Rights Award for Immigration Lawyering for "his pioneering work in the field of post-conviction relief for immigrants."

Published Decisions.

* People v. Marks (1988) 45 Cal.3d 1335, 248 Cal.Rptr. 874, 756 P.2d 260 (successful death penalty appeal)

* People v. Totari (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 1202, 4 Cal.Rptr.3d 613 (reversing trial court's order denying a motion to vacate a conviction under Penal Code § 1016.5)

* People v. Totari (2002) 28 Cal.4th 876, 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 76 (holding that denial of a motion to vacate a conviction under Penal Code § 1016.5 is appealable)

* In re Resendiz (2001) 25 Cal.4th 230 (holding that defense counsel's misadvice concerning actual immigration consequences of plea constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, resulting in reversal if prejudice is shown, even if the defendant was given the advice on possible immigration consequences required by Penal Code § 1016.5)(represented amici curiae)

* He is lead counsel in People v. Kim, S153183, now pending in the California Supreme Court, which will determine (1) whether the court has authority to grant coram nobis relief where no one knew the actual immigration consequences of a plea, (2) whether the court has authority to grant a non-statutory motion to vacate a conviction, after custody has expired, on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel, and (3) whether counsel renders ineffective assistance by failing to advise the client concerning the adverse immigration consequences of a plea.

Publications:

* Tooby's Guide to Criminal Immigration Law: How Criminal and Immigration Counsel Can Work Together to Protect Immigration Status in Criminal Cases (2008)

* Tooby's Crimes of Moral Turpitude (3d ed. 2008) by N. Tooby & J. Rollin

* Criminal Defense of Immigrants (4th ed. 2007) by N. Tooby & J. Rollin

* Aggravated Felonies (3d ed. 2006) by N. Tooby & J. Rollin

* Safe Havens: How to Identify and Construct Non-Deportable Convictions (2005) by N. Tooby & J. Rollin

* Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (National Edition 2004)

* California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (2002)

* California Expungement Manual (2002)

* California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants eBook (2008 Edition)

RESUME

 Joseph Justin Rollin earned his Bachelor’s Degrees in Japanese Language and Japan Studies from the University of Washington in 1997, and graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 2001.

While still in law school, Mr. Rollin assisted the Seattle Federal Public Defender’s Office in its representation of noncitizens ordered removed from the United States but indefinitely detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service because their countries of nationality would not accept their return. He assisted the Washington Defender’s Immigration Project by drafting a 500+ page analysis of the immigration consequences of a conviction for each criminal offense in Washington State. He also participated in the University of Washington School of Law Immigrant Family Advocacy Project, which represents battered women in filing self-petitions for lawful permanent residency pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act.

After graduation, Mr. Rollin spent two years working as an Attorney Advisor for the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Courts), where he assisted more than fifteen Immigration Judges in all aspects of the law related to asylum and removal.

For the last five years, he has been an associate of the Law Offices of Norton Tooby, assisting noncitizens to avoid deportation from the United States because of criminal convictions. He has co-authored four criminal/immigration practice manuals with Mr. Tooby.

In addition to the books he has co-authored with Mr. Tooby, he has published articles on misdemeanor “aggravated felonies” and INA § 212(c) relief in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin.

Mr. Rollin is licensed to practice law in Oregon and Washington State. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association.