Chris is a Senior attorney in Murray Osorio's Fairfax office. He focuses his practice on removal cases, including asylum, withholding of removal, cancellation of removal, and complex crimmigration and inadmissibility issues. He also has experience with Motions to Reopen and appeals with the Board of Immigration Appeals. Besides removal cases, he has extensive experience with unlawful presence, fraud, and crime waivers, along with family-based and nonimmigrant visa petitions. He also has experience with sports visas. Before joining Murray Osorio, he worked at Zeman and Petterson, PLLC, an immigration law firm, from 2017-2023. In addition, he's been an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2017.
In 2017, Chris graduated from the George Washington (GW) University law school, where he participated in GW's Moot Court and Immigration Clinic. Before his law career, he played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a cornerback from 2005 - 2013. Since 2018, he has served on the Board of Directors at Brain Injury Services, a nonprofit organization that supports and empowers survivors of traumatic brain injuries in Northern Virginia. He also has been a member of GW's Clinical Law Advisory Council since its inception.
Bar Membership
- California
- Fourth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals
Education
- 2017 - The George Washington Law School
- 2005 - Boise State University, Pat Fuller Memorial Academic Award winner
Memberships
Languages
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Obtained fraud waiver for Bolivian noncitizen who entered the United States with a fraudulent passport and appeared for her tourist-visa interview with a fake husband.
- Successfully extended U visa nonimmigrant status for a Salvadoran noncitizen whose U visa nonimmigrant status had been expired for one and half years.
- Obtained U.S. citizenship for a Trinadad and Tobago noncitizen by demonstrating in a request for evidence (RFE) that USCIS misapplied the "marital union" requirement under INA §319(a).
Removal Proceedings
- Successfully reopened the removal proceedings of a Salvadoran women who did not receive proper notice of her court hearing.
- Successfully terminated the removal proceedings for a Bahrain lawful permanent resident (LPR) by showing that a conviction for theft under Section 7-104 of Maryland’s criminal code is not a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT).
- Secured non-LPR cancellation of removal for a Salvadoran man whose three U.S. citizen children had no medical issues.
Interesting Fact
- Chris' favorite kind food is Italian, he's has visited 46 states, and loves beating his children at Jenga.
