1997
University of California Hastings
The Law Offices of Jonathan D Montag are located in downtown San Diego, California, short walks from the Immigration Court, the Department of Homeland Security's Bureaus of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the federal and state courthouses.
The practice concentrates in immigration law. We deal in immigrant visa processing as well as representing clients in removal proceedings and in appellate work. Contact us by email, phone, or fax regarding your immigration situation.
Jonathan D. Montag received his J.D. from the University of San Diego in 1994, and his B.A. in Near Eastern Studies and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He also studied economics at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He is an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal specialization.
Mr. Montag is on the editorial board of Immigration Today, the American Immigration Lawyers Association 's (AILA) monthly magazine. He is a former San Diego AILA Chapter Chair. Mr. Montag has lectured at conferences hosted by AILA and the State Bar of California in matters relating to the immigration law and has published widely in the field. Mr. Montag has argued successfully before the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also testified as an expert witness on immigration law in the federal district court and the California Bar Court. He is a member of the State Bar of California and has been admitted to practice in U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals' 5th and 9th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California. Mr. Montag was named an Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer Magazine for extraordinary achievement in immigration law in 2005. He is designated as a Super Lawyer by San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine.
1996
University of San Diego
1999
Western State University - 1989
Mr. Becker is a managing partner at Becker & Lee LLP and is certified as a specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization. He is a graduate of Tulane Law School in New Orleans and also holds a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Psychology from the University of Montana-Missoula. Mr. Becker previously worked with three immigration law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area where he practiced all areas of immigration law.
Mr. Becker represents a number of companies and individuals in the employment-based immigration context, including mid- and small-sized businesses, researchers and scientists and IT professionals. He also has litigated numerous cases before Immigration Courts and has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has experience in all areas of immigration law, including removal defense, employment-based immigration, PERM labor certifications, waivers, consular processing, asylum, adjustment of status and naturalization. He has been invited to speak on immigration law panels regarding inadmissibility waivers, temporary employment-based visas, the Defense of Marriage Act, Prosecutorial Discretion and LGBT asylum issues.
Mr. Becker is fluent in Spanish. Although he represents individuals from all over the world, he has a strong background in issues particularly relevant to individuals from Latin America. As a U.S. Fulbright scholar, he conducted post-graduate research on gangs and street children in El Salvador. He has studied and/or worked in Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Spain and Mexico.
Mr. Becker serves as the Co-Chair of the Immigration Section of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Barristers Club and previously served as the LGBT Coordinator for the American Immigration Lawyer's Association of Northern California ("AILA NorCal"). He has volunteers as a mentor on numerous asylum cases for the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and has offered pro bono services to the National Center of Lesbian Rights, the Asian Law Caucus, El Centro Legal de La Raza and other non-profit organizations.
2006
Tulane Law School
Dayzad Law Offices provide businesses, individuals and families with expert United States immigration counsel and representation. Our offices are unique in that we have expertise in the full range of immigration topics: employment-based, family-based, and deportation defense. Our clients benefit from this breadth of knowledge because we create non-conventional strategies by drawing on legal arguments from all areas of immigration law.
At Dayzad Law Offices, we make an otherwise intimidating process smooth and stress-free for our clients. An experienced immigration attorney—not just a secretary or paralegal—devotes attention to each case. Focusing on client preferences and goals, the attorney will use extensive legal expertise to create a strong case strategy. Clients receive a response to their inquiries from an immigration attorney within a day. They can also access their immigration file through a secure state-of-the-art case management software anytime, day or night.
ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY
Navid Dayzad creates immigration strategies that help businesses hire valuable foreign-national employees, and help families realize their dreams in the United States. He is dedicated to providing personal service to his clientele, who inspire him and remind him that he is an immigrant too. Mr. Dayzad speaks English, Farsi and Spanish.
For five years, Mr. Dayzad has been selected as a "Rising Star" immigration attorney—among the top 2 1/2 percent of the outstanding, emerging lawyers in Southern California. This honor and a news article about Mr. Dayzad was published in Los Angeles magazine and Law & Politics' Super Lawyers magazine.
Prior to immersing himself in immigration law in January 2001, Mr. Dayzad practiced employment law at the international firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, where he litigated and counseled employment law cases. Mr. Dayzad earned his law degree in 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall)—ranked among the nation's top 10 law schools. Mr. Dayzad graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
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In his personal life, Navid is a dedicated uncle to his niece and nephews, and an ambitious traveler (having embarked on solo adventures to Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, Berlin, Mexico, and Montreal). He loves to laugh at the antics of his cat, Ziggy—and even at himself when he botches colloquial American idioms. His favorite place to catch some laughs is the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, where he was a former student of improvisational comedy (just for fun!).
Experience, Education, and Academic Honors
Volunteer Activities and Language Skills
Mr. Dayzad's enthusiasm for protecting and promoting the rights of immigrants extends beyond his office doors. He has volunteered for the following national and community-based organizations:
2001
University of California Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
Jackson & Hertogs LLP ("J&H") is a law firm based in San Francisco, California, serving clients throughout the world. Established in 1950, we currently have eight attorneys and over 25 legal assistants and office management personnel to assist our clients with immigration matters. Our clients range from large multinational companies to recent start-up companies and individuals. J&H limits its practice to immigration and nationality law and specializes in corporate immigration issues.
Our service philosophy is simple. We partner with our clients to achieve the approval of applications and petitions from the USCIS and the Department of Labor as quickly and economically as possible. We utilize the latest office technology and employ a team of highly trained and experienced personnel. Our goal is to provide our clients with the shortest possible turnaround time-without compromising the quality of our work. We also utilize state-of-the-art technology in processing cases which provides updated case status information. Our corporate clients have the option of being "web-enabled" so that HR personnel and corporate employees can know the status of their cases at any time.
Immigration laws and procedures are constantly changing and it is vital to keep abreast of the most recent court decisions, proposed regulatory and policy changes and new laws and regulations as they are promulgated. To this end, we constantly update our web site and issue email bulletins to corporate clients. We maintain a complete immigration law library and our attorneys are active in the immigration bar and are frequent guest speakers in the area of immigration law and procedure.
Although our attorneys may emphasize one or more areas of immigration law, our clients are served by, and are clients of, the entire firm. This approach, coupled with our specialization, permits us to serve the large corporation as well as families and individuals.
1991
- 1990
Boutique law practice that provides personalized red-carpet service to clients, including entrepreneurs, established businesses and families. Provides out-of-the-box immigration solutions to many businesses and families in the Silicon Valley and beyond.
1991
University of Illinois, College of Law
2010
Monterey College of Law
2001
UC Berkeley, Boalth Hall Law