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About Joseph Justin Rollin

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 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. 

He then joined the nationally respected Law Offices of Norton Tooby, assisting noncitizens to avoid deportation from the United States because of criminal convictions. 

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. 

Law Offices of Joseph Justin Rollin