“We help refugees and hardworking Latino families to secure their green cards or become U.S. Citizens and, in the worst cases, fight deportation to keep families together. We specialize in very complicated litigation in all Federal Circuit Courts nationwide and all State Courts throughout California, including cases with criminal conviction. We fight for the persecuted and families.”
– Stephen J. Coghlan
Your Justice Is Our Priority
We are a full-service bilingual immigration law firm with two offices in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco and Novato). We specialize in deportation defense, including assistance in securing release from DHS custody, family-based petitions, criminal representation in California Courts, and citizenship applications.
The firm focuses on handling criminal cases in light of current immigration law including all forms of post-conviction relief. Please contact us about your specific situation.
Our attorneys, associates and specialists are dedicated to developing options and services rendered to specific clients.
Primary Practice Areas
Immigration Law
- Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
- The Board of Immigration Appeals
- The Immigration Court (EOIR)
- All Superior Courts of California
Deportation Defense
- Asylum, Withholding of Removal
- Cancellation of Removal
- Vacating Criminal Convictions
USCIS Applications
- Citizenship Application
- Adjustment of Status
- U visas
Office | Oficina
San Francisco
615 Sansome St. 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-732-1620
Fax: 415-723-7753
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm
Our office is closed on all Federal Holidays
We will be closed December 19th – Jan 1st in observance of the holidays
Partners
Stephen J. Coghlan | Founder (retired 2022)
Mr. Coghlan attained his B.A. in Business and Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) at Dominican University of San Rafael, California in 1995, a Juris Doctorate from Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1998.
Mr. Coghlan has over twenty years of experience in all areas of immigration law with specific focus on deportation defense and family-based petitions. Mr. Coghlan practiced in the Executive Office of
Immigration Review (EOIR), Board of Immigration Review (BIA) and Federal Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and the California Superior Courts.
In addition, Mr. Coghlan has represented many refugees seeking asylum through the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and the Legal Aid Societies of San Diego and Marin County.
He practiced immigration law in the San Francisco area from 1999-2021, and has made appearances from Brownsville, TX to Seattle, WA and in Superior Courts throughout California.
Omar Nakib | Attorney
Omar Nakib is an immigration attorney and founding member of Bay Area Immigration, Corp. who started working with Mr. Coghlan in 2012. He has been a practicing attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2002. Omar was born and raised in the Peninsula area of the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California in 1994. He received his BA, cum laude, from the University of San Francisco in 1998, and his JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2002.
Bay Area Immigration Corp. 