Law Offices of David M. Haghighi, APC

About Law Offices of David M. Haghighi, APC

Law Offices of David M. Haghighi, APC is an immigration practice at 739 N Main Street in Los Angeles. Founder David M. Haghighi has held an active California law license since December 2001 and is a certified specialist in immigration and nationality law through the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He earned a B.A. from UCLA in 1995 and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 2000. He is admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, two federal district courts in California and several federal circuit courts of appeals. Haghighi’s biography also states that he came to the United States after fleeing persecution and received asylum.

The practice represents people seeking asylum and those facing removal proceedings in immigration court. Its removal work includes bond hearings and potential forms of relief such as cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, asylum and waivers. The firm also prepares I-601 and I-601A inadmissibility waivers. For conditional residents, it handles joint I-751 petitions and waiver requests based on termination of a good-faith marriage, extreme hardship if required to leave the United States, or battery or extreme cruelty, as applicable.

Family and employment matters form another part of the caseload. The office prepares family-based petitions for qualifying relatives and employment-based filings for employers and workers, including temporary-worker and permanent-residence matters. The practice also covers VAWA self-petitions, U visas for crime victims, petitions involving same-sex spouses and naturalization applications. For citizenship matters, the office assists with eligibility review, application preparation and interview preparation, and offers accompaniment to the naturalization interview.

The firm handles disputes after an immigration decision or delay as well as initial applications. That work includes appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, motions to reopen or reconsider, petitions for review in federal circuit courts and federal mandamus actions seeking a decision from USCIS on a delayed application. Language access at the Los Angeles office includes Bengali, Indonesian, Tagalog, Spanish and Mandarin, and Haghighi speaks Farsi.