Our Practice

A graduate from Whittier Law School, Curtis Morrison is an expert in the nexus of immigration law and federal litigation. He is licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California, and the District of Columbia Bar. He is also admitted to practice before the  Central District of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of California; District Court for the District of Columbia ,  US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Kristina Ghazaryan is licensed to practice law in California and the  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals .  She received her Master’s Degree in Law from Southwestern Law School in 2013, where she was an active member of Immigration Law Students Association and Public Service Program. 

Ms. Ghazaryan has over 15 years of experience in Immigration law and International Private law in the U.S.

She received her initial legal education in Yerevan, Armenia. Later, she completed post-graduate studies in the Faculty of International Private law of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative in Law in Moscow Russia. 

In September of 2000, Ms. Ghazaryan participated in a three-month-course of studies at the Netherland’s Institute of International Relations Clingendael. She has extensive experience working with international organizations such as: United Nation High Commissioner on Refugees (UNNHCR), International Organization on Migration (IOM), European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe and etc.

Ms. Ghazaryan is fluent in Russian and Armenian, and has working knowledge of Spanish.

Prior to joining the firm, Jana worked as In-House Counsel at the Office of Legal Affairs at The Ohio State University. Her practice focused on Title IX, Student Issues, Sexual Assault and Public Safety. 

Jana received a BA in International Studies with a double minor in International Relations & Foreign Diplomacy and Arabic from The Ohio State University in 2013, and a JD from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2017. While at Ohio State, Jana was the Managing Editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, placed 1st in the 2017 ABA Mediation Moot Court Competition, and was recognized as a Public Service Fellow with Dean's Special Recognition. 

Jana is an active member of her community and serves as a Board Member and Founder of the Columbus Fashion Council.

A graduate from Cornell Law School  

and admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

 In 2018 with JD and LLM in international law. 

He has worked in numerous areas of the law, including environmental litigation, death penalty cases, and spent two years as a criminal defense and appellate attorney in Michigan, arguing and winning cases in front of the Court of Appeals and obtaining a remand in front of the Michigan Supreme Court. 

He has known Curtis for years and believes that immigrants make America truly wonderful. 

He is admitted to practice law in Michigan, seeking admission in California, and admitted pro hac vicein the District of Columbia for the Kennedy plaintiffs.

Philip grew up in Oregon and lives in California but has also lived in numerous states and in France and Thailand. He has traveled all over the world and loves to meet people from different cultures and experience their local foods.

 Prior to joining the firm, Banan worked at a private immigration firm handling an array of cases ranging from family-based immigration, employment immigration, immigration delays, and removals. With a special focus on PP9645 cases, she has helped to reunite dozens of families- including children separated from their parents, families affected by the Proclamation, as well as many clients with non-immigrant visa applications. 

Banan received her BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2012 triple majoring in Sociology, Criminology, and Arabic Language and Literature. After graduation, she obtained her TEFL certificate to teach English in Peru until 2013.

In 2016, she earned her JD from Ohio Northern University Law School. She continued at Ohio Northern University where she received her LLM in International Law in May 2017, through the Democratic Governance and Rule of Law Program. 

Banan previously worked as a Law Clerk for CAIR-Columbus assisting the legal department with civil rights cases, employment discrimination, and immigration delay litigation. Banan is fluent in Arabic. 

Jovan is a DV2020 winner who benefited from the decision in Gomez and got a visa in September, that he couldn't use because of PP10014. Since then, he was fighting for its removal on Twitter and on his news website "The Worldwide Times". That's how he met Curtis and joined the team when he moved to the US after the proclamation was reclined.

In other news - Jovan has been in the media in Macedonia for more than 15 years, with his own late night TV show, columns in newspapers, and a news website that he ran. He has experience in journalism, writing, public relation, marketing, ad sales, data analytics and a little bit of web development/programming.

Now, as Senior paralegal, he is overseeing the growing team of paralegals working on different cases, helping people from all around the world achieve their U.S. immigrant dreams.

Prior to joining the firm, Christelle was a DV2020 selectee and a named plaintiff in Curtis Morrison’s lawsuit Dr. Mohammed v. Trump so she experienced firsthand the process to become a permanent resident in the USA while being subjected to travel bans. Thanks to this office’s exceptional work she now lives in California as a lawful permanent resident.

She obtained her license to practice law in France in 2020 while training in compliance and business criminal law. She did her legal studies at Paris II Assas and University College of London as part of a double program in British Common law while she worked as a Court Clerk in France and a paralegal in England. She has masters in International Public Law, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and Political Science.  She also has a UK GDL from Huddersfield University.

She obtained an LLM specialized in US criminal law and trained in trial advocacy and evidence law and techniques as part of an exchange program between Assas and UC Hastings in San Francisco in 2014. She subsequently interned at the San Francisco District Attorney office, the Office of the Prosecutor of the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon and for a French attorney specialized in immigration and criminal law. Coming from war refugee grandparents and a military tradition family she has a keen interest in the laws of war (jus in bello, ad bellum and post bellum) and international criminal law.

She loves to learn about different cultures, she has a high seas sailing non-commercial license from France and she specialized in literature and cinema arts in High School. She is native in French and has a good grasp of Spanish.

Amir started off as friends with Curtis on Twitter and helped him with his digital needs. He learned quickly and began handling many administrative tasks which developed his role as Assistant to Curtis, as well as assisting Farsi speaking clients. He moved to Iran in 2015 to launch a startup. When Trump ripped up the Iran deal, it threw the economy into shambles, including his venture. While there, he met his soul mate. Now, due to the Muslim ban, he's unable to go back home while he awaits his wife's visa. He is in the same boat as most of Mr Morrison's clients, so it is personal. Every single visa he is helping get for a plaintiff feels as good as if he obtained his wife's. Amir has been an asset to the team, helping a one-man operation scale into signing up nearly 3,000 plaintiffs (in three DV cases) in the span of 90 days. 

Fun fact: Amir owns over 100 pairs of happy socks and his favorite is the avocado print! :)

 Sonya is the oldest of Curtis' 3 younger sisters. She's worked on and off with her brother since 1996 so joining his Legal team in 2020 was a natural transition. She joined to help on the landmark Kennedy vs Trump case and proved she could be utilized in multiple areas. She has a passion for animal causes as well as human and has volunteered in animal rescue more than 10 years. She currently lives and works in Kentucky but has lived all over the US, relocating with previous employers.  

Prior to joining the firm, Florian was a DV2015 selectee so he experienced firsthand the process to become a permanent resident in the USA. Ever since, he has supported Diversity Visa selectees to be successful in their immigration visa process. Florian has a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences (Major in Sociology) from University of Tirana in Albania and has previous experience in Corporate Real Estate Management industry. He is a brand new Floridan (after being a Big Apple resident for 6 years) and is really enjoying what the Sunshine State has to offer, including the latest Indoor Sky-Diving experience. Florian is fluent is Albanian and Italian.

Gulnaz Magauiyeva has earned Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Education, majoring in Linguistics, German and English languages from Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages. After relocating to the United States, she graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, Fermanian business school earning her MBA degree in 2013. Gulnaz worked for the Honorary Consulate of Austria and then the Consulate of Sweden. Prior of joining the team, she also worked in e-commerce, college admission consulting industry and all spectrum of digital marketing. Her passion is Russian and German literature.