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Christopher J. Stender, Esq.

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cstender@stenderlappin.com
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Phone: 619-238-8080
 Fax: 619-238-9080

1010 Second Ave., Suite 2300
San Diego, California 92101-4999

Education

Juris Doctor, Syracuse University Law School, 1990

University of Wuerzburg, Germany, 1985-1986

Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1987

Court Admissions

United States Supreme Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Arizona Federal District Court - inactive
Arizona Supreme Court - inactive
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
Connecticut Supreme Court

State Bar Membership

Member, State Bar of New York

Member, State Bar of Connecticut

Member, State Bar of Arizona - inactive

Professional Associations

Former Vice-President, American Immigration Lawyers Association, AZ Chapter
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, San Diego & Arizona Chapters
Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, AILA, AZ Chapter
Member, Immigration Section, State Bar of Arizona

Employment

- Founding Partner, STENDER & LAPPIN, P.C., Attorneys at Law, San Diego, CA 2008 - present.
- Founding Partner, STENDER & POPE, P.C., Attorneys at Law, San Diego, CA 2006 - 2008.
- Founding Partner, STENDER & POPE, P.C., Attorneys at Law, Phoenix, AZ, 2004 - 2008.
- Founding Partner, STENDER & LARKIN, Attorneys at Law, Phoenix, AZ, 1993 - 2004,
Managed Offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Eloy, AZ.
- Assistant Chief Counsel, San Diego District, Immigration & Naturalization Service 1990-1993

Published Opinions

Aragon-Muñoz v. Mukasey, 520 F.3d 82 (1st Cir. 2008); Matter of A-S-B-. 24 I&N Dec. 493 (BIA 2008); Marmolejo-Campos v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 922 (9th Cir. 2007); Matter of Escobar, 24 I&N Dec. 231 (BIA 2007); Nath v. Gonzales, 467 F.3d 1185 (9th Cir. 2006); Salvatierra-Cermeno v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2005); Diaz-Ramos v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2005); Martinez-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 732 (9th Cir. 2004); Murillo-Espinoza v. INS, 261 F.3d 771 (9th Cir. 2001); Albillo-Figueroa v. INS, 221 F. 3d. 1070 (9th Cir. 2000); Cardenas-Uriarte v. INS, 227 F. 3d. 1132 (9th Cir. 2000); Magana-Pizano v. INS, 152 F. 3d. 1213, as amended, 159 F. 3d. 1217, cert. granted, 526 U.S. 1001 (1999); Magana-Pizano v. INS, 200 F. 3d. 603 (9th Cir. 1999)(Magana II); Lafarga v. INS, 170 F.3d 1213 (9th Cir. 1999); Sebastian-Sebastian v. INS, 195 F.3d 504 (9th Cir. 1999); Matter of Andazola-Rivas, 23 I&N Dec.(BIA 2002); Matter of U-M-, 20 I&N Dec. 327 (BIA1991).

Speaker

2007 CA Public Defenders Association: Representing Noncitizen Criminal Defendants
2007 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Juveniles, Gangs, Immigration

Languages

Spanish and German