Joseph Justin "J.J." Rollin | Immigrant Rights Project | Co-Director and Attorney

Joseph Justin "J.J." Rollin has dedicated his career to helping non-citizens and their families before the Immigration Courts and USCIS. His work is focused on “crimmigration” issues, including working with criminal defense counsel to minimize the immigration consequences of pending criminal charges.

J.J. is the co-author of several books on how to defend immigrants with criminal convictions, or facing criminal charges, against deportation, including N. Tooby & J. Rollin, Criminal Defense of Immigrants (4th Ed. 2007); N. Tooby & J. Rollin, Aggravated Felonies (2d Ed. 2006); and N. Tooby, J. Rollin & J. Foster, Tooby’s Crimes of Moral Turpitude (2008). He also worked with the Washington Defender’s Immigration Project to help draft the first comprehensive analysis and chart of immigration consequences of crimes for Washington State.

Prior to entering private practice, J.J. was 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.

J.J. has practiced immigration law since 2001. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar, the Washington State Bar, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the National Lawyers Guild National Immigration Project, and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

JD, University of Washington
BA Japanese and BA Japanese Studies, University of Washington
Japan in Today's World Program, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Contact JJ: [email protected]