Jon Eric Jessen

Law Offices Jon E. Jessen, LLC practices in the following areas of law Practice limited to U.S. Immigration and Naturalization law.

General practice of Immigration Law: Asylum, Business, Consular Practice, Mandamus Complaints, Removal, Deportation, Family and Naturalization. Trial and Appellate Practice before the Immigration Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Attorney Jessen was honored with a Pro Bono Award from the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) Pro Bono Committee at the Bench / Bar luncheon on June 9th 2008.

An Immigration precedent setting case is a ruling by a court that changes how judges and immigration officials must view and interpret the law on a particular issue:

• Matter of Arrabally, 25 I. & N. Dec. 771 (BIA 2012)
• Melnitsenko v. Mukasey, 517 F.3d 42 (2d Cir. 2008)
• Pinto-Montoya v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d (2008)

Attorney Jon E. Jessen has Represented and assisted immigrants in all area of immigration law, many of whom subsequently became Legal Permanent Residents and Citizens of the United States.

Attorney Jon E. Jessen has Successfully argued before the Immigration Courts in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Attorney Jon E. Jessen has Filed and won appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) including winning a landmark case Matter of Arrabally 25 I. & N. Dec. 771 (BIA 2012) a significant precedent setting case that saw the BIA overturn it’s own reasoning and interpretation on what constitutes a “departure” For immigrants traveling on Advanced Parole.