Law Offices of Michael K. Mehr

Michael K. Mehr, ESQ., B.A. 1973, University of California, Santa Cruz (with honors); J.D., 1976, University of San Francisco School of Law. Mr. Mehr is an attorney in private practice in Santa Cruz, California who has practiced removal defense and post-conviction relief since 1979. He is coauthor of Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit: Impact of Crimes Under California and Other State Laws (10th ed 2008 ILRC) by Katherine A. Brady, Norton Tooby and Angie Junck and a co-author of "Representing the Noncitizen Criminal Defendant" in California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice (Cal CEB 2008-2019).

He is a frequent lecturer at CLE programs including AILA National and California conventions. He was the expert witness in People v. Bautista (2004) 115 CA4th 229 (failure to defend against immigration consequences may be ineffective assistance of counsel) and counsel for the petitioner in Negrete-Ramirez v. Holder, 741 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir 2014) (INA ?212(h) waiver not barred for aggravated felons admitted post entry). Mr. Mehr frequently mentors attorneys on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions on listserves, CLE lectures, and webinars. He is a prolific author of amicus briefs on crim-imm issues, and has helped draft and pass legislation in California bringing some equity to noncitizen criminal defendants, notably P.C. ?1203.43 (withdrawal of plea for certain minor drug convictions based on misinformation) and amending P.C. ?1000 (pre-plea diversion for minor drug offenses).

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Santa Cruz, CA	2