Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Scott Bratton is a Partner at Margaret Wong and Associates Co, LPA. His practice includes removal defense, political asylum, federal litigation, consular processing, criminal law, and assistance in business and family based visas.  Mr. Bratton is an experienced litigator who practices regularly in courts throughout the United States.

Mr. Bratton received his BA in Business Management from Ohio Northern University in 1993 and his JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1997. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Bratton was a partner in the law firm of Bratton & Ratliff Co., LPA, where he practiced federal and state criminal law.

He has been named a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business Magazine on numerous occasions and an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star by Cincinnati Magazine, which is an honor reserved for the top 2.5% of  lawyers under 40 in Ohio. Mr. Bratton has also been selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in immigration law.  He has practiced immigration law for almost six years and has been the attorney of record on numerous precedent-setting cases, including Liao v. Rabbett, 398 F.3d 389 (6th Cir. 2005), Singh v. Gonzales, 451 F.3d 400 (6th Cir. 2006),  Madrigal v. Holder, 572 F.3d 239 (6^th Cir. 2009), Wu v. Holder, 561 F.3d 467 (5^th Cir. 2009),  and Iao v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 530 (7th Cir. 2005), which has been discussed in numerous newspaper and law review articles.  He has also frequent speaker at immigration conferences and has been quoted in several newspaper articles.

Deportation
Asylum
Federal Court Litigation
Criminal Alien Issues

Areas of Practice

• Federal Litigation
• Consular Processing
• Criminal Law
• Removal Defense
• Naturalization
• Family Immigration
• Employment Immigration

Representative Cases

• Liao v. Rabbett, 398 F3d 389 (6th Cir. 2005)
• Singh v. Gonzales, 451 F3d 400 (6th Cir. 2006)
• Iao v. Gonzales, 400 F3d 530 (7th Cir. 2005)
• Nwakanma v. Ashcroft, 352 F3d 325 (6th Cir. 2003)
• Guchshenkov v. Ashcroft, 366 F3d 554 (7th Cir. 2004)
• Matter of Adamiak, 23 I.&N. Dec. 878 (BIA 2006)
• Oboichuk v. Gonzales, 2006 WL 1876917 (9th Cir. 2006)
• Alami v. Ashcroft, 2004 WL 24916666 (5th Cir. 2004)
• Hegyi v. Gonzales, 2005 WL 1385950 (6th Cir. 2005)
• Shurney v. INS, 2001 F.Supp2d 783 (N. D. Ohio 2001)
• U.S. v. Adkins, 274 F3d 444 (7th Cir. 2001)
• State v. Abi-Aazar, 2003 Ohio 4780 (Ohio App 9th Dist. 2003)
• State v. Quran, 2002 Ohio 4917 (Ohio App. 8th Dist. 2002)
• State v. Creary, 2004 Ohio 858 (Ohio App. 8th Dist. 2004)
• Salehian v. Novak, 2006 WL 3041109 (D.Conn. 2006)
• Duan v. Zamberry, 2007 WL 626116 (W.D. PA 2007)
• Shah v. Hansen, 2007 WL 3232353 (N.D. Ohio 2007)
• Gao v. Gonzales, 2006 WL1049059 (2nd Circuit 2006)
• Shayesteh v. Hansen, 2008 WL420054 (ND Ohio 2008)
• State v. Rodriguez, 2007 - Ohio 6835 (8th District Court of Appeals 2007)
• Gordon v. Mukasey, 2008 WL 2001732 (6th Circuit 2008)
• Zheng v. Mukasey, 302 Fed.Appx. 47, 2008 WL 5174773 (2nd Circuit 2008)
• Wu v. Holder, WL1619907 F.3d (5th Circuit 2009)
• Madrigal v. Holder, 572 F.3d 239 (6th Circuit 2009)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Immigration & Naturalization Law, Asylum, Deportation, Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship, Visas, Federal Trial Practice

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1998
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2005
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2006
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships

• AILA (Member)
• EOIR Committee for Ohio AILA Chapter, 2009 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Leading Lawyer for Northeast Ohio , Inside Business Magazine, 2004 - 2009
• Ohio Super Lawyer, Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine, 2005 - 2006
• Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine, 2009 - 2010
• Best Lawyers in America, 2010

Classes and Seminars

• Removal Proceedings, Cayahoga County Bar Association, 2002 - 2003
• Aggravated Felonies, Clevland Bar Association, 2004
• Post-Conviction Remedies, Cayahoga County Bar Association, 2005
• Defenses in Removal Proceedings, Columbus Bar Association, Ohio Area, 2005
• Case Western Reserve Univ, Law School, Asylum Law, 2006
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc (NAPABA) Nat'l Conference, Everything you wanted to know about Immigration Law, 2006
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc Nat'l Conference, Immigration law changes and Proposed Future Policies, 2006
• Cuyahoga County Bar Assoc., Annual Immigration Seminar - Federal Litigation in Immigration Cases, 2006
• Criminal convictions and Adjustment of Status, Immigration Law Weekly Seminar, August 9, 2007
• What Employers and Partners Need to Know about Work Authorization, National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. National Convention (Las Vegas, NV), November 17, 2007
• Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Model Hearing Program, US Immigration Court, November 30, 2007
• The Who, What, Where and Why of the Immigration Court (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Bar Assoc., December 14, 2007
• Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2008
• Immigration Court Update, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2008
• Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Model Hearing Program, US Immigration Court, 2009
• Discussion Leader for 3 Webinars for ILW.com on Removal Proceedings, 2009
• Cutting-Edge Issues in Asylum Law, Ohio AILA conference, 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Aid Pro Bono Clinic, 2005
• Executive Committee, C. Lyonel Jones Pro Bono Immigration Committee, 2007 - 2009

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio
  J.D.
• Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
  B.S. B.A.
  Honors: With Honors

Published Works

• Representing a Non Citizen in a Criminal Case, Cleveland Bar Journal, May, 2006
• Judicial Profile: The Honorable Gary W. Smith, Assistant Chief Immigration Judge, The Federal Lawyer, Monthly Magazine of the Federal Bar Association, 2007
• Practice Points: Representing a Noncitizen in a Criminal Case, The Champion (National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Attorneys), 2007

Address

3150 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114

Phones

(216) 566-9908

Faxes

(216) 566-1125

Emails

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Websites

http://www.imwong.com