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 (6th Cir. 2009), Wu v. Holder, 561 F.3d 467 (5th 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.
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
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
Removal Proceedings, Cayahoga County Bar Association,
2002
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2003Aggravated Felonies, Clevland Bar Association,
2004Post-Conviction Remedies, Cayahoga County Bar Association,
2005Defenses in Removal Proceedings, Columbus Bar Association, Ohio Area,
2005Case Western Reserve Univ, Law School, Asylum Law,
2006National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc (NAPABA) Nat'l Conference, Everything you wanted to know about Immigration Law,
2006National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc Nat'l Conference, Immigration law changes and Proposed Future Policies,
2006Cuyahoga County Bar Assoc., Annual Immigration Seminar - Federal Litigation in Immigration Cases,
2006Criminal convictions and Adjustment of Status, Immigration Law Weekly Seminar,
August 9, 2007What Employers and Partners Need to Know about Work Authorization, National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. National Convention (Las Vegas, NV),
November 17, 2007Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Model Hearing Program, US Immigration Court,
November 30, 2007The Who, What, Where and Why of the Immigration Court (Cleveland, OH), Cleveland Bar Assoc.,
December 14, 2007Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association,
2008Immigration Court Update, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association,
2008Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) Model Hearing Program, US Immigration Court,
2009Discussion Leader for 3 Webinars for ILW.com on Removal Proceedings,
2009Cutting-Edge Issues in Asylum Law, Ohio AILA conference,
2009
Leading Lawyer for Northeast Ohio , Inside Business Magazine,
2004
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2009Ohio Super Lawyer, Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine,
2005
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2006Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine,
2009
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2010Best Lawyers in America,
2010
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