To say that Chris is passionate about the practice of immigration law would be an understatement. Chris thrives on helping those in destitute situations trying to make a better life for themselves. Chris's passion stems from his upbringing overseas. Chris was born in Thailand in 1978 close to the Cambodian border where he regularly saw refugees housed behind barbed wire fences as a result of the civil war in Cambodia.
After graduating from Auburn University in 2001, Chris moved to Cambodia where he spent two years teaching English at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and working at an internal displacement camp. It was Chris's weekly interactions with internally displaced peoples that reignited his passions for helping those in desperate situations.
Upon returning to the United States in 2003, Chris moved to the Bay Area where he received his master of arts in theological studies. Immediately thereafter, Chris moved to Baton Rouge in 2007 where he attended Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. During his studies, Chris attended an immigration law clinic where he successfully represented clients seeking a U visa and filing a VAWA petition. In 2010, Chris graduated cum laude (top 25%) where he received his juris doctor degree.
Chris has excelled throughout his sixteen year tenure as an attorney. In Chris's first five years of practice, he worked for a mid-sized law firm which was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the top rated law firms in the United States in 2013. In 2019, Chris was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine to the list of 2019 Louisiana Rising Stars, a recognition reserved for the top 5% of lawyers in Louisiana. Chris is widely recognized as one of the best immigration lawyers in the state of Louisiana.
Since 2010, Chris has primarily focused his practice in immigration law where he handles all types of immigration matters. Chris spends much of his time travelling across the state of Louisiana where he visits his many immigrant clients detained all across detention centers throughout middle and northern Louisiana. Chris also has served as an adjunct professor of immigration law at a local university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Chris has been interviewed multiple times by both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal because of his vast expertise in the field of immigration law.
If you want to know more about the work Chris does, you can read about it in the links to follow. In the summer of 2025, a reporter from the Washington Post spent a week with Chris and talks about his work here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/23/immigration-lawyer-louisiana/. Another reporter from Der Spiegel (Germany's largest online news magazine) also covered Chris's work, which you can read about here: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/taking-on-ice-a-lone-louisiana-lawyers-fight-against-trumps-deportations-a-96100e2f-c4f5-4e4d-a375-1a9c6673ec1b
Chris is proficient in Spanish, Thai and Khmer. He is licensed to practice across all immigration courts in the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, all federal district courts within the state of Louisiana and the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Chris's representative matters include the following:
After graduating from Auburn University in 2001, Chris moved to Cambodia where he spent two years teaching English at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and working at an internal displacement camp. It was Chris's weekly interactions with internally displaced peoples that reignited his passions for helping those in desperate situations.
Upon returning to the United States in 2003, Chris moved to the Bay Area where he received his master of arts in theological studies. Immediately thereafter, Chris moved to Baton Rouge in 2007 where he attended Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. During his studies, Chris attended an immigration law clinic where he successfully represented clients seeking a U visa and filing a VAWA petition. In 2010, Chris graduated cum laude (top 25%) where he received his juris doctor degree.
Chris has excelled throughout his sixteen year tenure as an attorney. In Chris's first five years of practice, he worked for a mid-sized law firm which was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the top rated law firms in the United States in 2013. In 2019, Chris was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine to the list of 2019 Louisiana Rising Stars, a recognition reserved for the top 5% of lawyers in Louisiana. Chris is widely recognized as one of the best immigration lawyers in the state of Louisiana.
Since 2010, Chris has primarily focused his practice in immigration law where he handles all types of immigration matters. Chris spends much of his time travelling across the state of Louisiana where he visits his many immigrant clients detained all across detention centers throughout middle and northern Louisiana. Chris also has served as an adjunct professor of immigration law at a local university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Chris has been interviewed multiple times by both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal because of his vast expertise in the field of immigration law.
If you want to know more about the work Chris does, you can read about it in the links to follow. In the summer of 2025, a reporter from the Washington Post spent a week with Chris and talks about his work here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/23/immigration-lawyer-louisiana/. Another reporter from Der Spiegel (Germany's largest online news magazine) also covered Chris's work, which you can read about here: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/taking-on-ice-a-lone-louisiana-lawyers-fight-against-trumps-deportations-a-96100e2f-c4f5-4e4d-a375-1a9c6673ec1b
Chris is proficient in Spanish, Thai and Khmer. He is licensed to practice across all immigration courts in the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, all federal district courts within the state of Louisiana and the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Chris's representative matters include the following:
- Consults with local businesses on how to comply with national immigration laws when hiring immigrant workers
- Assists and defends businesses in investigations conducted by the United States Department of Labor
- Consults with local and statewide criminal defense attorneys regarding their representation of clients who are not citizens of the United States
- Assists clients in their path to permanent residency and United States citizenship
- Represents clients in immigration court facing removal proceedings
- Has successfully won numerous habeas corpus cases in the state of Louisiana in federal court obtaining the release of his detained clients
- Served as primary counsel and coordinated with consulate of Saudi Arabia in representing detained citizens of Saudi Arabia in Louisiana facing removal proceedings
- Helps businesses obtain the proper visas for their non-immigrant employees
