Christopher Stender (Immigration Attorney)

A partner in the law firm of Stender & Associates, PC, Christopher Stender, Esq., offers a range of immigration-related legal services. Along with handling family immigration procedures, Christopher Stender assists his clients by securing business visas and employee work permits, expediting citizenship and naturalization applications, and providing defense against deportation and removal. Christopher Stender and his bilingual colleagues also possess years of experience in securing the lowest available bond with the immigration courts. The firm can provide assistance with bond payment as well as transportation for clients who have been detained. On behalf of their clients, the attorneys of Stender & Associates, PC, advocate for progressive immigration law changes. Christopher Stender pursues difficult cases, providing thorough client representation and often breaking new legal ground. Frequently appearing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, he also represents his clients in immigration matters before the First, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Before co-founding his law firm in 1993, Christopher Stender spent three years as Assistant Chief Counsel for the San Diego District of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. His state bar memberships include New York, Connecticut, and Arizona. He served as Vice President of the Arizona Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where he currently sits on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. His other professional alliances include the Immigration Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona and the San Diego chapter of AILA. Christopher Stender earned his Juris Doctor in 1990 from the Syracuse University College of Law. During his undergraduate years, he spent his junior year abroad, studying at the University of Würzburg in Germany. In 1987, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Interested individuals can learn more about many aspects of the immigration process and find Stender & Associates’s links to relevant government and immigration-related sites at www.stenderlaw.com.