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Our Practice

Morrison Urena, L.C. is an immigration law firm that offers representation in federal (group and individual mandamus) litigation, as well as services related to traditional immigration benefits in the family, business, employment, and Diversity Visa categories.  


We represent thousands of family visa applicants from multiple categories, and tens of thousands of Diversity Visa lottery selectees from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 fiscal years. 


We have sued the U.S. government in many group lawsuits on behalf of many visa applicants.  


Because of past litigation efforts, many families are reunited after the success of some of our family visa lawsuits, and we are continuing to fight for the families who are still not reunited. Further, hundreds of Diversity Visa applicants were able to secure their visas before the firm deadlines for the program and start their new life in the United States. Many of our clients are still waiting on the reserved visas that we hope will be issued eventually – an outcome that would not have been possible if not for litigation.  We also have had much success with individual mandamus lawsuits, helping to accelerate the immigration benefits for many families by representing them in lawsuits tailored just to their needs.  


We also believe in disseminating good information to help hopeful immigrants to be informed,  make the best decisions possible. That’s why we are active on social media, sharing all the latest updates regarding litigation and helping visa applicants navigate through the complicated and ever-changing rules and policy changes, and developing country conditions.  


Our help doesn’t stop with getting the visa. We help new immigrants to start their new lives in the US by providing information, tips, and valuable resources, and we are always here for all of the questions that might arise, even after our clients obtain the immigration benefits they seek.  


Our work has been featured in some of the most prominent media outlets and praised by immigrants and immigration professionals. 


Our attorneys have adopted dynamic approaches and pursue innovative litigation strategies that have proven highly successful. 


Many of our attorneys, law clerks and paralegals are immigrants themselves and know first-hand how difficult immigration can be.   Most importantly, whether you hire us for a traditional immigration benefit, a mandamus lawsuit for unreasonable delays, or to be part of a group lawsuit, we are with you for the whole journey.  

Practice Areas

Practice Areas

Practice Areas

  • Multiparticipant Immigration Litigation
  • DV Lottery Mandamus Actions
  • Deportation and Removal
  • Family Immigration
  • Naturalization and Citizenship
  • Appeals and Federal Litigation

Our Approach

Practice Areas

Practice Areas

At Morrison Urena, we are dedicated to understanding what you want to achieve, and helping you understand what actions we can take on your behalf to help achieve those goals. We will work with you every step of the way to make sure that you understand the process and that you can maximize your potential for the outcome you want.

Our Team

Curtis Morrison

Curtis Morrison

Curtis Morrison

Partner & Attorney

A graduate from Whittier Law School, Curtis Morrison is an expert in the nexus of immigration law and federal litigation. He is licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California, and the District of Columbia Bar. He is also admitted to practice before the Central District of California, Northern District of Califor

Partner & Attorney

A graduate from Whittier Law School, Curtis Morrison is an expert in the nexus of immigration law and federal litigation. He is licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California, and the District of Columbia Bar. He is also admitted to practice before the Central District of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of California; District Court for the District of Columbia ,  US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Rafael Urena

Curtis Morrison

Curtis Morrison

Partner & Attorney

Rafael Urena is a partner in the New York office of Morrison Urena, LC. Mr. Urena has a long history of vigorously advocating for his clients on important matters.  

Mr. Urena has represented clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases. He has argued on a multitude of complex civil, constitutional, cri

Partner & Attorney

Rafael Urena is a partner in the New York office of Morrison Urena, LC. Mr. Urena has a long history of vigorously advocating for his clients on important matters.  

Mr. Urena has represented clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases. He has argued on a multitude of complex civil, constitutional, criminal, and immigration matters. He has persuaded courts to award some of the largest preservation of visas in history and successfully upended hundreds of the government’s attempts to deport noncitizens. In 2020 and 2021, Mr. Urena successfully secured a preservation of visas for over 15,000 diversity visa applicants.  

Mr. Urena is a frequent commentator on legal issues. He has been featured in Once-In-A-Lifetime U.S. Visas to Be Lost Unless Court Intervenes, Forbes Magazine, Afghan visa lottery winners ‘hopeless’ to leave Afghanistan, Los Angeles Times, US State Dept. Ordered to Issue 9K More Diversity Visas, Law360, and Fifteen People Successfully Beat Trump's Travel Ban In Court - Gothamist, Gothamis

Jana Al-Akhras

Curtis Morrison

Jonathan Aftalion

Associate Attorney 

Prior to joining the firm, Jana worked as In-House Counsel at the Office of Legal Affairs at The Ohio State University. Her practice focused on Title IX, Student Issues, Sexual Assault and Public Safety. 

Jana received a BA in International Studies with a double minor in International Relations & Foreign Diplomacy and Ar

Associate Attorney 

Prior to joining the firm, Jana worked as In-House Counsel at the Office of Legal Affairs at The Ohio State University. Her practice focused on Title IX, Student Issues, Sexual Assault and Public Safety. 

Jana received a BA in International Studies with a double minor in International Relations & Foreign Diplomacy and Arabic from The Ohio State University in 2013, and a JD from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2017. While at Ohio State, Jana was the Managing Editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, placed 1st in the 2017 ABA Mediation Moot Court Competition, and was recognized as a Public Service Fellow with Dean's Special Recognition. 

Jana is an active member of her community and serves as a Board Member and Founder of the Columbus Fashion Council.

Jonathan Aftalion

Jonathan Aftalion

Jonathan Aftalion

 Associate Attorney

 Jonathan Aftalion is an active member of the California Bar and New York Bar. Jonathan graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School. 

Alexandra George

Jonathan Aftalion

Alexandra George

Associate Attorney   

Alex George is licensed to practice law in Illinois, but can serve immigrants from all over the world as immigration law is federal. She received her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2019, where she completed the Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate program. Alex was a member of Chicago-Kent’s I

Associate Attorney   

Alex George is licensed to practice law in Illinois, but can serve immigrants from all over the world as immigration law is federal. She received her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2019, where she completed the Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate program. Alex was a member of Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Moot Court team, and an Associate editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of International and Comparative Law. During law school, Alex was proud to volunteer with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, where she supported women and children seeking asylum in the United States.

Prior to joining the firm, Alex worked at a private immigration firm, where she concentrated on employment-based applications for immigrants with extraordinary abilities. She also has experience with family-based immigration and naturalization. Alex earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from DePaul University. She concentrated her research in Urban Studies and Community Activism in Latin America and the Middle East, writing her thesis on media representation of Honduran women and children seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Alex has a working knowledge of Spanish. 

Chuck Guo

Jonathan Aftalion

Alexandra George

Associate Attorney 

Zhao “Chuck” Guo, Esq., an Associate Attorney with Morrison Urena LC in Austin Texas, is licensed in the State of New York and the U.S. District Court in Central District of Illinois. With a narrow focus on the fields of mandamus litigation and business- and employment-based non-immigration and immigration, he has zealo

Associate Attorney 

Zhao “Chuck” Guo, Esq., an Associate Attorney with Morrison Urena LC in Austin Texas, is licensed in the State of New York and the U.S. District Court in Central District of Illinois. With a narrow focus on the fields of mandamus litigation and business- and employment-based non-immigration and immigration, he has zealously and successfully represented numerous clients in H-1B, P-3, L-1, E-2, O-1, EB-1, NIW, and other immigration cases.

Sailed from Northern China, Mr. Guo has been braising in U.S. law. He received his Master of Laws degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to working for this law firm, he worked for the Law Offices of Deacon Zhang, P.C. in the Irvine Office. Mr. Guo also interned in a full-practice firm in central Illinois and externed with the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois. His areas of interests are Immigration Law, Business Associations, Constitutional Law, and Economic Analysis of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the American Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA), etc. Prior to coming to the U.S., he worked as a Corporate Finance Client Manager at China CITIC Bank Shijiazhuang Branch.

Mr. Guo is passionate about legal research and writing. He runs a WeChat Subscriber (ID: ChuckGuoLawyer) and a Zhihu Column. He has been also perfecting his public speaking skills, as he is running a YouTube channel (ID: Chuck Guo Esq). Mr. Guo loves challenges. He is detail-oriented and self-motivated.

Carolina Solano

Amir Reza Naderi

Carolina Solano

Associate Attorney

Carolina assists the Morrison Urena team with representing clients from all over the world in their immigration law matters. She received her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2019 and her dual-Bachelor’s from the University of Miami in South Florida where her fiercely supportive family lives. She was a de

Associate Attorney

Carolina assists the Morrison Urena team with representing clients from all over the world in their immigration law matters. She received her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2019 and her dual-Bachelor’s from the University of Miami in South Florida where her fiercely supportive family lives. She was a dedicated student who was heavily involved in her extracurriculars, including the Trial Advocacy Team, where she was a Captain and National Finalist; and the Immigration Law Society and their volunteer advocacy at a women and children’s detention center. For her commitment throughout law school, she was inducted into the Bar & Gavel Society of her graduating class. Prior to joining Morrison Urena, Carolina worked for both the private and public sector, from national broadcasting networks to legal aid clinics assisting victims of domestic violence and asylees seeking refuge. As a native Spanish speaker with a background in the creative arts and telecommunication industries, Carolina employs a diverse skillset in her work. She is grateful to work with clients from all walks of life, including students, families, and other extraordinary individuals from musicians and athletes, to scientists and entrepreneurs. Carolina is proud to be a part of this team and looks forward to creating long-lasting, meaningful impact for our clients 

Banan Al-Akhras

Amir Reza Naderi

Carolina Solano

 Law Clerk

Prior to joining the firm, Banan worked at a private immigration firm handling an array of cases ranging from family-based immigration, employment immigration, immigration delays, and removals. With a special focus on PP9645 cases, she has helped to reunite dozens of families- including children separated from their parents, fam

 Law Clerk

Prior to joining the firm, Banan worked at a private immigration firm handling an array of cases ranging from family-based immigration, employment immigration, immigration delays, and removals. With a special focus on PP9645 cases, she has helped to reunite dozens of families- including children separated from their parents, families affected by the Proclamation, as well as many clients with non-immigrant visa applications. 

Banan received her BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2012 triple majoring in Sociology, Criminology, and Arabic Language and Literature. After graduation, she obtained her TEFL certificate to teach English in Peru until 2013.

In 2016, she earned her JD from Ohio Northern University Law School. She continued at Ohio Northern University where she received her LLM in International Law in May 2017, through the Democratic Governance and Rule of Law Program. 

Banan previously worked as a Law Clerk for CAIR-Columbus assisting the legal department with civil rights cases, employment discrimination, and immigration delay litigation. Banan is fluent in Arabic. 

Amir Reza Naderi

Amir Reza Naderi

Amir Reza Naderi

Operations Manager

Amir started off as friends with Curtis on Twitter and helped him with his digital needs. He learned quickly and began handling many administrative tasks which developed his role as Assistant to Curtis, as well as assisting Farsi speaking clients. He moved to Iran in 2015 to launch a startup. When Trump ripped up the Ira

Operations Manager

Amir started off as friends with Curtis on Twitter and helped him with his digital needs. He learned quickly and began handling many administrative tasks which developed his role as Assistant to Curtis, as well as assisting Farsi speaking clients. He moved to Iran in 2015 to launch a startup. When Trump ripped up the Iran deal, it threw the economy into shambles, including his venture. While there, he met his soul mate. Now, due to the Muslim ban, he's unable to go back home while he awaits his wife's visa. He is in the same boat as most of Mr Morrison's clients, so it is personal. Every single visa he is helping get for a plaintiff feels as good as if he obtained his wife's. Amir has been an asset to the team, helping a one-man operation scale into signing up nearly 3,000 plaintiffs (in three DV cases) in the span of 90 days. 

Fun fact: Amir owns over 100 pairs of happy socks and his favorite is the avocado print! :)


Sonya Barnard

Nicole McAllister

Amir Reza Naderi

 Chief Financial Officer

Sonya is the oldest of Curtis' 3 younger sisters. She's worked on and off with her brother since 1996 so joining his Legal team in 2020 was a natural transition. She joined to help on the landmark Kennedy vs Trump case and proved she could be utilized in multiple areas. She has a passion for animal causes as well a

 Chief Financial Officer

Sonya is the oldest of Curtis' 3 younger sisters. She's worked on and off with her brother since 1996 so joining his Legal team in 2020 was a natural transition. She joined to help on the landmark Kennedy vs Trump case and proved she could be utilized in multiple areas. She has a passion for animal causes as well as human and has volunteered in animal rescue more than 10 years. She currently lives and works in Kentucky but has lived all over the US, relocating with previous employers.  

Nicole McAllister

Nicole McAllister

Nicole McAllister

Assistant to Rafael Urena

Nicole has a master’s degree in curriculum design and instruction with a background in educational and corporate settings. Her passions are gardening and synthesizing massive amounts of information into logical structures and solutions. 

Jovan Postoloski

Nicole McAllister

Nicole McAllister

Senior Paralegal

 Senior ParalegalJovan is a DV2020 winner who benefited from the decision in Gomez and got a visa in September, that he couldn't use because of PP10014. Since then, he was fighting for its removal on Twitter and on his news website "The Worldwide Times". That's how he met Curtis and joined the team when he moved to the US 

Senior Paralegal

 Senior ParalegalJovan is a DV2020 winner who benefited from the decision in Gomez and got a visa in September, that he couldn't use because of PP10014. Since then, he was fighting for its removal on Twitter and on his news website "The Worldwide Times". That's how he met Curtis and joined the team when he moved to the US after the proclamation was reclined.In other news - Jovan has been in the media in Macedonia for more than 15 years, with his own late night TV show, columns in newspapers, and a news website that he ran. He has experience in journalism, writing, public relation, marketing, ad sales, data analytics and a little bit of web development/programming. Now, as Senior paralegal, he is overseeing the growing team of paralegals working on different cases, helping people from all around the world achieve their U.S. immigrant dreams.  

Gulnaz Magauiyeva

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Gulnaz Magauiyeva

Paralegal

Gulnaz Magauiyeva has earned Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Education, majoring in Linguistics, German and English languages from Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages. After relocating to the United States, she graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, Fermanian business school earning her 

Paralegal

Gulnaz Magauiyeva has earned Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Education, majoring in Linguistics, German and English languages from Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages. After relocating to the United States, she graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, Fermanian business school earning her MBA degree in 2013. Gulnaz worked for the Honorary Consulate of Austria and then the Consulate of Sweden.  

Florian Gjunkshi

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Gulnaz Magauiyeva

Paralegal

Prior to joining the firm, Florian was a DV2015 selectee, so he experienced firsthand the process to become a permanent resident in the USA. Ever since, he has supported Diversity Visa selectees to be successful in their immigration visa process. Florian has a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences (Major in Sociology) from Universit

Paralegal

Prior to joining the firm, Florian was a DV2015 selectee, so he experienced firsthand the process to become a permanent resident in the USA. Ever since, he has supported Diversity Visa selectees to be successful in their immigration visa process. Florian has a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences (Major in Sociology) from University of Tirana in Albania and has previous experience in Corporate Real Estate Management industry. He is a brand new Floridan (after being a Big Apple resident for 6 years) and is really enjoying what the Sunshine State has to offer, including the latest Indoor Sky-Diving experience. Florian is fluent is Albanian and Italian. 

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Paralegal

Gladis has over 10 years of experience working with family-based and immigration court cases. Since both of her parents are attorneys, Gladis chose her path in immigration law too, when in 2007 she started handling her own immigration case. Gladis is a native Spanish-speaker; prior to working in the Morrison Urena firm, she was w

Paralegal

Gladis has over 10 years of experience working with family-based and immigration court cases. Since both of her parents are attorneys, Gladis chose her path in immigration law too, when in 2007 she started handling her own immigration case. Gladis is a native Spanish-speaker; prior to working in the Morrison Urena firm, she was working for a non-profit organization and private immigration law offices.  

Houssine Amine

Elena Postoloski

Gladis Ulloa-Kendale

Paralegal

Houssine graduated from Florida State University majoring in Business Administration. He is a knowledgeable expert in the Diversity Visa program and immigration process into the United States. Houssine was a DV2007 selectee and became a U.S. citizen in 2013. He speaks fluent Arabic and French. He is a DV influencer in Arabic on Youtube and Twitter. 

Elena Postoloski

Elena Postoloski

Elena Postoloski

 Paralegal 

Cemil Ovacik

Elena Postoloski

Elena Postoloski

Information Systems Administrator 

Cemil is a DV2021 selectee/ Jacob v Biden plaintiff who immigrated to the US in 2021.

Cemil is a Data Analyst and full-stack programmer with B.S in Electronic engineering and M.S in Mechatronics engineering background.

Before coming to the US Cemil worked for Turkish Airlines for 10 years.

Omar Saleh

Nabila Qureshi

Nabila Qureshi

  Paralegal 

Nabila Qureshi

Nabila Qureshi

Nabila Qureshi

Paralegal

Saher Hamoda

Nabila Qureshi

Dibin Pokharel

Paralegal

Dibin Pokharel

Farshad Amirkhani

Dibin Pokharel

Paralegal

Asia Meana

Farshad Amirkhani

Farshad Amirkhani

Paralegal

Farshad Amirkhani

Farshad Amirkhani

Farshad Amirkhani

Paralegal

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