Haitham Ballout

Haitham Ballout is the principal attorney at Ballout Law, APC, in San Mateo, California. Mr. Ballout focuses his practice on immigration matters, serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He has over 33 years of legal experience and develops personal relationships with each client, providing guidance through the immigration process and helping them achieve their legal goals.Over the years, Mr. Ballout has handled many different types of immigration issues, including those involving adjustment of status, citizenship and naturalization, conditional status, criminal convictions, family-based petitions, removals, visas and waivers. He represents clients at the administrative and appellate levels and in cases involving the Convention Against Torture, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the Violence Against Women Act.In honor of his accomplishments as an immigration attorney, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Ballout an AV Preeminent* peer review rating. This is the respected organization’s highest rating, presented to attorneys demonstrating high legal ability and ethical standards. Additionally, the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Northern California Chapter presented him with its “Significant Contributions Award” in 1998.Outside of the office, Mr. Ballout stays involved in his legal community through membership in professional organizations. He belongs to the San Mateo County Bar Association, The State Bar of California and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.Mr. Ballout received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from San Jose State University and earned his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law. He also participated in programs at the University of Siena in Italy and the University of Cambridge in England. He is qualified to practice law before all California state courts and the Supreme Court of the United States.*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.