First Admitted: 1983, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1984
San Diego County Bar Association, Member
California, 1983
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1983
Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Committee, Member
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), San Diego Chapter, Former Vice Chapter Chair
U.S. Supreme Court, 2009
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1997
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Won an important victory at 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Lorenzo-Lopez v. Barr. A Defective NTA Cannot be Perfected. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in Lopez v. Barr that the law provides that the NTA must contain the date and time of the hearing, otherwise it is defective and, therefore, does not trigger the stop-time rule. May 28, 2019 Lopez v. Barr Decision Could Save Thousands from Deportation, 2019

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Honors/Awards:

TIMES OF SAN DIEGO San Diego immigration lawyer Jan Bejar received Mexico’s prestigious Ohtli Award Monday at a Mexican National Day ceremony on the UC San Diego Campus. The Ohtli Award, which stands for "path" in the Nahuatl language, is the highest recognition granted by the Government of Mexico to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the development of the Mexican community abroad. The vision of Jan Bejar, - an immigrant himself- is to defend and work for the immigrants of the Mexican community in San Diego, California. Although he first majored in Communications at the University of San Diego, not long after this he went through Law School as well. Halfway through his studies, he decided that studying law was possibly not his calling; however, after an immigration law class Jan discovered what he was meant to do and has done for the past 34 years: defend, protect and protest unfair conditions that are sometimes imposed upon Mexican immigrants due to their backgrounds., Recipient of the Ohtli Award, Government of Mexico, 2017

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Adjunct Professor and Director, University of San Diego School of Law, Immigration Law Clinic, 1994 - 2013

Jan Joseph Bejar