Mr. Crandell's specific areas of practice include criminal-related immigration matters, removal defense and litigation, criminal and non-criminal waivers of inadmissibility, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, and asylum and related claims. Mr. Crandell represents clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and with immigration benefit applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. He also provides consultation services to criminal defense attorneys and their non-citizen clients with matters pending in the criminal courts of Maryland and has testified as an expert on immigration issues in the Circuit Courts of Maryland.
Mr. Crandell is a native of Durham, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he majored in International Studies with a concentration in Latin American politics. He graduated with honors in 2006. Thereafter, Mr. Crandell attended the University of Maryland School of Law where he worked as a student attorney and teaching assistant in the law school's Immigration Clinic. He graduated cum laude in 2010 and has practiced solely in the area of immigration law ever since. Mr. Crandell lives in Baltimore City with his wife, Tina, and their two children. |
Adam N. Crandell
(443) 559-4384 acrandell@crandellimmigrationlaw.com |
Bar Admission
Court of Appeals of Maryland (2010)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland (2011)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2014)
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude (2010)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with Honors (2006)
Professional Affiliations
Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Member (2010 - Present)
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member (2010 - Present)
Publications
Supreme Court Decisions: Exemplar of Irony? MSBA Bar Bulletin (August 11, 2016)
Awards and Honors
Mosaic Community Services, Volunteer of the Year (2012)
Engagements
Court of Appeals of Maryland (2010)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland (2011)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2014)
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude (2010)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with Honors (2006)
Professional Affiliations
Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), Member (2010 - Present)
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member (2010 - Present)
Publications
Supreme Court Decisions: Exemplar of Irony? MSBA Bar Bulletin (August 11, 2016)
Awards and Honors
Mosaic Community Services, Volunteer of the Year (2012)
Engagements
- Vice-Chair, AILA DC Liaison Committee, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Baltimore (2013 - Present)
- Member, Board of Directors, Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) (2012 - Present)
- Member, MSBA Immigration Law Section Council (2012 - 2015)
- Panelist, MSBA Joint Bench/Bar Conference, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions Fundamentals (2016)
- Panelist, National Taxpayer Advocate Public Forum, Baltimore, Maryland (2016)
- Presenter, MSBA Immigration Law Section, Immigration Fundamentals and Advanced Topics of Discussion, "When Relief Is Not An Option: Representing Non-citizen Criminal Offenders in Removal Proceedings" (2016)
- Faculty, Maryland Office of the Public Defender / UMD Carey School of Law, Immigration and Criminal Defense Institute (2015)
- Faculty, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Immigration Team Training (2014, 2015)
- Faculty, Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition, "Nuts and Bolts of Representing Detained Immigrants" (2015)
- Presenter, Criminal Justice Act Panel Training Program, "ICE Detention 101" (2014)
- Presenter, MSBA Immigration Law Section Webinar, "Criminal and Fraud-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility & Waivers" (2013)
- Presenter, World Relief / MSBA Pro Bono Immigration Course “Navigating the Immigration Labyrinth” (2012)