Christopher Anders

Christopher Anders, shareholder of Parker, Butte & Lane, focuses his practice on family immigration, naturalization, deportation and removal litigation and asylum. He has presented at community and CLE events on topics ranging from naturalization to asylum to visas available to crime victims. He is a regular guest lecturer on asylum law at Lewis & Clark Law School. Before practicing law he worked as an immigration paralegal and taught English as a Second Language both in the U.S. and in Latin America.

Education:

• J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 2005 (cum laude)
• TEFL Graduate Certificate, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999
• B.S. Political Science (with honors), University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1985

Admitted to practice:

• Oregon State Courts
• United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit

Professional memberships:

• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Oregon State Bar Association

At Parker Butte & Lane, our top immigration attorneys practice in Business Immigration Solutions, as well as Individual Immigration Representation. For the past 30 years, we have built our excellent reputation on promptly responding to our clients’ needs by providing strategic, proactive immigration planning advice.

Our attorneys assist in the process to obtain employment visas, temporary worker visas, and investor visas, etc. We partner with country-specific counsel and assist in country-specific employment visa and business immigration requirements for foreign employee transfers. Some of our clients include Fortune 500 high tech and biotech companies in Oregon, which we have helped in meeting the immigration challenges involved in start-ups, acquisitions, reorganizations, and spin-offs.

Our team of attorneys have also helped individuals and their families throughout the years. From adjustment of status to asylum petitions, DACA, as well as family reunification, lawful permanent residency, citizenship, naturalization and both representation and defense for individuals facing deportation.