Christopher Stender is a licensed attorney in AZ, CA, CT, and NY, and a partner of Stender & Lappin Attorneys, PC, in San Diego. As an active and widely cited immigration attorney for over 20 years, Christopher Stender has frequently litigated and had opinions published in the U.S. 9th District Courts and U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, most often with the Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in Arizona and California.

1. Christopher Stender, JD -
Immigration Attorney, U.S. 9th
District
By Christopher Stender

2. Introduction
 Christopher Stender is a licensed attorney in AZ, CA,
CT, and NY, and a partner of Stender & Lappin
Attorneys, PC, in San Diego. As an active and widely
cited immigration attorney for over 20 years,
Christopher Stender has frequently litigated and had
opinions published in the U.S. 9th District Courts and
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, most often with the
Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in Arizona and
California.

3. About The U.S. 9th District
 The U.S. 9th District includes all states and U.S.
territories west of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and
Montana. The largest federal court district in the
nation, the U.S. 9th District is led by 29 active circuit
judges hearing cases at four federal courthouses
along the West Coast in Pasadena (CA), San
Francisco (CA), Portland (OR), and Seattle (WA).
Smaller district courts, probation courts, bankruptcy
courts, and administrative offices are located in all
major cities of their respective states within the U.S.
9th District.