About Scott Andrew
Scott Andrew Mossman is an immigration attorney based in Oakland, California — He has been practicing immigration and naturalization law exclusively since 2003. His practice focuses on assisting applicants with criminal convictions, providing removal defense, and collaborating with criminal defense counsel to minimize immigration consequences of convictions. He is licensed by the State Bar of California (license #227178) and received his Juris Doctor degree in 2003 from the University of California, Davis, School of Law. In addition to his legal practice, Mossman has been actively involved in professional organizations. He has served as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) liaison for the AILA Northern California Chapter from 2013 to the present. Prior to that, he was the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) liaison for the same chapter from 2010 to 2013. He has also been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2004 and served as a board member of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic Alumni Council.
Mossman graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento, in 1999. He then earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis, School of Law, where he graduated in the top 5% of his class. During law school, he was active in the Immigration Law Clinic and the King Hall Immigrant Detainee Project. His firm, the Law Office of Scott A. Mossman, is located at 1970 Broadway, Suite 1145, Oakland, CA 94612. He can be contacted by phone at (510) 835-1115 or by email at scott@smossmanlaw.com. Mossman has been recognized for his contributions to the field of immigration law.
He was named to the Super Lawyers, Northern California, 2024 list. He is authorized to represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Board of Immigration Appeals, all U.S. immigration courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern. Central Districts of California, and the Supreme Court of California.
Mossman has been involved in various community service and continuing legal education activities. He co-presented a CLE on mitigating the immigration consequences of California's new theft and drug offenses in 2025. He has also volunteered at naturalization clinics and organized removal defense boot camps. For more information about his practice and services, visit his website at smossmanlaw.com.
