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J.D. | University of Maryland School of Law B.A. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill B A R A D M I S S I O N S
Maryland P R O F E S S I O N A L R E C O G N I T I O N
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Adam Crandell is an immigration attorney with more than 15 years of experience representing clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as well as clients with immigration benefit applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. His specific practice areas include criminal-related immigration matters, removal defense and litigation, waivers, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, and asylum and related claims. 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 the immigration consequences of criminal convictions in Maryland.
Adam is an active member of the Maryland legal community. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and as faculty for immigration-related trainings at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. He regularly presents as a panelist for continuing legal education sessions sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), and the Federal Bar Association (FBA).
Adam devotes his expertise to helping those in need. In 2024, he received the Maryland Legal Service Corporation (MLSC) Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award, “presented to an attorney (usually in private practice) or a judge who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to increasing access to justice and improving the civil legal services delivery system for low-income Marylanders.” Since 2022, he has served as the Pro-Bono Legal Clinic Coordinator for the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center in Easton, Maryland.
Adam graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, majoring in International Studies. He earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2010. Mr. Crandell is admitted to practice law by the state of Maryland, the U.S. District Court of Maryland, and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Adam lives in Baltimore City with his wife and two children. He is a past president of the Federal Hill Preparatory School Parent Teacher Organization and a past board member of the South Baltimore Little League.
Adam is an active member of the Maryland legal community. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and as faculty for immigration-related trainings at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. He regularly presents as a panelist for continuing legal education sessions sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG), and the Federal Bar Association (FBA).
Adam devotes his expertise to helping those in need. In 2024, he received the Maryland Legal Service Corporation (MLSC) Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award, “presented to an attorney (usually in private practice) or a judge who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to increasing access to justice and improving the civil legal services delivery system for low-income Marylanders.” Since 2022, he has served as the Pro-Bono Legal Clinic Coordinator for the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center in Easton, Maryland.
Adam graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, majoring in International Studies. He earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2010. Mr. Crandell is admitted to practice law by the state of Maryland, the U.S. District Court of Maryland, and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Adam lives in Baltimore City with his wife and two children. He is a past president of the Federal Hill Preparatory School Parent Teacher Organization and a past board member of the South Baltimore Little League.
- Adjunct Professor; Immigration Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (2021)
- 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)
- Member, AILA-DC Liaison Committee, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Hyattsville (2023 – Present)
- Presenter, AILA-DC Chapter Fall Conference, “Organizing and Presenting a Case with the Immigration Court” (2023)
- Presenter, MSBA Joint Bench/Bar Conference, “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions” (2022)
- Presenter, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, “Issues to Consider in PCR-Based Motions to Reopen” (2022)
- Presenter; MSBA Family Law Section, “Immigration and Family Law” (2020)
- Presenter; Maryland Association for Justice, MSBA Immigration Law Section, Asylum Mock Trial (2019)
- Panelist; AILA-DC Chapter Fall Conference, “Updates from the Fourth Circuit, Attorney General and the BIA” (2019)
- Presenter; Maryland Office of the Public Defender, “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conduct” (2019)
- Presenter; Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, Immigration Court Training (2018)
- Panelist; MSBA Immigration Law Section, “Creative Lawyering Strategies in Times of Uncertainty” (2018)
- Panelist; MSBA Joint Bench/Bar Conference, “Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions” (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)
- 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)
- Chair; AILA-DC Liaison Committee, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Baltimore (2013 – 2017)
- Presenter; World Relief / MSBA Pro Bono Immigration Course, “Navigating the Immigration Labyrinth” (2012)
- Member; MSBA Immigration Law Section Council (2012 - 2015)
- Annor v. Garland, 95 F.4th 820 (4th Cir. 2024)
- Nardea v. Sessions, 876 F.3d 675 (4th Cir. 2017)
- “Supreme Court Decisions: Exemplar of Irony?” MSBA Bar Bulletin (August 2016)
- Maryland Legal Service Corporation (MLSC) Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award, 2024
- Presented to an attorney (usually in private practice) or a judge who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to increasing access to justice and improving the civil legal services delivery system for low-income Marylanders.
- Presented to an attorney (usually in private practice) or a judge who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to increasing access to justice and improving the civil legal services delivery system for low-income Marylanders.
- Mosaic Community Services, Volunteer of the Year, 2012
- Pro-Bono Legal Clinic Coordinator, Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center (2022 – Present)
- Member; Board of Directors, Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) (2012 – 2017)
- Criminal-immigration
- Removal defense and litigation
- Asylum and humanitarian immigration
- Family-based immigration
- Adjustment of status
- Waivers
- Naturalization
- Consular processing
