Anna Hysell is a nationally recognized immigration attorney with more than twenty years of experience representing families and businesses across the globe in complex immigration and federal litigation matters.
She was recruited directly out of law school into the prestigious US Attorney General’s Honors Program, where she began her legal career as a federal prosecutor. Ms. Hysell served with both the US Department of Justice and Homeland Security, gaining rare and invaluable insight into government enforcement priorities, adjudication processes, and litigation strategy. Her experience on the government side provides her clients with a sophisticated, insider perspective that few practitioners possess. Ms. Hysell litigated hundreds of deportation, removal and asylum cases before the Immigration Court, advised the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Northern California about U.S. criminal immigration consequences, and various units of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including ICE Investigations, Detention and Removal, and Fraud Detection.
After entering private practice, Ms. Hysell built a nationally respected practice focused on high-stakes, complex immigration litigation, including removal defense, federal court actions, and challenging cases involving discretionary relief, waivers, and inadmissibility issues. For two decades, she has successfully represented individuals, families, and businesses from all over the world, navigating the most difficult legal and procedural obstacles with precision and tenacity.
Known for her strategic judgment, courtroom advocacy, and deep command of immigration law, Ms. Hysell is widely regarded as a leader in the field. She is frequently sought out for cases where the outcome matters most and where experience, credibility, and litigation skill are essential.
As the managing attorney at North County Immigration, she provides legal services in all areas, including family-based immigration, employer-based visas, investor visas, special immigrant applications for domestic violence victims, consulate processing, citizenship and naturalization, specialized waiver applications, asylum, deferred action for childhood arrivals, deportation and removal defense, criminal post-conviction relief, federal court motions and appeals, and advocacy for prosecutorial discretion. She is a frequent speaker at law conferences and workshops providing training to other lawyers and is a law school guest lecturer. As a dedicated lawyer, business woman, and mother, Ms. Hysell is committed to represent individuals with the resolve, compassion, ethics and values she believes everyone deserves. During her free time, Ms. Hysell enjoys travel, reading, skiing, hiking, football outings, and sharing the world with her children. Ms. Hysell is licensed by the State Bar of California and is authorized to practice before all US immigration courts, the California State Courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California, and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit.