ABOUT

Edward A. Bajoka

Hi, my name is Edward Bajoka and I am the lead attorney and founder of Bajoka Law Group PLLC and You Are Home Immigration Law for families.  I am proud to be able to help people through their problems with the government, whether it be defending them when they are accused of a crime or fighting to keep them from being deported. I have successfully represented individuals in almost every type of criminal case from the routine “DUI case” to some of the biggest white-collar criminal cases in the State of Michigan and in US Federal Courts.  My clients have included everyone from those accused of being associated with organized crime to doctors and other healthcare professionals, to those accused of public corruption at the highest levels. Some of my cases have been high profile, garnering local, national, and even international attention.  Some of my cases have remained low-key and been resolved without fanfare or media attention, which is the way my clients wanted it.  

I pride myself on my trial skills.  I am constantly working to make myself a better courtroom advocate because I believe the fundamentals are the most important part of being a great lawyer.  I have also successfully represented many individuals facing deportation.  My immigration practice is focused on those who are facing deportation because of a criminal issue or conviction.  I have appeared in Immigration Courts across the country and litigated cases in the Board of Immigration Appeals and before multiple Federal Courts of Appeal throughout the country.  I am the soon to be author of the Lexis Nexis publication “Michigan Criminal Law and Practice.”  My book will be published in the fall of 2020.

My father’s side of the family originated in a third world country in the Middle East.  In that country, my grandparents faced political, religious, and ethnic discrimination.  For a time, my own grandfather was wrongfully imprisoned by a corrupt and cruel government in the country of his birth.  The United States accepted my family with open arms and we have thrived.  My family history has informed my approach to the practice of law.  It is why I fight hard for every single one of my clients.  Service to others is the pillar of my practice.  My family knows what it’s like to be the victim of an overbearing government and this is why I fight for the constitutional principles of due process, the presumption of innocence, and the rule of law.  There is no one who values these principles more than those who have had them taken away.  This is why I became a criminal defense attorney.  Every day I am in a courtroom on the front lines fighting for these all-important principles and values.

My family’s immigration story is why I founded You Are Home, Immigration Law for Families.  My family was given the gift of living in this country.  We worked hard and have achieved personal and professional success.  I want to help others to have the opportunities that we were blessed with.  You Are Home focuses on family-based immigration and deportation defense.  We work to help families come together to live in the US and keep families together that are facing deportation.