{"id":56,"date":"2014-03-03T23:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T23:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theduiattorneyseattle.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2024-03-26T19:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:09:23","slug":"attorney-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/attorney-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row inner_container=&#8221;true&#8221; no_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; border=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<h3><strong>John Wheaton<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>John Wheaton is an experienced immigration lawyer and criminal defense lawyer in Spokane, WA. \u00a0He represents immigration clients in a variety of settings, including asylum cases, family-based green card cases, and employment-based visas.\u00a0 In addition, Mr. Wheaton represents clients in criminal court in felony and misdemeanor cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~<\/p>\n<p>John received his B.A. in English and B.S. in Physics from Stanford University in 2005. \u00a0He graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2010. \u00a0While at law school, John represented clients in immigration court as a member of the Immigration Law Clinic. \u00a0He also served as a Rule 9 intern for the Snohomish County Public Defender.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Professional Affiliations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington State Bar Association (Member)<\/li>\n<li>American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member; Past New Members Division Co-Chair; Past Pro Bono Committee Vice-Chair)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Pro Bono \/ Volunteer Work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (Pro Bono Attorney)<\/li>\n<li>Seattle&#8217;s Union Gospel Mission &#8211; Open Door Legal Services (Volunteer Attorney)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 2.313em 0 0 0;\"><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-square x-btn-x-large\"  href=\"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/request-consultation\"     data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\">Click Here to Request a Consultation<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 7.313em 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-none none\"  src=\"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Headshot_square-scaled.jpg\" >[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221;][vc_column fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row inner_container=&#8221;true&#8221; no_margin=&#8221;true&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; border=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221;][vc_column fade_animation_offset=&#8221;45px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-blank-1.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnwheatonattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}