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Attorney Brenda Carolina Diaz is a Partner at Phung, Miyamoto & Diaz LLP. She is an experienced attorney with over fourteen (14) years of experience in immigration law. During this time, Ms. Diaz has provided exemplary representation for hundreds of clients and has successfully represented her clients in the areas Read more [...]

Andres Bustamante graduated from Peoples College of Law and began to practice law in 1990. He has devoted his life to representing the under-represented immigrant community. His impeccable practice ethic has rewarded him with various awards including the 1988 Carol King Award (Orantes-Hernandez Litigation Team), the 1994 Wiley Manuel Award Read more [...]

Nora Phillips is a founding partner of Phillips & Urias, LLP and has dedicated her career to fighting for immigrant rights. Ms. Phillips is a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. She has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 2007 and her practice Read more [...]

Veronica Barba is a partner at Lucas & Barba, LLP in Los Angeles, where she represents clients with a wide range of removal defenses in detained and non-detained settings. She is the former Director of the ABA Immigration Justice Project (IJP) in San Diego.

Nelson A. Castillo is an experienced immigration attorney who provides representation to multinational and domestic corporations, their employees and private individuals in immigration matters before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review and U.S. Consulates abroad. Read more [...]

Attorney Maggie Castillo is an associate at the law offices of Casillas and Associates where she manages all of the firm’s immigration cases. Her immigration practice is primarily focused on family, citizenship, victims of crime and removal defense. She has represented individuals in removal proceedings throughout the United States. She Read more [...]

Victor D. Nieblas Pradis, AILA President 2015-16, Mr. Nieblas Pradis practices immigration law in Southern California. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and Loyola Law School. His areas of practice include family immigration, deportation defense, federal court litigation, and appellate work.

Attorney Alvarez graduated from Columbia University in 1998. Upon graduating, she worked for the Legal Aid Society in the Federal Defender Division in Brooklyn, New York. She then worked as a community organizer with Latin American immigrants on police brutality and health & wellness issues. She enrolled at the University Read more [...]

Attorney Alma D. Puente is a member of the California State Bar, having being admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court in December 2004. Ms. Puente is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the United States Court of Appeals Read more [...]