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  • Araceli Perez-Brizo

    Ms. Perez-Brizo has represented hundreds of individuals in immigration court (EOIR) and before the Board of Immigration Appeals. In addition, she has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Perez-Brizo received her Bachelor’s degree from Pomona College and earned her J.D. from U.C. Hastings College of the Read more [...]

  • Nora Phillips

    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 [...]

  • Alma D. Puente

    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 [...]

  • Noemi G. Ramirez

    Noemí has provided effective professional counsel to her clients for over twenty years. An immigrant herself, Noemí knows first hand what many of her clients face, allowing her to offer more effective representation.

  • Brenda C. Diaz

    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 [...]

  • Enrique Arevalo

    Enrique Arevalo is an immigration attorney who has been in practice for over thirty years. His firm has produced some of the most skilled practitioners in immigration law today, including a current Judge at the Immigration Court in Los Angeles, California and two Adjunct Law Professors at Loyola Law School. Read more [...]

  • Veronica Barba

    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.