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Attorney Elizabeth P. Uribe was born and raised to immigrant parents in Los Angeles, California. She attended Woodrow Wilson High School where she participated in the Administration of Justice and Law Magnet. Ms. Uribe graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science Read more [...]

Mr. Diamante practices immigration, criminal defense and civil rights advocacy in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Diamante has devoted his career to the protection of immigrants. He maintains a private practice in downtown, Los Angeles.

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.