All Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Gladdys Uribe was born and raised in the Santa Ynez Valley along California’s Central Coast. She graduated from Dunn School in 1998. She subsequently enrolled at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, California. She graduated cum laude in 2002 with a B.A. in Sociology and was honored as the 2002 Student Read more [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]