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We love helping immigrants reach their dreams of legal status in the US!  Hablamos espanol. Call today for your personalized consulation... Heidi Deifel is a 2005 graduate from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. A passionate advocate for the empowerment of immigrants and crime victims, Ms. Deifel has served as prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, administrative law judge, municipal court judge, and immigration law attorney.. Ms. Deifel is a fluent Spanish speaker. As a missionary for her church, she dedicated a year and a half to serving immigrants living in Washington D.C. Prior to her graduation from law school, Ms. Deifel also completed a clinical internship at the Multicultural Legal Center in Salt Lake City, Utah where she aided Spanish-speaking victims of crimes to apply for legal status in the US.. After law school, Ms. Deifel prosecuted misdemeanors in municipalities in the Salt Lake valley in Utah. In 2006, Ms. Deifel joined the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office where she prosecuted crimes on the Juvenile, Screening, and Felony Drug Teams. While with that office, Ms. Deifel handled a wide range of complex, high-profile matters including juvenile sex offenses, child endangerment cases, felony drug matters, and vehicular homicide.. In 2010, Ms. Deifel was appointed the Administrative Law Judge for the city of South Salt Lake in Utah where she heard appeals from decisions made by the city's agencies. In 2012, Ms. Deifel opened her own law firm in Wyoming where she successfully handled family law matters, civil suits, and criminal defense cases. She also became a municipal court judge for the City of Casper, Wyoming where she presided over misdemeanor criminal cases.. In 2016 Ms. Deifel moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she worked on complex, federal criminal matters. She also served as an immigration attorney at a prominent local law firm where she successfully handled a wide array of immigration cases. In 2018, Ms. Deifel opened Law Office of Heidi Deifel P.C. where she proudly serves immigrants in New Mexico in pursuing their immigration dreams.. Ms. Deifel lives in Albuquerque with her family. She is a professional violinist and pianist and an avid world traveller. She loves Latin American food and makes a pretty mean pulled pork taco.

Rebecca Kitson holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and obtained her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Throughout law school, Rebecca worked with immigrant survivors of domestic violence at Catholic Charities, specializing in petitions and visas under the Violence Against Women Act. She began work with the Immigration Law firm of Lawit & Kitson (previously John W. Lawit PC) in August of 2006 became a firm shareholder in September of 2009. Since the fall of 2009, Rebecca has taught Immigration Law and related courses as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law.. In May of 2012, Rebecca established her own firm, where she continues to practice the spectrum of Immigration Law, including family- based immigration and removal defense. She has sat on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union since 2005, the Board of the Immigration Section of the NM State Bar since 2008, and the Board of the NM Hispanic Bar Association since 2011. She has presented widely at CLE’s through the NM State Bar and has been a presenter/panelist at various conferences through the University of New Mexico. Rebecca has served as a presenter for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) at the state and national level, and been a contributing author for AILA’s Consular Processing Guide for the past two editions. She serves as a volunteer attorney for non-profits and faith-based organizations statewide.. Rebecca speaks Spanish fluently and Portuguese conversationally.