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Nain Martinez, Jr. immigrated to the United States when he was 12 years old. With the support of his family he was the first one to graduate with a college degree, and subsequently with a law degree.. Mr. Martinez, Jr., is an associate attorney at Immigration and Nationality Law Group in New Orleans, Louisiana. He practices removal defense, asylum, family based immigration and business based immigration law.. Mr. Martinez has written on legal topics relating primarily to the effects U.S. immigration policy has on the undocumented population. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Louisiana Bar Association, and the New Orleans Bar Association.. He earned his J.D. in 2016 from Loyola College of Law and his B.S., Summa cum laude, from Tulane University in 2012.. He is the father of four children and loves spending time with his wife and kids. His guiding motto is, “No other success can compensate for failure in the home."

Leah Spivey is an attorney at Gasparian Spivey Immigration – a boutique law firm serving New Orleans, Louisiana and Lafayette, Louisiana. She has over ten years of experience in all areas of immigration law, including labor certifications, employment immigration, family-based immigration, and humanitarian benefits.. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese.. As a dedicated Louisiana immigration attorney, Ms. Spivey has committed her legal career to seeking positive results for clients dealing with the following legal concerns:. • Business immigration• Academic immigration• Removal defense• Asylum and humanitarian immigration• Nationality• Non-immigrant visas. Ms. Spivey received her undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 2004 and earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2009. She spent a year as a New Orleans family law attorney before moving to immigration law in 2010.. Ms. Spivey is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.. Leah Spivey fights tenaciously for individuals and families seeking to immigrate to the United States for work, education, asylum, research or family reunification.

Kristie L. Bowerman, founding attorney of Immigration & Nationality Law Group, graduated from Grand Valley State University in 1995. In 1999 she received her Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School where she was a Notes and Comments Editor for the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law. Ms. Bowerman’s practice is devoted to representing clients around the world in a broad range of U.S. immigration matters. Her clients have included Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams and a world-renowned circus arts entertainment company, as well as oil and gas companies, colleges and universities, K-12 schools, IT companies, financial firms, television networks, hospitals, engineering firms, religious organizations, and marine companies, among many others. Ms. Bowerman also regularly represents individual clients in matters such as work visas, permanent residence, and citizenship.

Kathleen is the founder of Gasparian Spivey Immigration a boutique immigration law firm in New Orleans. She is active in the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) and NAFSA (Association of International Educators). She has served as the Chair and Treasurer of AILA’s Mid-South Chapter, and as the chair of AILA’s national liaison committee to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and as a Regulatory Ombudsperson for Scholar Issues for NAFSA Region III.  She serves on the Board for the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Loyola University, New Orleans and at Tulane University.  Kathleen has authored and co-authored a number of articles on immigration including “An Immigration Primer for Primary and Secondary Schools” in The Admissions Review, and “Adjustment of Status for the Atypical Entrant” in the 2012 Immigration Practice Pointers, published by AILA.  Gambit, the alternative weekly in New Orleans, named her one of its “40 under 40” for her success as an attorney.  In 2014, she founded a program to match immigrant children with pro bono legal representation - PB&J: Pro Bono and Juveniles, and she was recognized by Super Laywers, the Louisiana State Bar Association, and the National Organization for Women for her efforts.

Attorney Josie Numa limits her practice to Immigration, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury cases.. Ms. Numa graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminal Justice in December  2000.  In May 2004, Ms. Numa graduated from Southern University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree.  During her time at Southern University School of Law, Ms. Numa participated in the Civil Law Clinic where she represented indigent clients in civil and child support matters.  Ms. Numa also clerked for one of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Middle District while in law school.. Since graduating from law school, Ms. Numa worked as an Orleans Parish prosecutor for more than six years where she handled over 1,000 contractor fraud cases.  Upon leaving the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Numa has dedicated her career to the practice of immigration, bankruptcy and personal injury.. Ms. Numa has represented clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Court and before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on family-based petitions, applications for residency, applications for citizenship, applications for asylum and applications for humanitarian visas.  Being from Haiti, Ms. Numa has first-hand experience of the immigration system so she is very passionate in helping others to successfully navigate the system.  Ms. Numa understands the complexities associated with the immigration system and procedures and she has applied her knowledge, skills and background to competently assist others in building a life in the United States.. Ms. Numa is highly experienced in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.  She has over 12 years of experience in consumer bankruptcy matters.  Ms. Numa’s primary objective is to assist consumers in obtaining a fresh start under the bankruptcy code.  Throughout her career, Ms. Numa has assisted over 1,000 individuals to take advantage of their rights under bankruptcy protection to restart, rebuild and recover.. Ms. Numa is a member in good standing of the Louisiana State Bar, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle District of Louisiana and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.. Ms. Numa is fluent in Haitian Creole and is able to lightly communicate in Spanish.