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With over seven years experience as an attorney, I advocate for clients with excellent and personalized service. I work in a small firm and we are focused on you and the successful resolution of your case.  I look forward to meeting you and talking about the help you need. Together we can take care of it.

We have four values we bring to every case we work on:. EXCELLENCE: We have worked on hundreds of cases in all areas of immigration law. We are capable of handling the most complex cases while maintaining a small firm personal touch.. INTEGRITY: We believe that ethics and integrity are not just professional goals; they are personal values that we bring to everything we do.. VALUE: We believe that our services should be affordable to everybody because everybody deserves a chance to achieve their goals. We work with our clients and offer payment plans to ensure that our services are affordable to all.. SERVICE: We believe our job is to serve you. We get to know our clients and make sure we are available to them in case they need to talk to us. When you come to our office, you are our guest and we treat you as such.

Virgen & Virgen Attorneys at Law, is a Law Firm founded in 1995 in San Antonio, Texas, principally dealing with Immigration and Nationality issues, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Family Law Cases.. Alberto Virgen and Adriana Majul-Virgen, the partners of this firm, have each been engaged in the practice of law for over 24 years.. Our office is located at 1018 Culebra, near the corner of Zarzamora street, next to the a newly built 7--Eleven convenience store. We are approximately one mile from interstate 10, near down town San Antonio, Texas.. Aside from our dedication to treating each client with dignity and respect, our goal is to carefully attend to and listen to the needs of our clients and to try to resolve without delay,  their  legal  problems in a manner as simple and as direct as possible,  while being conscientious of our client's finances.. In addition to pursuing matters at the Immigration Service and the local Criminal and District Civil Courts, we are capable of handling small matters such as drafting Wills, creating real estate documents or handling traffic citations.. Virgen & Virgen Attorneys at Law is only a phone call away and one of our attorneys will return the phone call if not within an hour or two, we strive to certainly return your call within the close of the business day. We speak and write in Spanish, and we have access to translators in all other languages. We have a history of helping people, especially the Hispanic community, and this is our number one priority.. Given that we are a small firm, we treat you like family and are intimately familiar with our clients and with their case. Our firm is small, but we achieve excellent results.. Attorney Alberto Virgen is a bilingual litigation attorney that specializes in all types of immigration cases including Adjustment of Status cases, Citizenships, Family based Petitions, Visa Extensions, Work and Travel Documents and Deportation (Removal)  cases. Attorney Alberto Virgen also represents persons charged with all types of criminal offenses, as well as representing the victims of serious and catastrophic accidents caused by the negligence of others, including drunk drivers and defective products such as defective tires and vehicles deemed not to be crash-worthy.. During his 24 plus  years practicing law, Alberto Virgen  has successfully handled a wide variety of  criminal matters including murder cases, drug possession cases, sexual assault cases,  as well as representing hundreds of individuals involved in auto collisions and other serious personal injury matters. Alberto Virgen has been practicing immigration law for approximately 18 years.. Alberto Virgen is licensed by the Texas Supreme Court and various other circuit courts, including immigration court.

The Gutierrez Law Firm has over 24 years of experience in all areas of immigration law from employment visas, family based petitions and permanent visas like EB-5 and EB-1(c) to temporary investment and employment visas. Their team of experienced attorneys pride themselves in the area of family based petitions and will effectively review and assist clients through the process of petitioning for a family member.

Standing for Truth, Fighting for Justice! Specializing in serving victims of crime, human trafficking, and abused/abandoned/ neglected children. Se habla español.

Patricia Barbee is a graduate of the St. Mary's School of Law and has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration law. She has represented hundreds of clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service and in the immigration courts, and takes seriously her responsibility to clients and their families. Ms. Barbee is a South Texas native who grew up in McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley, and is fluent in written and spoken Spanish.

Okenu Law Office, LLC. ......providing the excellent legal services you deserve!

My name is Veronica de la Fuente, US and Mexico Attorney. I am the daughter of illegal immigrants who came to the United States looking for a better future for their children. Unfortunately, my parents had to voluntarily depart the US while in removal proceedings, and took me with them when I was only 2 years old, and therefore I grew up in Mexico and I learned Spanish as my native language. From a very young age, I developed a passion for the law and justice, so I decided to become a lawyer. I graduated from Law School and got licensed to practice law in all Mexican territories.   I came to the United States in 2009, knowing very little English and even when I was a US Citizen, I had to face the same issues that every immigrant faces when they arrive to the US. Later, I started working as a paralegal in a Immigration Law Firm, where my passion for Immigration and International Law developed. As I Iearned the needs that immigrants have beyond their Immigration cases, I knew I needed to become an Attorney in the US to be able to help them.

Mrs. Figueroa Villarreal became a duly licensed attorney in the State of Texas in November 2007 and immediately began practicing immigration law.  Her experience in the immigration context is vast and includes experience in removal/deportation proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, visa petitions including employment-based petitions and family-based petitions, experience with U visas and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.. Mrs. Figueroa Villarreal is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is licensed in the United States District Court for both the Southern and Western District of Texas.   She is also a member of the State Bar of Texas Immigration and Nationality Law Section and the American Lawyers Immigration Association (AILA).. In 2010, Mrs. Figueroa Villarreal decided to become a solo practitioner and opened her own practice focusing on immigration law.  To date, Mrs. Figueroa Villarreal’s practice is thriving and she looks forward to continued success helping those in need including those who are disadvantaged.

Mr. Trevino focues his practice in Immigration and Nationality law and has over eleven years experience representing individuals before the Department of Homeland Security, Executive Office for Immigration Reveiw, and the Department of Labor.  He has helped countless individuals legalize their status and has represented foreign nationals from almost every country on the globe.. Mr. Trevino has a comprehensive practice that includes both employment based and family based immigration.  He has assisted individuals in every non immigrant status including H1b, TN, L1A, E2 and E1 and has extensive consular and waiver experience.

Mr. Lozano personally understands the stresses involved when having to go through an immigration process and this is why his team is adamant of making sure clients fully understand their immigration case.  This helps the client know what to expect, when to expect it and why.. After four years of serving his country in the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Lozano enrolled and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Texas San Antonio. He later attended law school in Houston where he discovered immigration law, and his interest in helping those with immigration needs.  In addition, he also had the opportunity to study in Monterrey, Mexico; in a spring law program at the Instituto Technologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he further fined tuned his legal Spanish. Mr. Lozano is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Garcia is a first generation United States citizen and Laredo, Texas native. He understands first hand the issues that affect immigrating families. After graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University, formerly, Southwest Texas State University, he went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Texas Southern University in 2000. In 2001, Oscar G. Garcia was a founding shareholder in the Law Offices of Garcia, Ramirez, & Pina, formerly the Law Offices of Garcia & Ramirez.. Oscar G. Garcia's primary practice is in immigration law. He has over 14 years of experience representing clients before the Immigration court and the Immigration service throughout the United States. He has assisted investors start their business in the United States and maintain it in compliance with evolving Immigration Law. He has also represented an extensive number of families seeking to live temporarily or permanently in the United States.

Mr. Chumillo completed his undergrad in International Studies of Latin America at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Before becoming an attorney, he became a certified educator in the state of Texas with 4 years of teaching experience in the pre-k through high school levels. He went on to graduate from St Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas with a certificate in Pro Bono services; he is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas. During law school he attended the World Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Innsbruck in Austria as a student and teachers assistant. Mr. Chumillo also participated in the St Mary's university Center for legal Justice, Civil Justice Clinic for two years assisting indigent clients receive legal assistance.. Mr. Chumillo is an avid traveler and has visited twenty seven countries and lived in El Salvador and Austria before settling back in Texas. He is fluent in Spanish and enjoys practicing other languages including French, Italian, and German. Mr. Chumillo is the son of two immigrants, now naturalized U.S. Citizens. His father and mother are originally from Uruguay and Ecuador respectively where Mr. Chumillo has traveled extensively. Mr. Chumillo volunteers his time serving on the boards of two nonprofits organizations. San Antonio Region Justice For Our Neighbors (Vice Chair), a Methodist Immigration Ministry and San Antonio Foster and Adoption Services, Inc. He lives in San Antonio, with his wife and newborn Son.

Melanie M. Lira is the founder of the Lira Cazares Immigration Law. She is a native of San Antonio, Texas, where she received her Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s School of Law. She has been honored for her commitment to human rights and social justice and received the Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award and the Justice Alma Lopez Women in Law Leadership Award. Further, she received recognition from the Texas Access to Justice Foundation for her pro bono service.. Before beginning her own firm, Melanie worked at a local law firm practicing removal defense. Her experience and dedication to immigration rights has lead her to work in various ways with several organizations and firms such as, Tahirih Justice Center,  Faegre Baker Daniels, and Akin Gump.  Melanie has experience in family based immigration, naturalization, VAWA, U visa and SIJ petitions, consular processing and removal defense.. She is admitted to practice law in Texas and is fluent in Spanish.

Lance Curtright, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, has practiced immigration law since 2001. He is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.. Mr. Curtright has successfully represented hundreds of clients in deportation proceedings. His successes include the published decision Matter of Lamus, 25 I&N Dec. 61 (BIA 2009) (Immigration Judge may not deny a motion to reopen based solely upon the government's opposition). He has written articles about the applicability of the unlawful presence bar to immigrating to the United States and has spoken about immigration law related issues at immigration law conferences.. Mr. Curtright earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dallas (UD) in Politics. While at UD, he studied in Rome, Italy for a semester. He graduated from UD cum laude in 1998. After college, Mr. Curtright attended law school at the University of Nebraska. He was selected to be on the school's National Moot Court team. The team competed against teams from other law schools in mock appellate cases. They placed second in their region and were able to advance to the final national rounds. In law school, Mr. Curtright was selected to the "Order of Barristers" based upon his advocacy skills. He graduated from law school with distinction.. Mr. Curtright is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the San Antonio Bar Association.. Mr. Curtright is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Western District of Texas, the Southern District of Texas, the Northern District of Texas and all Texas State courts. He speaks Spanish.

Juan R. Castro is an  attorney practicing in San Antonio. Mr. Castro focuses his legal practice in the areas of employment and family-based immigration as well as criminal defense and civil litigation.. Mr. Castro was born in New Orleans and is a first-generation American, the son of Honduran immigrants.. Mr. Castro earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Letourneau University with a double major in Finance and International Business and a minor in Economics. He has spent considerable time abroad in over 10 different countries, taking business courses in the countries of Honduras, Spain and Austria.. Mr. Castro attained his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. While at St. Mary’s, Mr. Castro won or was a finalist in several mock and moot court competitions. At the end of his third year, Mr. Castro was named one of the top advocates of the school and inducted into the national Order of the Barristers, an honor bestowed on 10 law students each year that exhibited exceptional advocacy skills.. Mr. Castro is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the San Antonio Bar Association, the Mexican American Bar Association and of the Hispanic Law Alumni Association.

Jose Barajas was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He graduated from W. Charles Akins High School in 2006. He attended college at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, graduating in 2010. After college, Mr. Barajas entered law school and obtained his Juris Doctor degree in May 2013. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in November 2013.. Mr. Barajas represents families before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection) as well as the Immigration Court (Executive Office for Immigration Review). He handled cases involving marriage based adjustment of status, fiancée visas, naturalization, u-visas, t-visas and waivers of inadmissibility, special immigrant juvenile status, removal defense and both affirmative and defensive asylum cases.. Mr. Barajas has expanded his practice to include family law and criminal law matters in which there is an immigration component, including divorces, suits affecting the parent-child relationship and criminal defense. This broad spectrum of expertise allows Mr. Barajas to holistically represent his clients in legal matters.. Beginning in 2014, Mr. Barajas managed his law practice in Austin, where he worked on family-based immigration, special immigrant juvenile status, removal defense litigation including asylum and other relief. Mr. Barajas also handled associated family law and criminal law matters where there is an immigration component; including divorces, suits affecting the parent-child relationship and criminal defense.

J.D, St Mary's University (honors), 2006 • Bilingual in Spanish and English• Former president, Christian Legal Society at St. Mary's• Experienced in family, criminal and immigration law• Licensed to practice before all immigration courts and offices in the country

Immigration Attorney - Licensed Attorney in Puerto Rico since 2009 - Licensed Attorney in Texas since 2018

I have dedicated my career to zealously fight for justice and to fearlessly protect immigrant's rights for 44 years.  I am not a young lawyer but an attorney that has lived and experienced changes in Immigration laws throughout 44 years.  I began my journey as a young lawyer working as the first attorney to handle deportation matters for the United States Catholic Conference in El Paso, Texas.. Later, I opened my own private practice in El Paso, Texas where I represented individuals in deportation matters for 15 years.  As an attorney in private practice , I was well known for my common sense yet aggressive approach in representing clients from different countries.  I was appointed the nation's first Mexican-American female U.S. Immigration Judge on April 2, 1995.  I retired as a U.S. Immigration Judge on April 2, 2015.  As an Immigration Judge, I was well known for my dedication and determination to be fair and just, as well as a trailblazer in applying the law to novel issues.   I issued noteworthy decisions including the granting of asylum to female victims of femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; those fleeing violence in Central America and Mexico; and female victims of domestic violence.  Other noteworthy decisions include the granting of applications for cancellation of removal and other waivers available under immigration law.   I authored thousands of decisions in removal and deportation proceedings.  I mentored many new Immigration Judges and DOJ/EOIR attorneys.  I authoried the Aggravated Felony Outline since 2000 available in the DOJ/Virtual Law Library and on the internet.. I have been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since December, 2010.. After my retirement as a United States Immigration Judge, I decided to utilize all my skills, knowledge, and experience in defending those in need of immigration representation.  In December of 2015, after a brief period in Houston, Texas, I returned to San Antonio, Texas and set up my own law office. I am elated to be back where I started in the private practice of law.  Since my retirement in April, 2015, I have been fearless in my representation of immigrants in removal proceedings.  Since I was an Immigration Judge, I am fully familiar with how Immigration Judges need to follow the law and will not stand by while your rights are violated by new immigration judges that are not fully familiar with immigration law. I will protect your rights.  If you hire me, I will be the one representing you and advocating for you.. Since I have been in private practice, I have been successful in my defense of legal permanent residents in removal proceedings.  I have obtained termination of removal proceedings in several cases as I have put the government (DHS) to the task of having to prove their case and they have been unable to do so.  I am hired often to enter my appearance after other younger and less experienced lawyers fail in their representation.  If you have been denied, I may be able to investigate your case and save you from deportation.  I have developed a special skill in representing asylum seekers from all countries in the world including MEXICO,  CUBA, BRAZIL, AFGHANISTAN, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, SYRIA, PAKISTAN, INDIA, CHINA, UBEKISTAN, TAJEKISTAN, etc.,  Recently, I've been successful in the representation of gays, transgender and HIV positive individuals in removal proceedings.. I have a high rate of approval for persons in deportation/removal proceedings who apply to remain in the United States because they have been in the U.S. for 10 years, are persons of good moral character, and their removal would cause exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to their U.S. citizen children, U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident spouses, or U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident parents.. I have been successfull in overcoming denials for legal permanent residents based on false claims to U.S. citizenship.. I am also very knowledgeable in applications for individuals to become legal permanent residents through family members petitioning for them.   If you have a dicrect amily member in the military, you may be eligible for a special permit called the "Parole In Place".. I am pleased to be of service to my community and to search for ways to save you from deportation.

I am a newly admitted attorney working in Criminal Defense and Immigration Law. I am a compassionate and zealous advocate to people navigating through the complex immigration system. I assist clients with various visa applications and representation in deportation hearings. I am a hard-working and dedicated legal professional with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Syracuse University College of Law and I am licensed to practice law in Texas. Bilingual in both English and Spanish.

Gerardo Menchaca heads the immigration section of Escamilla & Poneck LLP and is licensed to practice law in every immigration court in the United States. He has dedicated his legal career to helping people from all over the world deal with the complexities of the US immigration system. As an attorney practicing immigration law, his job is to help people become part of the best country in the world.. Gerardo is a graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law and has an economics degree from Texas State University. Additionally, he is a current member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar Association, and the Mexican Entrepreneurs Association. He was voted one of San Antonio's Best Immigration Lawyers in 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 and 2011 (SA Scene Magazine).

Francisco was born and raised in Texas.  His grandparents were born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States in the 1930’s and settled in El Paso, Texas.  This background provides him with a deep personal connection to his immigration law practice.  He has practiced immigration and naturalization law exclusively and has more than five years of successful immigration experience working on behalf of his clients from all over the world including countries such as Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Somalia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain.   He has represented these clients in a wide variety of immigration matters from investor visas to defense from deportation to naturalizations.

Fernando D. Gireud was born in El Paso, Texas, and graduated from Coronado High School in 2002. He attended the University of Texas – Austin where he majored in Computer Science and graduated in 2007. Afterwards, Fernando attended law school at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas where he graduated with his J.D. in 2010.. Shortly thereafter, Fernando moved back to his hometown of El Paso, Texas, where he worked for the Domestic Relations Office of El Paso County where he acted as friend of the court and worked on child support enforcement cases. In March 2012, Fernando began working for a firm in El Paso where his focus was on Labor and Employment cases.. Fernando moved back to San Antonio in October of 2012 where he began working for an immigration law firm focusing on deportation proceedings and family based immigration visas. His love of immigration law eventually led to him to partnering with Mr. B. Colin Hobbs in order to combine their passions and experience to provide the best possible representation in the fields of immigration, criminal, and family law.. Outside of work, Fernando is an avid sports fan and will never miss a day to root for his beloved Texas Longhorns.

Fernanda Inegol is originally from Mexico City. She moved to Texas shortly after graduating from Anahuac University School of Law to pursue an LLM Master of Laws Degree from The University of Texas at Austin.Fernanda practiced Immigration and Family Law as an Associate Attorney in a Local Immigration Law Firm in San Antonio, TX before deciding to start her own Firm.Her passion for law, specially immigration law, comes from being an immigrant herself. She and her husband came to the United States at a very young age and dealt with the immigration process first hand.She has been living in San Antonio, TX for over 4 years and enjoys trying new restaurants and visiting local small business to support her community.