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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.

Somos un grupo de profesionistas que estamos comprometidos con la comunidad Inmigrante y enfocamos nuestro conocimiento y experiencia en brindar representación legal, honesta y confiable a familias en el área.  Nuestro compromiso es asesorarle correctamanete y sobretodo, informarlo de sus derechos y posibilidades de permanecer legal en este país.      Nuestra misión es establecer un a coneción con la comunidad Inmigrante, la cual no se limíte a la asesoría legal, sino que se extienda en apoyar el crecimiento de la misma manera que podamos contribuir a que los inmigrantes tengan una posibilidad real de competir en el día a día de nuestra sociedad.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

*Chair, State Bar of Texas How To Handle Your First or Next Family Immigration Case, 2016. *Chair, State Bar of Texas Advanced Immigration Law Conference, 2015. *Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference, 2017 (naturalization), 2016 (misrepresentation). *Speaker, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Spring Conference, 2017  (adjustment of status vs, consular applications). *Faculty Member, State Bar of Texas Immigration 101 or Advanced Immigration Law Conference, 2012-2017. *Faculty Member, University of Texas School of Law Immigration & Nationality Conference, 2014, 2015, 2017. * San Antonio Chamber Music Society, President, 2008-2012; Board Member, 2002-present. *Rotary Club of San Antonio, Board of Directors, 2010-2011; Member, 2002-present. **American Immigration Lawyers Association, member since 1978; varied elected and appointed positions including Chair of Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico Chapter; National Board of Governors; regional and San Antonio liaison with USCIS; Border issues committee member; Department of Labor Liaison committee member