Asylum lawyers in California

8383 Wilshire Blvd #800 , Beverly Hills , California 90211

Practice Areas: Immigration, Asylum

Firm: Frye Immigration Law

617 S Olive Street , Los Angeles , California 90014

Practice Areas: Asylum, Immigration, Criminal Defense

I have extensive immigration law experience. I have helped everyone from market research analysts and farm workers to engineers and entertainers start their lives in the United States. I have litigated cases with the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and helped others fight for their lives and freedom before the Executive Office for Immigration Review aka Immigration Court. As a trial tested former public defender I understand what it means to be up against the system and I will advocate for you every step of the way.

Firm: Immigrant Defenders Law Center

634 S. Spring Street 10th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90014

Practice Areas: Asylum

Melissa G. Shepard oversees ImmDef's Community Defense Project based out of the Santa Ana Office as well as the San Diego Office and Cross-Border Initiative. She provides universal representation in removal defense cases and represents clients before EOIR, USCIS and the Asylum Office in a variety of immigration matters including: affirmative asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status petitions and adjustment of status. She also represents Unaccompanied Minors before the California State Courts in Guardianship and Custody Proceedings. She conducts research on immigration implications of criminal proceedings and coordinates with legal counsel to maximize immigration protections.. She has extensive experience in complex family-based immigration cases including conditional green card waivers, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) petitions, inadmissibility waivers, I-751 waivers, asylum cases, and U visas. She has experience in citizenship and naturalization as well as marriage based green cards and represents LGBT individuals in waivers, political asylum and marriage based green card cases. She is fluent in Spanish.. Melissa has represented individuals in removal proceedings throughout the U.S. She has represented the Southern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) as an Asylum Office Liaison (2016-2018, 2022-2024) and Pro-Bono liaison (2018-2020), encouraging other attorneys to volunteer their time. She served on the AILA National Online Course and Recorded Content Review Committee (2023-2024), VAWA, U's and T visas committee (2021-2022) and the AILA National California Service Center Committee (2019 - 2020). She is a past Chair of the Orange County Bar Association's Immigration Section (2020).. Melissa has volunteered her time at the LACBA Domestic Violence Project and at community based pro-bono clinics. Melissa has volunteered to assist detained asylum seekers in immigration removal proceedings through the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, and she has represented unaccompanied children in jeopardy of being removed through Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).. Melissa earned her Juris Doctor degree from Whittier Law School where she participated in national moot court competitions and served as Clerical Justice for the Moot Court Honors Board. She also served as the President of the Hispanic American Law Students Association at Whittier Law School.. Melissa graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies. She was a member of the NCAA Division I Swimming Program and a Scholar Athlete Award Recipient.

Firm: Law Offices of Nathan A. Perea, Esq.

32605 Temecula Parkway , Temecula , California 92595

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation – Business Litigation, Employment – Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour, Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Defense, Civil Rights Section 1983, Disability Discrimination, Disabled Access, Disabled Rights, Discrimination, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Handicapped Rights, Human Rights, International Human Rights, Personal Rights, Prisoners Rights, Prisoners Rights Class Actions, Public Interest Law, Race Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Sex Discrimination, Womens Rights, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Religious Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Adoptions, Adoption Fraud, Failure to Disclose, Litigation, Civil Litigation, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Complex Litigation, Defense Litigation, Federal Civil Litigation, Federal Litigation, International Litigation, Long-Arm Litigation, Trial Practice, U.S. Supreme Court Litigation, Immigration Law, Asylum, Business Immigration, Citizenship, Consular Law, Deportation, Diplomatic Immunity, Employment Authorizations, Employment Immigration, Employment Visas, Family Immigration Law, Immigration Discrimination, Investor Visas, Permanent Visas, Labor Certifications, Political Asylum, Refugee Law, Religious Visas, Removal Proceedings, Visas, Business Law, Business Cooperatives, Business Arbitration, Business Associations Law, Business Crimes, Business Development, Business Dissolutions, Business Enterprises, Business Estate Planning, Business Formation, Business Fraud, Business Litigation, Business Mediation, Business Organization, Business Planning, Business Regulation, Business Reorganization, Business Start-Ups, Business Succession Planning, Business Successions, Business Syndication, Business Taxation, Business Transactions, Business Torts, Business Transfers, Business Trusts, Business Valuation, Buy-Sell Agreements, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Closely Held Business Estate Planning, Closely Held Business Law, Closely Held Business Taxation, Complex Business Litigation, Emerging Business Law, Emerging Growth Companies, Entrepreneurial Business Law, Family Business Law, Family Business Mediation, Family Business Successions, International Business Law, International Joint Ventures, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Company Law, Minority Business Law, Pass-Through Entities, Private Business Law, Privatization, Professional Practices, Small Business Law, Sole Proprietorships, Strategic Alliances, Trade Association Law, Trade and Professional Associations, Social Worker Liability, Negligent Supervision, Failure to Train, Negligent Placement, Failure to Remove, Welfare & Institutions Code Liability, Foster Family Agency Liability, Neglect, Negligent Hiring, E-Discovery, Construction Defect, Consumer Rights, Fraudulent Advertising, Product Defect, Employment Based 5 EB-5, Trucking Industry, Carmack Amendment Disputes, Fueling Station Liability, Fuel Supply Agreement Disputes, Branding Disputes, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Disputes, Employment, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour, Real Estate, Fraudulent Conveyance, Quiet Title, Commercial Lease Dispute, Landlord/Tenant – Residential, Landlord/Tenant – Commercial, Evictions

Firm: Root Law Group

5757 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90036

Practice Areas: Immigration Law, Employment Immigration, Family Immigration, Asylum, Deportation-Removal Defense, Related Immigration Matters, Naturalization, Appeals