Top Asylum Lawyers in los angeles | 4 available

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 Office of Hari Heerekar

1605 W Olympic Blvd, , Los Angeles , California 90015

Practice Areas: Asylum

Heerekar Law Firm is a national Law Firm that specializes in helping individuals and families navigate the complex and ever changing immigration laws so that they may achieve legitimate status in the United States. We recognize the sacrifices, hardships, and achievements of immigrants both past and present who have come to America seeking a better life for themselves and their families. In fact, Immigrants make America great with their blood, sweat and tears. We work passionately to keep families together and believe everyone deserves the right to live the American dream.. Hari Heerekar is an immigration attorney who has been successfully achieving asylum and securing legal residence for his clients throughout California, Texas, Nevada, Louisiana and many other states.. Before practicing in the United States, Hari Heerekar was a prominent judge in India. After moving to the U.S, he externed with Judge Mary Thornton at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles while pursuing his Master of Law from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.. Being an immigrant himself, Mr. Heerekar has a unique understanding of the challenges immigrants face in securing legal status and is passionate about helping you achieve the American Dream.

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