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Attorney Luz Tijerina-Garduño graduated law school in 2013. After passing the bar exam and being admitted into the California Bar in December of same year, Ms. Tijerina-Garduño began her practice in law.

Ms. Tijerina-Garduño’s passion for law began as a child, as she saw her own family (and herself) fall through the cracks of the immigration system, having immigrated from Mexico City to the United States as a young child. She attended college and part of law school as an undocumented student until she was able to gain her residency and eventually citizenship. Ms. Tijerina-Garduño knows first hand how difficult it is to be an immigrant in this country and goes above and beyond to help others achieve their American dream.

Abogada Luz attended California State University, Dominguez Hills where she earned a bachelor of arts in Psychology and Political Science. Obtaining honors in both majors. She continued her education at Whittier Law School, obtaining a merit-based scholarship.

While in law school,  the attorney received various awards for obtaining the highest marks in her classes and was active in the law school community. She participated in organizations such as the Public Interest Law Foundation, the Mexican American Bar Association, and the Student Bar Association amongst others.

As a law student, Ms. Tijerina-Garduño worked in various immigration law firms and volunteered for non profit organizations such as The Public Law Center, of which she is a volunteer up to this day. She also interned with the Orange County Public Defender's Office shadowing the now Honorable Judge Mary Kreber Varipapa. The attorney also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Kimberly Menninger at the Orange County Superior Court.

Ms. Tijerina-Garduño also had the opportunity to further her law studies in the prestigious Spanish universities, Universitat de Barcelona and Universidad de Cantabria.

As an attorney, Ms. Tijerina-Garduño has represented hundreds of clients in the immigration and criminal courts throughout the United States. Ms. Tijerina-Garduño has acquired great expertise in the areas of immigration and criminal law which she now provides for her own clients. She is understanding, passionate, and fearless when it comes to representing her clients. 

Connect with Luz on Instagram @abogadaluz

Her website: www.abogadaluz.com

From Valerie:

Lisbette serves as a trial attorney at jD LAW focusing on criminal law and personal injury. She graduated from California State University San Marcos where she majored in Political Science.

The first in her family to obtain a Juris Doctorate degree, she graduated from California Western School of Law in December of 2017.

While in law school, she interned for UURISE, a non-profit organization for immigration law where she helped people apply to become U.S. citizens. She also volunteered at California Rural Legal Assistance, an organization that provides legal assistance to migrant workers in the areas of employment and labor, housing and eviction. Lastly, she interned for a private personal injury firm in downtown San Diego where she assisted in preparing a slip and fall case for trial. While she gained essential skills in various areas of the law, Lisbette’s passion is helping people who have been charged with a crime or have been injured. She has done trials as both lead and assisting counsel, most notably achieving a “not guilty” verdict on a vehicular manslaughter case involving prescription drugs.

She looks forward to a long career in the law.

As an Attorney at Law, member of the Washington D.C. Bar, I am licensed and admitted to practice law in the United States, in Europe, and internationally. Because of my own experiences of marrying a foreign national, and moving abroad, I fully understand how the international treaties work between the United States and foreign countries in both branches of the law: International Tax and Immigration Law. All of my legal services, communications, and legal translations are offered in English and in Spanish, and fully online.

I was born in Puerto Rico, studied my Bachelor's Degree at Florida International University in the city of Miami, and graduated with a double Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Criminal Law. After completing my Bachelor's Degree, I continued my studies and acquired a Juris Doctor's Degree (Law Degree of the United States) at the Inter-American University School of Law, and furthered my legal studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

During my law school years, I worked in law firms in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Spain, thereby deepening my knowledge in International Law, and expanding my professional network in the international legal field. I advanced my legal studies acquiring a certification in Litigation from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. And I completed my professional legal studies graduating from Law School with a Juris Doctor's Degree in the Honors Roll with the recognition of Magna Cum Laude.

I specialize in assisting American Citizens who live abroad, and foreign nationals who have an interest in relocating to the United States. I work all aspects of tax law, and immigration: from filing your U.S. taxes as an American Expat living abroad, to managing the planning of your foreign assets and the legal procedures to ensure U.S. tax and international law compliance. Furthermore, in Immigration Law, I work in processing all U.S. visas, including spousal visas, professional visas, investors visas, work visas ,study visas, amongst many others.

I arrange all the immigration and tax procedures of my worldwide clients fully online, by E-Filing all Tax Forms, and all Immigration Petitions & Applications to the U.S. government. This online method ensures a speedy and safe submission of all your forms and information. As an Attorney at Law, I guarantee the protection and confidentiality of our communications, your information, and all your documentation submitted for all the procedures involved, under the Attorney- Client Privilege. This is a protection that no other professional can provide you.

I take pride in vigorously representing my clients in an accessible, and online manner at an affordable cost. That is why I begin by offering you a COMPLETELY FREE INITIAL LEGAL CONSULTATION. Contact me today so that you can truly enjoy your expat life while I take care of solving your taxes, immigration and legal matters! 

Connect with her on:

Website: www.sabalierlaw.com/

Instagram: @sabalierlaw

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sabalierlaw

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sabalierlaw/

Yahima Morejon, Esq. is a foreign attorney. She has obtained her Licentiate in Law degree from Havana University in Cuba, and her Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. While working at the ONBC, Ms. Morejon handled criminal, civil, probate, and family cases. As a resident of Miami, she worked for a law firm that specialized in bankruptcy, foreclosure, and immigration matters. Eventually, Ms. Morejon decided to open her own law office to help her community and to continue her passion of practicing law.

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Subscribe to her YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGZ1_sh-Qe4EQU4kUs6P3cw 

Kiomeiry Csépes, Esq., is the owner and managing attorney at Csépes Law Offices in Trenton, New Jersey.  Her practice focuses on assisting clients from various parts of the world with their immigration and family law matters.  Kiomeiry began her legal career in 1999, as a family law paralegal where she assisted countless of families navigate the Court system and equitably resolve their legal issues. She is well versed in the area of family law and carries this invaluable experience and dedication to her family law clients today.  

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Her personal background has also given her great appreciation for the immigrant experience and perspective. She was born in Puerto Rico and only speaking Spanish migrated to New Jersey  with her mother at a young age.  Her father was born into impoverished circumstances and immigrated to the United States from Hungary.  With such a foundation, Kiomeiry was raised to admire the immigrant experience and American dream.  Her own family’s history and intimate experience with immigration exposed her to a wide range of migratory issues affecting families. While her background is unique to her, Kiomeiry has always found great similarities to her clients. She has created her own immigrant stories, as she spends time abroad, meeting and speaking with people from all over the world.   

In 2013, Kiomeiry spearheaded the creation of the Carmen M. Garcia Bright Futures Award, which is given to a Camden City college-bound high school student every year.  As a law student at Rutgers School of Law-Camden, Kiomeiry served as President of Alianza, as a student teacher for the Street Law Program, and participated in the inaugural class of the Immigrant Justice Clinic.  

Kiomeiry has made it a personal goal to dedicate much of her time to helping the immigrant community.  She routinely participates in volunteer activities such as Citizenship Drives and Know Your Rights Workshops.  She further provides pro-bono and low-bono representation to families and children of low-income circumstances.  She also participates in panels at various schools encouraging students to become leaders and purse a career in law.  Kiomeiry serves as a Mentor with Rutgers School of Law’s Minority Student Program. 

Additionally, Kiomeiry currently serves as the Mercer County Liaison for the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, as a New Jersey Delegate and Chair of the Family Law Committee for the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, and as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  She is further an active member of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, Mercer County Bar Association and on several committees for the Rutgers Alumni for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Building in the Law (RADICAL).  She also participates with the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law American Inn of Court.   

Most recently Kiomeiry was awarded the Service to the Community Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division; the Defender of Justice Award from the Rutgers School of Law’s Latino-Student Association; and the New Leaders of the Bar Award from the New Jersey Law Journal.  

Kiomeiry is admitted to practice in New Jersey, U.S. District Court of New Jersey, and Federal Immigration Court.  She received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey.  She is also the proud mother of two children, Tristan and Zuri.   

Be sure to follow Kiomeiry on Instagram @csepeslaw

Also, sign up for her newsletter at www.csepeslaw.com

Claudia Galan is a San Antonio- and McAllen-based attorney and owner of the Galan Law Firm, PLLC. She specializes in immigration and family law. Her areas of focus are family-based permanent residency and citizenship petitions, deportation defense, divorce, custody rights, and adoption. She also works cases dealing with criminal defense, title transfers, property disputes and preparation of wills. She works primarily with immigrants that are victims of crime and Spanish-speaking residents of South Texas. 

Leave Claudia the five star review on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/galanfirm and connect with her on Instagram @clau.galan .

Ramiro Ponton Rivera interviews CEO of Strong Life Coach, Derek Daniel Guajardo, about the first chapter of ABCs of Thriving in Marriage. The chapter is titled - A | Anchor Above All Others. Available for purchase now on Amazon at www.abcsofthriving.com 

Michelle Fonseca-Kamana is a California lemon law lawyer who is passionate about consumer advocacy, education, and an unparalleled client experience. She is the founder and principal attorney at West Coast Lemons, the law firm she began in February 2020 just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic spread across the globe. Determined not to let anything, not even a global pandemic, get in her way, she has persevered and built a lemon law brand that is quickly becoming recognized as one of the best in California.

Amanda Mendez am an Assistant Public Defender at the Law Offices of Julianne M. Holt. She graduated from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2018 and was admitted to practice law in Florida later that same year. Amanda earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of South Florida.

 Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois she benefited from city youth programs which led to her calling in advocating for those in need, especially for children that come from impoverished backgrounds.

Prior to being promoted, she advocated for children facing misdemeanor and felony charges in the Juvenile Division. When the courts closed due to the pandemic, she was one of the first attorneys to handle a virtual detention docket in Hillsborough County.

Currently, Amanda handles Domestic Violence, Misdemeanor Traffic, and Misdemeanor Crimes. This broad spectrum has allowed her to gain great knowledge of the vast criminal law arena. She never takes short-cuts and she takes great pride on ‘leaving no stone unturned’ in each and every case.