Tristan Tapia-Ruano Gunn

Tristan Gunn is a partner at Tapia-Ruano & Gunn, P.C., a Chicago immigration law firm, where he represents individuals and families in a broad range of U.S. immigration matters. His practice includes family-based immigration, removal defense, humanitarian relief, waivers of inadmissibility, adjustment of status, federal litigation, and complex immigration matters. He represents clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the federal courts.

Mr. Gunn has been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers from 2024 through 2027, after previously being selected to Illinois Rising Stars from 2018 through 2022.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Gunn serves as an Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he teaches immigration legal writing and advocacy. He also periodically presents for the DePaul Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic and has presented on immigration law and practice for attorneys, law students, and other legal professionals.

Mr. Gunn is extensively involved in the immigration bar. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Executive Board of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Chicago Chapter, after previously serving as Chapter Secretary. His AILA Chicago leadership has included work involving government liaison, litigation, advocacy, continuing legal education, and professional engagement. He also served as Chair and Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Immigration and Nationality Committee from 2020–2022.

At the national level, Mr. Gunn has served as Chair of AILA's National Membership Engagement Committee and Chair of the Removal & Litigation Track for the AILA Annual Conference Planning Committee. He has been selected as a speaker and panelist for AILA National conferences and webinars and has contributed to AILA educational programming and publications, including Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, Immigration Practice Pointers, and the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Law Toolbox.

His professional service has also extended beyond the organized immigration bar. Mr. Gunn has presented for the Cook County Public Defender's Office Annual Conference, served on the DePaul University College of Law Diversity Council, and participated in community immigration initiatives, including a 2024 Migrant Work Clinic organized by Chicago's 47th Ward and Anshe Emet Synagogue.

Mr. Gunn is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, and Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois.