Katharine Elizabeth Ruhl

Katharine Elizabeth Ruhl

5.0
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 18 years

Appeals Lawyer at Tucson, AZ
Practice Areas: Appeals, Immigration

PO Box 43261, Tucson, AZ

About Katharine

Practice Areas

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Practice Areas

Appeals 50%

I handle immigration appeals with the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This includes motions to reopen, and I take cases to the Board nation wide. I delight in complicated and challenging cases.

18 years

50%
Immigration 50%

18 years

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Licenses

Licensed in Arizona for 9 years

State: Arizona

Acquired: 2017

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 18 years

State: California

Acquired: 2008

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Ruhl Immigration, PLLC

PO Box 43261, Tucson, AZ, 85733

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Katharine Elizabeth Ruhl's Reviews

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Posted by Robin | August 04, 2017 | Immigration

Gave us hope

Katie consulted with our Iraqi refugee friend in Florence Immigration Facility and with us, his friends and surrogate family in NY State by phone, keeping us informed as much as possible when the only other info we could get was the ACLU website. She is kind, compassionate and knowledgable.

Posted by Olga Petrov | July 09, 2013 | Immigration

The prominent ,bright,compasionate,persistent and hardworking attorney from the best law office ( Law office of Mattew Green )

Under your very tragic circumstances ,when your situation gets in development from bad to worse -your only last chance to meet such people like Katie Ruhl and Matt Green. She is an incredible hardworking fighter ,who will dig some details out and bring them to the surface of the argument ,she will fi...nd the way to communicate and reach the unreachable ...As a matter of fact she was able to move mountains ,after our first appeal to BIA was denied and all my son's case seemed to look so hopeless . She is a very goal oriented and tough professional who is extremely knowledgeable and what is so precious ,aggressively targeted to fight for you and to achieve the result in your case ( which is so typical for this Law office in general ) Katie working on our case since August 2012 , the case is very complex and still a long way to go ,But she did an incredible amount of work so far . She put all her effort, aggression and persistence to win the re-hearing on immigration bond after immensely amount of researching ,writing for my son case , in parallel working on his case in 9 th C Court . She is also very tough in court room and her Law firm most definitely could be proud having her on the board . I wish I knew about those lawyers from the very beginning when my son got this immigration problem 3 years ago ,it would be not getting that far and that bad perhaps ...I am extremely thankful that I have them now ,and personally Katie who is working on our case is so hard .

Posted by Marco Galdino | July 03, 2013 | Immigration

You are seeking an attorney responsible, efficient and responsible here is Mrs. Ruhl

Kathe is an excellent professional, responsible, efficient, with a knowledge of immigration law and criminal law, with enough knowledge to wins any immigration case, in my last court that she was representing me showed that she really knows and knows laws, for about 4 years Katharine Ruhl was repres...enting me as Pro-Bono, and she worked hard and with all dedication in my case always walking the 2 mile help me and giving of their time and dedication.

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Katharine Elizabeth Ruhl's Lawyer Endorsements

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Matthew Green

Immigration lawyer | Apr 17

Relationship: Supervised lawyer

"Katie Ruhl is an excellent immigration attorney. Not only is she totally committed to her clients, her knowledge of immigration law is very impressive. While Ms. Ruhl worked for my law firm, I was very fortunate to have such a professional and talented advocate on my team. I feel that any individual with an immigration case or appeal will be very well served by such a capable lawyer."

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James Smith

Immigration lawyer | Feb 27

Relationship: Supervised lawyer

"I endorse this lawyer. I have supervised Ms. Ruhl's legal work for 8 years as I was director of the UC Davis Immigration Law clinic when she enrolled in the clinic approximately 2005-2006. I have since sought her assistance as her legal research and writing is of exceptionally high quality. She also is great interpersonal skills and is an effective advocate."

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Jesse Evans-Schroeder

Immigration lawyer | Feb 03

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Katharine Ruhl is a tireless advocate. She is not only dedicated to her clients, but also to ensuring that the community of immigration advocates is up to speed on complex and emerging issues in immigration law. Ms. Ruhl is, above all, smart, passionate, creative, compassionate, and dedicated to getting the best results for her clients. Having worked with her, I have learned from her, and I wholeheartedly endorse her."

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Thalassa Kingsnorth

Immigration lawyer | Jul 01

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"One of the best deportation defense and asylum attorneys in the state. Strongly recommend Katie, Jesse, and Matt for a caring and committed handling of your immigration case."

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Jesse Evans-Schroeder

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Honors

2007

Martin Luther King, Jr. Servi Award, UC Davis School of Law

2003

Sara Weaver Volunteer of the Year, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights

Work Experience

2014 - Present

Attorney, Ruhl Immigration, PLLC

2012 - 2013

Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Matthew H. Green

2007 - 2011

Staff Attorney, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project

2002 - 2003

Paralegal, Nationalities Service Center

Associations

2008 - Present

National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration Project

Member

2007 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

2005 - Present

Detention Watch Network

Member

Education

N/A

UC Davis SOL King Hall

law

N/A

Wellesley Coll

undergraduate

Speaking Engagements

2014

AILA CLE

Gender and Sexuality Based Asylum Claims

2013

AILA Audio Seminar

Seeking Remedies from ICE Post-Removal Order

2011

Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium

Justice for Children of Incarcerated and Detained Parents

2010

Arizona Public Defender’s Association Annual Conference

SB 1070

Publications

2010

Duke University Press Terrorizing Women: Femicide in the Americas (Contributing Author)

2007

Hastings Women's Law Journal, Volume 18, N.2 Guatemala's Femicides and the Ongoing Struggle for Women's Human Rights

Languages

Spanish

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