Jocelyn A. Cortez

Attorney Jocelyn Cortez is a dedicated advocate for clients facing all types of immigration matters. Attorney Cortez’s family immigrated from El Salvador when she was a child, and she understands the difficulties facing foreign nationals as they seek entrance and legal residency in the United States. She has extensive knowledge of the various laws and processes of immigration law and serves her clients with caring and effective legal counsel no matter the circumstances of their cases.

On her way to becoming an immigration lawyer, Attorney Cortez graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature in 2003. Thereafter, Attorney Cortez studied law at the University of Arizona where she was a member of the Arizona Law Review. During her time as a law student, Attorney Cortez represented her first family in deportation proceedings while participating in the university’s immigration clinic. After graduating and passing the bar in 2006, Attorney Cortez followed her heart and decided to practice law that promotes social justice for her clients. For many years, she represented clients who were discriminated against in their place of employment. Nevertheless, her first passion, representing people in their immigration cases, led her to change her area of practice.

In 2011, Attorney Cortez started representing immigrant families that seek the American dream, love, and peace, much like her family did 40 years ago. Today she continues promoting these values in her law practice at GWP Immigration Law.

In addition to her practice and advocacy, Attorney Cortez is committed to her community. For many years, she has presented in know your rights presentations designed to demystify immigration law to the public. In 2012, Attorney Cortez served as the president of the Nevada Latino Bar Association. She currently serves on the Board of two non-profit organizations: Dream Big Nevada and Leaders in Training. For the past five years, Attorney Cortez has served as an abogada consultora for the Consulate of Mexico. Attorney Cortez is also a member of CCSD’s English Language Learner Advocacy Committee and recently joined the Nevada State Bar’s Client Security Fund Committee.