About Erika
Practice areas
- Immigration: 80%
We represent families trying to unite from different countries: green card based on marriage to US spouse, visitor visas, student visas, and children of those who don't have U.S. immigration status. Finally, we end the immigrant journey for those seeking U.S. citizenship. We specialize in removal defense, immigration court and Board of Immigration Appeals and 9th circuit as well as Bond Hearings.
16 years
- Criminal defense: 20%
Post-conviction relief. Whenever client that are non-citizens are not advised of the immigration consequences of their plea, we go back and withdraw the plea or modify the sentence and we also take criminal cases from the start and make sure to craft pleas that wont interfere with immigration eligibility
16 years
Languages spoken
Spanish, Hebrew
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | Active | 2001 | 03/28/2017 |
| Legal answers | 23 |
| Legal guides | 0 |
| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| American Jurisprudence Award | Loyola Law School | 2001 |
| Title | Company name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Founding Attorney/Abogada | Law Offices of Erika Roman | 2008 - Present |
| Account Manager & legal research consultant | Thomson Reuters/Westlaw | 2004 - 2008 |
| Associate Attorney | Manatt Phelps & Phillips | 2002 - 2004 |
| Association name | Position name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County Bar Immigration Section | N/A | 2010 - Present |
| American Immigration Council | N/A | 2010 - Present |
| State Bar of California | N/A | 2001 - Present |
| American Immigration Lawyers Association | N/A | N/A |
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| Adjustment of status | success | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Removal Proceedings | successful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asylum | granted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Publication name | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| weekly articles | Shavua Israeli | 2012 |
| Hadashot USA | weekly articles | 2000 |
| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Law School | Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 2000 |
| University of California - Los Angeles | Political Science | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1996 |
| Conference name | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Not So Tender Art of Recusal | Motions for Recusal | 2013 |
| New topics in Immigration | DACA- Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals | 2012 |
| Dia de los dreamers | LA Convention Center | 2012 |
Attorney endorsements
(8)
Somair Alam, Immigration Attorney
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Erika is a top-notch immigration attorney. She is a zealous advocate for her clients and well respected in the legal community.
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Cost
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- Offers fixed fee-services AlwaysFixed-fee are legal services performed for a preset rate, rather than on an hourly basis.
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Contact
14654 Victory Blvd #110
Van Nuys, CA, 91411
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