Cesar Luna

Attorney Luna is owner and lead attorney of the law office based in San Diego, California.  His principal area of practice is immigration law.  Since 1997, Mr. Luna has represented numerous individuals as well as corporate clients in an array of immigration matters including deportation defense, family immigration, asylum, business and investor’s visa petitions and employment-based immigration.  Additionally, Mr. Luna has prior experience in U.S.-Mexico environmental law and policy, as well as civil litigation. 

In addition to immigration law, Mr. Luna has also practices Indian Law by serving as co-counsel with the firm Robert J. Lyttle, P.C., a nationally recognized Indian law firm.  

Prior to starting his own private practice in 2004, Mr. Luna was a partner at Bournazian & Luna, a San Diego-based law firm also specializing primarily in immigration law. 

Mr. Luna is a member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  He belongs to the San Diego AILA Chapter, the Southern California Chapter and the newly created Mexico City Chapter. Currently, he is a certified immigration and nationalist law specialist. 

Prior to his immigration practice, Mr. Luna served as the Director of the Border Environmental Justice Campaign with the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), a community-based San Diego organization.  During his tenure at EHC, Mr. Luna was appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator to serve in two national environmental advisory panels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's and the International Subcommittee of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.

Mr. Luna actively volunteers his time by participating community presentations and events answering questions for the immigrant community. His regular appearances in local media and seminars throughout Southern California have given him special notoriety and prestige within this community.

Mr. Luna is fully proficient in Spanish.

Professional and Biographic Information

César Luna (Member) born Mexico City, Mexico, March 14, 1970; admitted to California Bar, 1997. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., Environmental Studies and Spanish Literature, 1992); University of San Diego (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization Law; Citizenship; Deportation/Removal; Family Based Visas; Employment-Based Visas; Employment-Based Immigration; Asylum; Civil Litigation; Environmental Law; Indian Law.

Mr. Luna obtained his B.A. degrees in Environmental Studies and Spanish Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his J.D. degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law.