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About Hitomi
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Immigration
80%
20 years
Criminal Defense
20%
20 years
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in New York for 17 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2009
No misconduct found
Licensed in California for 19 years
State: California
Acquired: 2006
No misconduct found
Location
Kobayashi Law Office
2045 Hallmark Drive, Suite 10, Sacramento, CA, 95825
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Hitomi Lisa Kobayashi's Reviews
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Posted by Erica | January 12, 2015
great and helpful lawyer
I just finished all my process with lisa and thanks to her knowledge, responsiveness and help everything turned out great. She's always in touch with you. She made the orocess very easy and she is also very understandable wgen it cones to driving. I live 3.5 hours always and she would always try to g...
Hitomi Lisa Kobayashi's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer."
"Lisa is simply the best attorney you can hire because not only is she incredibly smart, very experienced, and beyond talented, but she has the biggest heart full of kindness and compassion. She is the most knowledgeable and ethical attorney I have ever worked with. Highly skilled, honest, dedicated, and effective, Lisa is a true gem. There are just not enough superlatives to describe what a fabulous attorney she is. You will fall in love with her calm and positive energy. She is not just a great lawyer but a wonderful human being. I would vouch for her any day. She is simply the best!"
Jennifer Hennessey
Immigration lawyer
Experience
Honors
N/A
Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Witkin Legal Institute
N/A
Graduate Scholarship, Keio Graduate School of Law
N/A
Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
Work Experience
2010 - Present
Owner, KOBAYASHI LAW OFFICE
2007 - 2010
Attorney, Pacheco & Somera
2005 - 2006
Legal Research Assistant, Sacramento County Public Defender's Office
2004 - 2005
Legal Intern, California Department Of Insurance
2004 - 2007
Associate, Law Offices Of Douglas M. Lehrman
2001 - 2003
Legal Assistant, Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell
1999 - 2001
Extra Chancellor, Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Sacramento County Bar Association
Co-chair, Immigration Law section
United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
Professor of Immigration Law
McGeorge School of Law
Adjunct professor
UC Davis School of Law
Adjunct professor
Education
2006
University of California at Davis School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
Keio University Graduate School of Law
LL.M - Master of Laws
N/A
Keio University Faculty of Law, Tokyo Japan
LL.B - Bachelor of Laws
Speaking Engagements
2017
Pacific Islanders Voyage to Healing
Immigration & Domestic Violence Issues
2016
CEB Live Webinar
Immigration Status and Divorce
2016
Asylum Moot Court Competition
Moot Court Judge
2015
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
Immigration Law
Publications
2017
CEB, Practice Under the California Family Code (Continuing Education of the Bar)
Immigration Issues in Family Law Cases
2006
Environs, Environmental Law and Policy Journal
Lifting the International Whaling Commission's Moratorium on Commercial Whaling as the Most Effective Global Regulation on Whaling
Languages
Japanese
Spanish