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Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira - Cedillo-Pereira & Associates, PLLC

Ms. Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira

www.cpimmigrationlaw.com


Cedillo-Pereira & Associates, PLLC
433 Las Colinas Blvd East, Suite 1225


Irving, TX 75039
USA
(214) 981-9442

Mary Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira��
Liz Cedillo-Pereira is the managing attorney with Cedillo-Pereira and Associates, an immigration and nationality law practice that represents individuals, families, businesses, and government entities. ��Liz is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and lectures on immigration law as a faculty member with the UT School of Law Immigration Law conference and the State Bar of Texas Immigration law course. ��In 2007, Liz co-founded the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)���Dallas ���Know Your Rights��� project for detained individuals, and she is a member of AILA���DREAM Defenders & AILA Military Assistance Program. ��

Born and raised in Dallas, Liz is a graduate of North Dallas High School. ��She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. ��Following college graduation, Liz served on the staff for two Members of Congress: Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard & Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson and as a consultant for Dean International. ��In 1999, Liz earned her J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law. ��At SMU Law, Liz was named the John Kennedy Outstanding 3L Woman.��

Upon graduation, Liz joined Patton Boggs LLP as an associate. With an interest in immigration matters, Liz moved to the Texas-Mexico border to work with renowned attorney, Lisa Brodyaga, and thereafter returned home to create a court representation program for pro se immigrants in North Texas with Catholic Charities���Dallas.
Liz has received numerous awards for her dedication to the legal profession, to advocacy, and to community engagement and empowerment. ��Recently, Liz received the 2015 SMU Law Distinguished Alumni Emerging Leader Award, the ���Ohtli��� Award from the Republic of Mexico and was featured as a ���Texas Trailblazer��� on KERA. ��Also, Liz received the ���Groundbreaker Award��� from the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the ���Young Entrepreneur Award��� by the Consulate General of Mexico, and a 2013 ���Emerge Leadership��� Award, presented by PODER Hispanic Magazine. ��In 2013, Liz was appointed to the American Bar Association National Commission on Immigration. ��She was recognized as a ���Best Lawyer in America��� in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and she was named a ���Best Lawyer in Dallas��� by D Magazine in 2014 and 2015. ��
Liz has played a key leadership role in many charitable organizations, including the Dallas Foundation, the Callejo-Botello Foundation, and the Hispanic Bar Foundation, where she focused on educational pipeline initiatives.

Recently, Liz assisted the Texas Access to Justice Foundation in leading ���Texas DACA Day,��� a statewide initiative to provide legal services to those eligible for deferred action across the state. ��She is living out her dream to lead a law practice dedicated to helping others start on their paths towards the American Dream.��

Liz is married to Oscar Pereira, an aeronautical engineer, and she has three children. ��


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Shelley M Hennessee - Law Office of Shelley Hennessee, PLLC

Ms. Shelley M Hennessee

www.hennesseelegal.com


Law Office of Shelley Hennessee, PLLC
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Suite 225

Irving, TX 75039
USA
214-624-5077

Ms. Hennessee was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in the Austin area. She earned her degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish.  She graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ms. Hennessee’s practice focuses on family-based immigration, nationality law, and deportation defense.  She has extensive experience in consular processing, adjustment of status, citizenship and naturalization, waivers (fraud, crime, health, prior deportation), self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act, U visas for victims of crime, humanitarian parole, NACARA, custody redetermination hearings, de novo TPS claims, and cancellation of removal.   

Ms. Hennessee is admitted to practice in Texas and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  She is board certified in Texas in immigration and nationality law and is also fluent in Spanish.

 


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Lakshmi Nayar - Nayar & McIntyre, LLP

Ms. Lakshmi Nayar

www.dfw-immigration.com


Nayar & McIntyre, LLP
800 W. Airport Freeway
Suite 1100

Irving, TX 75062
USA
972-445-4114

Nayar & McIntyre, LLP is a full-service immigration law firm located in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex dedicated to providing competent, compassionate and affordable legal representation to immigrants and their families. Our lawyers have over 13 years of combined experience in the field of immigration law and have represented thousands of individuals before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the Immigration Court.

 

For many immigrants, the U.S. immigration experience is daunting, overwhelming, and often, distressing. Our goal is to relieve that burden and navigate the complicated immigration maze on our clients’ behalf to protect their rights and secure their legal immigration status in the United States.

 

Nayar & McIntyre, LLP offers a range of legal services to immigrants and their families, including:

 

Family sponsored immigration including Immigrant Visa Petitions, Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Removal of Conditional Residency, Fiancée Petitions (K-1), K-3 and K-4 Visas, and V Visas;

 

Deportation and Removal Defense before the Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals, including applications for cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, 212(c), asylum, relief under the Convention Against Torture, TPS de novo relief, voluntary departure, termination of proceedings, waivers for crimes, fraud and unlawful presence, and NACARA;

 

Bond hearings;

 

Naturalization and citizenship, including N-648 disability waivers and N-336 appeals;

 

Asylum;

 

Relief for Victims of Crime, I-360 self-petitions and U visas; 

 

Waivers, including I-601 waivers for criminal activity, fraud, health issues and unlawful presence, I-212 waivers for prior deportations, and nonimmigrant visa waivers;

 

Nonimmigrant Visas, including B1-B2 (visitors), F-1 (students), H1-B (professional workers), P (performers), O (individuals of extraordinary ability), and R (religious workers); 

 

Change and Extension of Status;

 

NACARA;

 

Humanitarian Parole;

 

Temporary Protected Status;

 

Deferred Inspection Representation;

 

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Lakshmi Nayar was born in Kerala, India. At the age of 6, her family migrated to Perth, Western Australia, where she resided until moving to Dallas in 1998. Ms. Nayar graduated from Murdoch University, Western Australia in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Politics and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) with Honors. In 1999, Ms. Nayar earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

During the course of her 8-year career in immigration law, Ms. Nayar has successfully handled a wide array of U.S. immigration and nationality matters. She has extensive experience with deportation defense (including cancellation of removal, 212(c) and 212(h) waivers for crimes, adjustment, de novo TPS claims, and bond hearings), family-based immigration (including adjustment of status and consular processing), waivers (for fraud, crimes, health-related bars and prior deportations), citizenship and naturalization, nonimmigrant visas, asylum, NACARA, and humanitarian relief (including temporary protected status and parole). She also has a special interest in assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence and other crimes obtain legal status in the United States.

 

Ms. Nayar is admitted to practice in New York and the Northern District Court of Texas. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Immigration Project. She is fluent in Malayalam.

 


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