Alice Yardum-Hunter

Alice Yardum-Hunter, Former Commissioner, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, practices complex immigration law, though appreciates the simpler matters too. A 14-year Thomson Reuters “Super Lawyer,” she served on its Blue-Ribbon Panel. She is distinguished by Martindale Hubbell. She edited two books for the American Immigration Lawyers Assn. and she is a Congressional Liaison for AILA. She has delivered talks for AILA on O-1 status, waivers of inadmissibility and relinquishment of U.S. citizenship. Alice was the Chair of the L.A. County Bar Association Immigration (LACBA) Section and has served its executive committee since 2006. She established liaison with the DHS Ombudsman’s Office and for 10 years headed up that liaison. She co-established liaison with US Dept. of Labor for LACBA, the only local bar to establish such liaison. She was one of 25 lawyers nominated for top lawyer by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. She recently won an historic involuntary renunciation of U.S. citizen case after a fourteen-year long battle which uncovered wrongdoing inside federal government agencies. She has delivered more than 40 talks and published more than 30 articles

Hofstra University

B.A. | Social Science

Univ of San Diego School of Law

Law Degree

Certified Specialist - Immigration & Nationality Law

State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization

1989

“Best Immigration Lawyer of the Year” for Los Angeles, California

CorporateLiveWire

2017

"Super Lawyer" designee

Thomson Reuters

2017

Since the inception of the award, 2004 - 2017

Member, “Super Lawyer Blue Ribbon Panel"

Blue Ribbon Panel

2012

Member, National Distance Learning Committee

American Immigration Lawyers Association

2010

2009 - 2010

Nomination, “Top 25 Lawyers,”

San Fernando Valley Business Journal

2007

Nominated out of 9,000 lawyers

Grant

Dana Foundation

1979

Grant for post-J.D., LLM studies in international law

Various online ratings

Lawyers.com, Martindale.com, Avvo.com and Yelp.com

Excellent peer rating 4.5/5, Client rating 5/5, Yelp rating 5/5 and Avvo.com 10/10

California State Bar  # 92074

Member

1980 - Current

California

State Bar of California

Since 1980