Heather Lorraine Poole
Los Angeles Family & Marriage-Based Immigration Lawyer
Attorney Heather is a private immigration attorney passionate about protecting the human rights of immigrants. Primarily focused in the area of family-based immigration including unlawful presence & criminal waivers, Heather regularly obtains visa approvals, green cards, and U.S. citizenship for her clients. She regularly travels throughout the US for court appearances and CIS (immigration agency) green card, citizenship, and conditional green card waiver interviews to be by her clients' side and to protect their interests. As immigration law is all federal law, she is able to represent clients in every US state & throughout the world.
Attorney Heather has a very high (98% overall success rate) on all immigration cases.*
Her expertise stems from her practical legal experience in the field and her background in grass-roots activism on behalf of women and immigrants.
Heather was named in Los Angeles Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine "Super Lawyer: Rising Star" for excellence in immigration law four times to date. The Rising Star designation is an honor granted to only 2.5% of all Southern California Lawyers each year. This is an exceptional honor, given that Southern California has the second largest population of lawyers in the US behind New York and less than 1% of immigration lawyers receive this honor.
She has also been commended for her work by and has trained many other immigration lawyers on complex family-law issues for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, among others.
She is a nationally published author and attorney trainer on immigration issues. She co-authored the first-ever article on the new "V visa" and recently wrote on the subject of Conditional Green Card Waivers in Forms & Fundamentals, two key training books for other immigration attorneys that are published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the pre-eminent, leading organization of immigration attorneys nationwide. She has been internationally published on various family-immigration issues including conditional green card waivers, marriage-based immigration, and options for abused immigrants. Her articles have also been published in major bar association publications including Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine and The Orange County Lawyer Magazine. She is currently serving on the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Publication Board, overseeing scholarly writings and training material development for other immigration attorneys.
Heather also teaches Immigration Law at Fullerton College in Southern California. FOR MORE INFO ON HEATHER, VISIT: www.humanrightsattorney.com
* Success rates do not indicate or guarantee a favorable outcome in a future case. It is illegal and unethical for any attorney to guarantee an outcome. Always consult a competent immigration attorney about your case to determine your options and chances.
- California St Polytechnic Univ
- Undergraduate Degree
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- New York Law School
- Law Degree
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- Immigration Law Professor
- Fullerton College
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- HEATHER L. POOLE, PC, Prof. Law Corp.
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- Supervising Attorney
- Legal Assistance Project, Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women
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- Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, APLC
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- Modern Marriage: Family Issues Before CIS and On Appeal
- American Immigration Lawyers Association - California Conference materials
- Annotations to Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence
- Forms & Fundamentals, 2011 Ed., American Immigration Lawyers Association
- International Affairs (Feature cover story)
- Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, Los Angeles County Bar Association
- The Quickest Way to a Green Card is Harder than You Think
- Orange County Lawyer, Orange County Bar Association
- When Marriage Is Not Enough: Facing Deportation Because of Your Spouse
- Buck County Courier Times
- Super Lawyer: Rising Star
- Law & Politics Magazine/Los Angeles Magazine
- Top 2% of immigration lawyers in Los Angeles county under the age of 40.
- Top 100 Attorneys
- Pasadena Magazine
- Super Lawyer: Rising Star
- Law & Politics Magazine/Los Angeles Magazine
- Top 2% of immigration lawyers under the age of 40.
- Volunteer of the Year
- Los Angeles County Superior Court
- Super Lawyer: Rising Star
- Law & Politics Magazine/Los Angeles Magazine
- Top 2% of immigration lawyers in Los Angeles county under the age of 40
- University of La Verne Law School
- Speaking Engagement, Annual Law Symposium
- Current
- Activities: "Hot Topics in Immigration Law"
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association - So Ca Chapter
- Secretary
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association - National Publications Committee
- Editor/Author
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association - Immigration Law Section
- Board Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association - National New Member Division
- Vice Chair & Newsletter Editor
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- Activities: 2009-2011 Steering Committee At Large Member 2011 - Current, Vice Chair & Newsletter Editor
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- California State Bar # 213820
- Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Speaking Engagement, 2011 Annual Conference
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- Activities: "I-751 and Waivers: Removing the Conditions on Residency"
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Speaking Engagement, California State Conference
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- Activities: “Modern Marriage and Family Issues Before USCIS and on Appeal”
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- Federal Bar Association - Immigration Section
- Speaking Engagement, National Conference
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- Activities: "US CIS Interviews & Tips on Presenting Complicated I-130/I-485/I-754 & Naturalization Cases"
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- Beverly Hills Bar Association - Immigration Section
- Speaking Engagement,
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- Activities: "Making Hardship Easy: Understanding the Grounds of Inadmissability and Preparing Successful Waivers"
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association - So Ca Chapter
- Speaking Engagement, "Violence Against Women Act Basics"
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association Domestic Violence Project
- Speaking Engagement
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- Activities: "Domestic Violence and Immigration"
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Speaking Engagement, Immigration Law Section Conference
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- Activities: "From Birth to Marriage to Death: Handling Complex Issues in Family-Based Immigration"
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- Pasadena Bar Association
- Speaking Engagement, Family Law Section
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- Activities: "The Foreign Affair: Immigration Consequences of Marriage, Divorce & Custody"
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- Los Angeles County Department of Child & Family Services
- Speaking Engagement, Annual Conference
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- Activities: "The Violence Against Women Act and the Immigrant Population"
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- Orange County Bar Association
- Speaking Engagement, Immigration Section
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- Activities: "A Marriage to Save, Ditch or Escape? When to Opt for a Conditional Green Card Waiver"
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- Orange County Paralegal Association
- Speaking Engagement, Immigration Law Section
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- Activities: “U.S. Citizenship via Naturalization: Avoiding Denials, Heartbreak and Deportation Triggers"
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- California
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- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Blog
- Marriage and Immigration Law Blog