Marcela Gyires

• Represent Spanish, Portuguese and English speaking clients • Family-based immigration: attend interviews at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices; consular processing for immigrant and non-immigrant visas • Employment-based immigration: I-140, PERM, L visas, E-2 visas, H-1B visas, J visas • Removal defense and litigation experience: represent clients in immigration court at master calendar and individual hearings for bond, cancellation of removal, asylum, and adjustment of status • Immigrant and non-immigrant waivers: 212(d)(3), 212(e), 212(h), 212(c), I-601 and I-601A • Research and writing: write briefs on appeal before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Administrative Appeals Office, and before the Immigration Court • Federal District Court litigation: preparing and filing petitions for mandamus and habeas corpus

Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

J.D. (2009)

2006 - 2009

Honors: Top 15%

University of Texas - Austin

B.A. (2006) | Government, Minors in Economics and Portuguese

2004 - 2006

Honors: Dean’s List

USCIS Liaison Committee

American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, Miami, Florida

2016 - Current

Adjunct Faculty Member

Park University, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas

2010 - 2011

• Instructor for Business Law II

The Florida Bar  # 0110365

Member

Current

State Bar of Texas  # 24064042

Member

Current

Ortiz & Ortiz, P.C.,

Associate Attorney

2009 - 2011

Activities: • Criminal defense: felony, misdemeanor, and juvenile cases • Civil litigation and family law: breach of contract suits, probate matters, divorces, child support/custody • Immigration: family-based petitions before USCIS and the Department of State

Florida

Texas

11th Circuit