Pamela Hartman
Pamela Hartman practices exclusively in the area of immigration law. She is a California Certified Legal Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Since graduating from UCLA Law School in 2003, she has earned a reputation as a tireless advocate for immigrants. As an attorney, Pamela has worked on a variety of immigration matters. She has filed successful petitions for many immigrants of extraordinary ability, including musicians, jugglers, actors and scientists. Pamela has helped dozens of Iraqi immigrants gain asylum in the United States since the outbreak of the war in 2003, and has written several articles on the topic. She has extensive experience in family and employment visas, and in filing motions to reopen and litigating immigration issues in federal court.
Pamela is a former chair of the Immigration Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and has served as a liaison to Customs and Border Protection and the California Service Center for the Southern California chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Pamela worked for 10 years as a journalist, living along the Mexican border and writing in-depth articles about immigration issues. She speaks Spanish and has reported from Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica and Israel. Pamela’s articles on legal immigration issues have been published in the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Daily Journal. She has been interviewed on immigration issues in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and La Opinion.
Pamela’s grandparents were immigrants to the United States, and she shares the belief that immigrants make this world a better place.
- University of California - Santa Cruz
- Undergraduate Degree | Anthropology
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- UCLA School of Law
- Law Degree (2003) | Law
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- New York University
- M.A. (1989) | Journalism
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- Immigration decision: Is U.S. on the rise, or diminished? Guest commentary
- Los Angeles Daily News
- Raining on ICE Raids
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Immigration Raids During Proceedings Undermine Courts
- Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Feinstein Introduces Immigration Fraud Bill
- San Francisco Daily Journal
- Cycling a Way to Break Oil Addicition
- Daily News
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- Activities: Advocate for immigrant community; organize and speak at legal education seminars.
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Executive Committee Member of Immigration Law Section
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- Activities: Advocate for immigrant community; organize and speak at legal education seminars.
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- California State Bar # 228860
- Member
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- California
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written