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<br /> <br />ImmDef; evaluated program efficiency while ensuring high-quality legal services were <br />provided to all clients; supervised Staff Attorneys representing detained and non-detained <br />adults in removal and bond proceedings before the EOIR, USCIS and the BIA while <br />managing a caseload of my own; developed and implemented ideas for projects and delivery <br />of services; prepared and submitted monthly data reports and quarterly narrative reports; <br />engaged in regular advocacy for the continuation and growth of the LAJF with the Los <br />Angeles Board of Supervisors, and the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor’s office; <br />facilitated and conducted legal trainings for legal service LAJF grantees. <br /> <br />Staff Attorney, Aug 2015-Oct 2017 <br />Represented detained and non-detained individuals before EOIR and the BIA in bond and <br />removal proceedings who were members of the Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder settlement class; <br />represent clients in affirmative petitions before USCIS; prepared release plans for clients <br />including access to social and mental health services; represented unaccompanied children in <br />removal proceedings, affirmative petitions before USCIS and the Superior Court of <br />California. <br /> <br />Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Los Angeles, CA <br />Staff Attorney, Dec 2014-Aug 2015; Graduate Law Clerk, Sept 2014-Nov 2014; Full-time Law <br />Student Extern, Jan 2014-May 2014 <br />Represented both detained and non-detained unaccompanied children in removal proceedings <br />before EOIR, affirmative petitions before USCIS and in custody proceedings before the <br />Superior Court of California; represented adults in bond and removal proceedings before <br />EOIR; participated in community education programs through the Legal Orientation Program <br />for detained adults and children. <br /> <br /> <br />LANGUAGES <br />English (native), Spanish (fluent) <br />7