Practice/Organization Description
Ms. Becerra is pleased to offer her clients high-quality, professional and personal legal services. Her office is conveniently located in the heart of the Historic Triangle, Hampton Roads, Tidewater Areas of Virginia. She provides counsel and representation to clients in immigration matters.
Ms. Becerra practices exclusively in the area of U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Law, including: Adjustment of Status; Religious Persecution and Political Asylum; Citizenship; Naturalization; Consular Processing; Employment Authorizations; Employment Visas, including L-1A/L-1Bs; Family Immigration Law; Fiancé(e)/US Citizen spouse Visas--K-1, K-3; Religious Visas; U visas (Victim of Criminal Activity); TN visas; V visas; Temporary Protected Status (TPS); LIFE; NACARA; Religious Worker Nonimmigrant (R-1/B-1) & Immigrant (Special Immigrant) Visas.
Ms. Becerra's legal experience includes:
Adjunct Legal Studies Professor, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, VA, 2007-present.
Swynford Law Group,PC, Williamsburg, VA 2007-2008.
Kaufman Law Office, San Francisco, CA, 2001-2003.
Munro, Nelson, Pearl & McCown, San Francisco, CA, 2000-2001
Ms. Becerra's military history includes:
Oregon Army National Guard 115th Public Affairs Det., 1989-1996;
Judge Advocate General, 1997-1998.
Ms. Becerra speaks the following languages: Spanish. Some French and Japanese.
Bar Admissions
Oregon, 2000
Education
Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 2000) Pontificia Universidad la Catolica del Ecuador, Facultad de Jurisprudencia--Quito (exchange law student, 1999)
Oregon State University (B.A., 1995; post-grad certificate, Latin American Affairs, 1996)
Defense Information School (DINFOS) (Diploma, 1990)
Professional Associations & Memberships
Oregon State Bar
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Oregon State Bar House of Delegates (2001-2004)
Honors and Awards
Who's Who Among Law Students, 2000.
High Papers: Comparative Constitutional Law; Comparative Law
