Bio
Cristina joined MU as an associate attorney in 2023 after being a solo immigration practitioner in the areas of family-based immigration, naturalization, humanitarian, and removal proceedings. Before opening her own practice, she was an associate attorney working with Blake P. Somers, LLC. During that time, she designed legal strategies and tried removal cases before the Arlington and Cleveland Immigration Courts. Cristina prepared and filed applications, waivers of grounds of inadmissibility, notice of appeals, appeal briefs, and complex responses to RFEs and NOIDs.
Cristina graduated from the University of Cincinnati with her LL.M, Master of Laws in U.S. Law, with honors and was awarded an Honors Scholarship. Prior to attending school at UC, she earned her LL.M, Master of Laws with concentration in Administrative Law from the Federal University of Paraná and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (JD equivalent) from Curitiba College of Law, both located in her hometown of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Cristina has been licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio since 2018, accredited before EOIR since 2019, and licensed to practice law in Brazil since 2005 (OAB/PR).
Having immigrated herself, she is passionate about serving the immigrant community. She is excited to continue to reunite families and assist both employers and international talent in the pursuit of opportunity.
Education
- University of Cincinnati (UC)
LL.M, Master of Laws, with honors 2015 - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
LL.M, Master of Laws with concentration in Administrative Law 2010 - Curitiba College of Law (FDC-UNICURITIBA)
Bachelor of Laws 2005
Selected Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association