Paola I. Neri is an immigration attorney that specializes in Immigration and Nationality Law. Paola has a great depth of knowledge and experience in U.S. immigration services and handles family-based immigration and removal defense cases. She established her law firm in 2020 convinced that organization, communication, and exceptional case management are essential keys to success. As an immigration attorney, she has successfully represented clients in family-based visa petitions, waivers, citizenship, U Visas, VAWA, DACA, and in immigration court matters. Paola grew up in San Diego, after immigrating from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, at the age of five and was raised by a single mother in a working-class home, so she fully understands the obstacles many immigrants face in this country.

Paola holds various positions in both a volunteer and leadership capacity. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the largest immigration attorney organization with over 15,000 members across the United States and abroad. Currently, she serves as the Vice-Chair on the Executive Committee for the AILA Southern California Chapter and is a volunteer for AILA’s Military Assistance Program where she takes pro bono cases to help military service members in need. Paola is also the Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles Chapter’s Immigration Committee. In 2021, Paola joined the Executive Committee of the Immigration Section for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Paola speaks Spanish and English and takes cases all over the United States and abroad. In 2020, Paola was voted by her colleagues as one of the best immigration lawyers, a “Top Attorney” in Pasadena, California for Pasadena Magazine, and in 2021 she was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a designation given to no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state.