About Vivian
Lawyer Vivian Szawarc, also an immigrant, was born in Argentina and emigrated to the United States of America at the age of 19.
He has worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and has represented hundreds of clients.
She graduated from UWLA Law School and became an attorney in 1993. Throughout her career, her focus has been fighting for immigrant rights. Vivian is a member in good standing of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Los Angeles County Bar Association. (LACBA), California Bar Association and MABA.
She is also a lawyer at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. She is licensed to practice immigration law in all states and territories of the United States, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Part of her volunteer work involves working with non-profit organizations that work with battered women. She has helped numerous clients obtain legal status.
Practice Areas
- Obama's immigration policy
- Deportation and removal procedures
- GST
- Asylum
- Family Petitions
- Appeals
- ICE Arrests
- SJIS (special immigrant minors)
- Exemptions
- Naturalization
- Work visas for companies and professionals
Continuing
- University of West Los Angeles School of Law, California JD - 1993
- Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California 1989
- Major: Pre-Law
Bar Admissions
- California, 1993
- US District Court Central District of California, 1993
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001
Highlighted
- Enrique Arévalo, Esq.
- Judith Daniel, Esq.
- Retired Immigration Judge Gilbert Gembacz
- Dr. Raúl Hinojosa, UCLA
Honors & Awards
- Director's Honor Roll
- Certificate of Recognition, City of Los Angeles
Classes/Seminars
- Parents Workshop, Consulate of Mexico, 2016 to 2016
- Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
Professional associations and memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member, 1993 to present
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), Member, 1993 to present.
- California Bar, Member
- MABA, Member
- Better Business Bureau, Member
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Pro Bono Activities
- Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles, 2012 to Present
- Consulate of Mexico in Oxnard, CA
- Consulate of Mexico in San Jose, CA
- Mexican Consulate in San Francisco, CA
- AILA/MABA/City of Los Angeles/LACBA, 1993 to present
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Gordon L. and Julia P. Tuthill Foundation
Previous jobs
- JThomas Cairns Jr., Attorney, 1993 to 1995
- ADA, Legal Assistant, a Law Clerk 1989 to 1991
Attorney Vivian N. Szawarc
Part of her volunteer work involves collaborating with non-profit organizations that work with abused women. She has helped numerous clients obtain legal status.
She also rescues and fosters dogs, has fostered children with DCFS for 5 years, and prepares weekly food packages for the homeless in Los Angeles County.
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