Putting Your Best Foot Forward in Immigration Court

Catherine began her career as a lawyer and practiced law as a barrister in Sydney, Australia. Her first big move took her to London, UK, where she was a property consultant for high-net-worth clients in Entertainment, Private Equity, Fashion and Media.  Her next (and last!) big move brought her to Los Angeles.

Catherine maintains a client-first approach and is a successful negotiator.  She has a reputation for being calm, determined and discreet. 

Judith Wood is a renowned, Los Angeles-based Immigration Attorney specializing in political asylum.  Her landmark victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Nasseri v. Moschorak, opened the door for women fleeing violence to seek refuge in the United States.  The decision, recently under attack by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, would become the subject of a motion picture titled Saint Judy, starring Michelle Monaghan and Alfred Molina.  A native New Yorker, Judy’s early dramatic training and a brief career acting off-Broadway helped her to hone the courtroom acumen which has helped deliver so many from desperate circumstances.  Ms. Wood’s passion for social justice has become a true calling and, since graduating Pepperdine School of Law in 198?, she’s helmed dozens of precedent setting decisions.  In addition to a thriving legal practice, Judy also heads up the Human Rights Project, a non-profit devoted to advocating for the rights of refugees around the world.  Indeed, Ms. Wood’s record as a tireless champion for the rights of immigrants speaks for itself.  Most recently, she’s scheduled to be presented with the Wonder Woman of the 4th Lifetime Achievement Award by Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu.

Atyria S. Clark is an attorney licensed in the States of California and Florida. Ms. Clark is the owner of THE COMMUNITY LAW FIRM based in Van Nuys, California. Throughout Ms. Clark’s career she has assisted many people defending deportation/removal from the United States through asylum and withholding claims for clients who have suffered persecution in their home countries, through cancellation of removal for many clients who entered the United States without inspection but were able to establish that their removal would result in extreme and unusual hardship to certain qualifying relatives, and through adjustment of status for various clients who were eligible to obtain legal status in the United States through a spouse or an employer while in removal proceedings. Ms. Clark has also consulted numerous clients about how to remedy certain criminal convictions that would have led to the automatic removal of these clients from the United States.