About

Lauren Ann Anaya is a extraordinarily experienced lawyer in Savoy, Illinois, with know-how in immigration regulation, crook law, and greater. Lawyer Lauren A. Anaya has over twenty years of enjoy within the exercise of regulation and is ready to put her enjoy to work for you. Dr. Anaya started out her prison profession with the United States Department of Justice after being hired pursuant to the Lawyer Generals Honors Program, the biggest and most prestigious federal entry-degree legal professional hiring program of its type. She served with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and subsequently went to paintings for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) within the Office of the General Counsel. She knows immigration law and might assist you, whether you are searching for a green card, a brief paintings visa, U.S. citizenship, illustration in Immigration Court, or a few other aim. A former federal prosecutor (1995-2005), Dr. Anaya also has great experience with the crook justice gadget. As an Assistant United States Lawyer, she efficiently handled loads of cases involving immigration, drug ownership and trafficking, white-collar crime, violent crime, firearms offenses, fraud, and domestic violence. Dr. Anaya earned a BBA in Business and is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. In August 2014, she finished a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in which she specialized in a subfield of anthropology called criminal anthropology. Her training in anthropology enables her to approach customers and their criminal issues with sensitivity to cultural and different variations. She currently teaches anthropology as a part-time school member at Parkland College. Whether you want a will or are going via a divorce, whether or not your case includes an immigration remember or you are being prosecuted criminally, Lawyer Anaya is in a position that will help you understand your felony options. She is compassionate, thorough, tough-working, and competitive. She will pay attention to you and fight on your rights.

Legal Issues

Immigration Law
Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
Criminal Law
Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Divorce
Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
DUI & DWI
Family Law
Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Certificates

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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
  • Italian: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Arizona Jurdictions
Arizona
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California Jurdictions
California
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9th Circuit Jurdictions
9th Circuit
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Iowa Jurdictions
Iowa
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New Mexico Jurdictions
New Mexico
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Illinois Jurdictions
Illinois
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10th Circuit Jurdictions
10th Circuit
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Experience
  • Part-time Faculty - Anthropology
    Parkland College
    2016
  • Lawyer at Law
    Law Office of Lauren A. Anaya
    2015
  • Assistant United States Lawyer
    United States Lawyer’s Office for the District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
    1997
  • Assistant United States Lawyer
    United States Lawyer’s Office for the District of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico
    1995
  • Special Assistant United States Lawyer
    United States Lawyer’s Office for the District of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico
    1995
  • Assistant General Counsel
    United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington, D.C.
    1993
  • Lawyer-Advisor
    United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Falls Church, Virginia
    1992
Education
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Education School Logo
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. (2014) | Anthropology
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University of Iowa Education School Logo
University of Iowa
M.A. (2007) | Anthropology
Graduation year: 2007">
University of Iowa Education School Logo
University of Iowa
J.D. (1991) | Law
Graduation year: 1991">
Iowa State University Education School Logo
Iowa State University
B.B.A. (1988) | Business
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Associations
Illinois State Bar
                        
                                                     # 6319011 Professional Association
Illinois State Bar  # 6319011
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American Anthropological Association Professional Association
American Anthropological Association
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Illinois State Bar Association Professional Association
Illinois State Bar Association
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Antropólogos sem Fronteiras/Anthropologists without Borders – United States (ASF-US) Professional Association
Antropólogos sem Fronteiras/Anthropologists without Borders – United States (ASF-US)
Founding has membership of Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer
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Antropólogos sem Fronteiras (Anthropologists without Borders), Itaparica, Bahia, Brasil Professional Association
Antropólogos sem Fronteiras (Anthropologists without Borders), Itaparica, Bahia, Brasil
Board of Directors and Secretária Adjunta (Adjunct Secretary)
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Costs
  • Free Consultancy Service
  • Payment With Credit Card
Location

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