Kara Rachel Lavy
Lavy Law
- Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- DUI & DWI
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- State Bar of California
- Since 2008
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- Languages
Languages
- English:
Spoken, Written - Spanish:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Lavy Law
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Current
- Education
- California Western School of Law
- J.D.
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2008
- Honors: Dean’s Honors List; Pro Bono Honors Society;
Creative Problem Solving Scholarship -
- University of California – Santa Barbara
- B.A. | Law & Society and Spanish
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2005
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa – 2005;
Deans Honors Award; 2001-2005;
Robert E. Wilson Prize (Highest G.P.A. in Spanish Major);
City Club Cash Award (Regard for Top Female Graduate) - Activities: Editor Law & Society Journal
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- Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association ( AILA )
- Member
- Current
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- California Public Defenders Association
- Member
- Current
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- California Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
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- California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
- Member
- Current
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- Bar Association of San Francisco: Lawyer Referral Information Service
- Member
- Current
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- Contra Costa County Bar Association: Criminal Conflict Panel
- Member
- Current
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- N.P.R “Your Legal Rights”
- Volunteer / Give free legal advice to callers
- Current
- Activities: Guest Legal Expert on NPR. KALW-FM (12/02/2009 and 05/19/2010).
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- La Casa de Las Madres, San Francisco Domestic Violence Shelter.
- Active Volunteer.
- Current
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- Manhattan’s 18B Felony Panel
- Member
- Current
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- San Francisco State University
- Instructor of “The Cross Section Between Immigration and Family Law”
- 2012
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- U.S. Department of Justice; Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (“OPDAT”).
- Instructor of Trial Advocacy course for Mexican federal prosecutors, police, and experts
- 2011
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- Publications
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