Mary Ann Romero, Attorney at Law
Mary Ann Romero was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Mary Ann’s experiences growing
up in the border town of El Paso, Texas, neighboring Cd. Juarez, Mexico,
helps her understand and empathize with the struggles faced by immigrants
in the United States. Her earliest memories helping immigrants comes from
within her own family. Mary Ann helped interpret, translate and fill out
documents for Spanish-speaking relatives trying to navigate for services
in the United States. She helped her family get services at schools, banks,
hospitals and several government agencies by explaining what information
and documents were needed to secure benefits. Everyday tasks taken for
granted by a majority of citizens in the United States is complicated
for persons lacking knowledge of their rights. Mary Ann helped her family
and other persons in need push the system responsible for granting benefits
to persons despite of race, ethnicity or social class. While in law school
Mary Ann represented immigrant clients at the law school’s clinic.
Her experiences in law school reminded Mary Ann that her childhood dream
to become a lawyer came from her desire to protect the rights of others.
After a few months of handling immigration cases at school, Mary Ann knew
she would be an
immigration attorney because she felt right at home helping individuals that were like her
and her family.
Mary Ann thrives on the challenges of practicing immigration law with creative advocacy for clients. Her ultimate goal is earning her clients’ trust by securing lawful status and opportunities in the United States. Give her a call today at (844) 363-6272.
Mary Ann has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1992. Mary Ann graduated
from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1999. She has practiced
immigration law exclusively since passing the bar exam. Her career spans
more than seventeen (17) years representing clients from several countries
around the world desiring family unity, business opportunities and protection
from injustice. Mary Ann has secured permanent status for thousands of
immigrants seeking to live in the United States. She handles all immigration
related cases dealing with family sponsorship, fighting deportation, preparing
waivers for immigration violations, securing protection for victims of
trafficking, victims of violent crimes and children who have been abused,
abandoned and/or neglected. Once permanent status has been granted, Mary
Ann also works with immigrants wanting to be citizens of the United States.
Her first-hand knowledge of maneuvering the complexities of the United
States immigration process has helped generations of immigrant clients
secure homes in the United States for grandparents, parents, children
and children of children. Mary Ann is a passionate immigration lawyer
that believes in opportunity for all and has dedicated her career making
opportunity a reality for immigrants wanting to live, work and thrive
in the United States. Mary Ann’s experience makes the difference
in immigration rights in the United States.
Mary Ann is a member of several professional organizations. She is a member
of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), National Hispanic
Bar Association, New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association and the American
Bar Association. In 2018 she was appointed as a commissioner to the New
Mexico Access to Justice Commission. The Commission is dedicated to expanding
and improving accessibility to civil legal assistance by low income New
Mexicans. She was also appointed to serve as one of the directors of the
New Mexico State Bar Immigration Law Section. Mary Ann was honored by
the National Association of Professional Women as VIP Woman of the Year
in 2014, The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers in the United States in
2015 and she has held membership in the Continental Professional Who’s
Who and The Latino American Professional Who’s Who since 2015. Her
firm is recognized by Lawyer Monthly as the 2018 Immigrant Rights Law
Firm of the Year in the United States.
Mary Ann reaches out to the community by providing vital information on
current immigration law developments via presentations at the State Bar
of New Mexico, University of New Mexico and other local educational and
professional agencies. As a native Spanish speaker, Mary Ann knows first-hand
the impact of misunderstanding the steps in place to secure benefits and
protect the rights of the immigrant community. She works zealously to
provide accurate, up-to-date information to persons struggling with the
legal complexities of securing lawful status in the United States.