Professional Experience

Meet Addilene Avila, Immigration Attorney at Hirsch Law Group. Addilene focuses her practice on family-based, employment-based, humanitarian-based immigration, and removal defense cases. She gained extensive experience as an associate attorney at an immigration law firm, where she handled a wide range of matters including U visas, VAWA petitions, family petitions, employment visas, and removal proceedings.

During law school, Addilene served as Secretary for the Latino Law Student Association, competed in the National Latina/o Law Student Moot Court Competition, and contributed research to the Journal of Social Justice. As the daughter of immigrant parents, Addilene brings a personal understanding of the challenges faced by her clients and is deeply committed to helping families navigate the U.S. immigration system with compassion and diligence.

Practice Areas

  • Family-Based Immigration
  • Family-Based Petitions and Adjustment of Status
  • Employment-Based Immigration
  • Waivers of Inadmissibility
  • Consular Process
  • Citizenship and Naturalization
  • Humanitarian-Based immigration
  • Asylum
  • VAWA and U Visa
  • Removal Defense

Bar Admission

  • Supreme Court of Minnesota, May 2024

Education

  • DePaul University, College of Law, J.D – 2017
  • North Park University, B.A., – 2013

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • Minnesota State Bar Association