The Law Office of Lina Baroudi focuses exclusively on immigration and nationality law. Having immigrated to the United States from Syria as a young child, Ms. Baroudi's passion for immigrant rights is both personal and professional. Therefore, she approaches each case with compassion, empathy and a commitment to success. Ms. Baroudi's extensive immigration law experience encompasses a wide range of practice areas, including asylum, citizenship and naturalization, family-based petitions and overseas consular processing, VAWA, representation before the immigration court in removal proceedings (deportation defense), and litigation before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts. Ms. Baroudi represents clients all over the Bay Area, California, and nationwide.