Socio | Director de Litigios
Jesse Evans-Schroeder es un abogado experimentado comprometido con la defensa de los derechos de los inmigrantes.
Graduada de la Facultad de Derecho James E. Rogers de la Universidad de Arizona, la Sra. Evans-Schroeder adquirió experiencia en la ley de inmigración a través del trabajo con la clínica de inmigración de la facultad de derecho, así como con el Proyecto de Asilo del Sur de Arizona, el Proyecto de Derechos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados de Florence y la unidad de inmigración de Southern Arizona Legal Aid.
Después de la facultad de derecho, la Sra. Evans-Schroeder comenzó a trabajar en Green Evans-Schroeder, donde ha continuado su práctica de inmigración. La Sra. Evans-Schroeder tiene experiencia particular en defensa de deportación. Ella representa tanto a personas detenidas como no detenidas en procedimientos de deportación en todo Arizona y se ocupa de la intersección de la ley penal y de inmigración a diario. Ella es una abogada de asilo con experiencia y una defensora de aquellas víctimas de violencia doméstica y otros delitos graves que son elegibles para ciertos beneficios de inmigración. La Sra. Evans-Schroeder también tiene una amplia experiencia ejerciendo en la Junta de Apelaciones de Inmigración, el Tribunal de Apelaciones de los Estados Unidos para el Noveno Circuito en San Francisco, California, y el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Arizona. Ha demandado con éxito al gobierno de los Estados Unidos en una variedad de asuntos de inmigración, en nombre de sus clientes.
Una larga historia como defensora de las mujeres, los niños y las familias llevó a la Sra. Evans-Schroeder a la práctica de la ley, y a la práctica de la inmigración en particular. Ella trata a sus clientes con dignidad y respeto, al tiempo que brinda una fuerte defensa mientras enfrentan los desafíos del sistema de inmigración de los EE. UU. La Sra. Evans-Schroeder ha participado y ayudado a coordinar una serie de eventos de servicio público relacionados con la ley de inmigración, incluyendo talleres y ferias para la Naturalización y la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA). También tiene una experiencia considerable en la defensa de la Visa U y la Ley de Violencia contra la Mujer (VAWA).
Litigation Percentage
- 100% Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2012
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2016
Education
- The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona
- J.D. – 2008
- Honors: With Honors
- Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
- B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) – 1997
- Major: History/Women’s Studies
Honors and Awards
- Invited Speaker, Asylum on the Border, American Immigration Lawyers Arizona Chapter Conference (Tucson, AZ 2025)
- Invited Speaker, Your Immigration Practice During the New Administration: Resilience and Growth in Challenging Times, American Immigration Lawyers Association Panel (Virtual, 2025)
- Awarded, Randy Tunac Courage in Immigration Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Arizona Chapter (2024)
- Awarded, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Volunteer Lawyers Program Award (2024)
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Family Section Steering Committee, (2024)
- Member, Planning Committee, American Immigration Lawyer’s Association Annual Paralegal Conference (Las Vegas, NV 2024)
- Panel Leader, Removal Defense 101: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of Removal Proceedings, American Immigration Lawyers Association Paralegal Conference (Las Vegas, NV 2024)
- Speaker, The Retainer that Never Ends: Law Practice Management and Ethics in an Age of Historic Processing Backlogs, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference, (Chicago, IL 2024)
- Speaker, Proceeding in Proceedings: Legal and Practical Strategies for Survivor Based Removal Defense, ASISTA Virtual Conference (2023)
- Speaker, Survivor Based Relief in Proceedings Expert Roundtable, ASISTA Virtual Conference (2023)
- Speaker, What You Need to Know About the Extended Border, American Immigration Lawyers Association Border Issues Conference (Virtual, 2022)
- Speaker, Introduction to Detention, American Immigration Lawyers Annual Conference (New York, NY 2022)
- Faculty, Marriage-Based Adjustments, AILA University (On-Line Course, 2021)
- Speaker, Consequences of Arrests and Convictions on the Beneficiary, and the Impact on Adjustment of Status, American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference (Virtual, 2021)
- Speaker, Immigration Updates, State Bar of Arizona Continuing Legal Education (2020)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Paralegal Conference 2024, Removal Defense 101: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of Removal Proceedings
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference, 2024, The Retainer that Never
- Ends: Law Practice Management and Ethics in an Age of Historic Processing Backlogs
- ASISTA, December 2023 Virtual Conference: «Proceeding in Proceedings: Legal and Practical Strategies for Survivor-Based Removal Defense,» Refresher on Survivor Based Relief in Proceedings; Experts Roundtable
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Border Issues Conference, 2022, What You Need to Know About the Extended Border
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference, 2022, Introduction to Detention
- State Bar of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Immigration Updates, February 2020
- Council on Legal Education Opportunity Scholar Award in Refugee Law
- James E. Rogers College of Law Award in Oral Advocacy
Pro Bono Activities
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Family Section Steering Committee, Member (2024-)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Planning Committee, 2024 AILA Paralegals Conference and Webcast
- Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Volunteer Lawyers Program, Volunteer (2024)
- University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Supervising Attorney, Community Immigration Law Placement Clinic (CILPC), (2019-2024)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA University, Instructor, Marriage-Based Adjustments: Tackling Pitfalls, Fraud, and Inadmissibility
- Board of Directors, Borderlinks, Tucson, Arizona (2018-2020)
In the News
- Jesse Evans-Schroeder October 2024 Outstanding Volunteer of the Month, 2024
- Advocates Fear Trump Immigration Policies, 2024
- The Immigration Lawyer Who Helped Too Many People, 2024
- Tucson Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s Brother-in-Law Calls His Border Politics Hypocritical, 2024
- Legal Help, a Rarity, Extended to Asylum Seekers in Nogales, 2020
- ICE Reopening Long-Closed Deportation Cases Against Dreamers, 2019
- ICE Arrests Aimed at Silencing Immigrant-Rights Activists, Critics Say, 2018
- Record Numbers of Detained Immigrants Hiring Lawyers, 2018