Law Practice,
Immigration
Dec. 20, 2017
Latham associates help get asylum for El Salvador mother
The group of attorneys worked pro bono for a 24-year-old woman who argued that that she should be allowed to remain in the U.S.
From left, Latham & Watkins associates James Walker, Gil Ofir, Boston Schwarz, paralegal Judy Nguyen, and associate Richard Andrews.
For most associates, a typical case usually does not involve helping to rescue a young mother and her child from a violent gang in a foreign country. But that was exactly the task facing Boston Schwarz, James Walker and Gil Ofir of Latham & Watkins LLP’s Menlo Park office.
Overseen by partner Kathleen Wells, the three were assigned a case the firm had been handling pro bono that involved a 24-year-old mother seeking asylum in the...
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