Amalia Irigoyen
Immigration attorney
Amalia opened the office on Main Street so that families could know the price of a case before they began it.
Before opening her own practice, Amalia worked at a nonprofit legal clinic, where she saw families pay twice: once to someone who wasn’t a lawyer, and again to fix what went wrong. She decided her own office would take fewer kinds of cases, charge one price for each, and print that price where anyone could read it.
She grew up speaking Spanish at home and English at school, and she works in both. Most of her clients are families in the Salinas Valley; some she has never met in person, and their cases run just as well by video.
Admissions and education
Bar admissions
State Bar of California
2011
Courts
San Francisco Immigration Court
Board of Immigration Appeals
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
2012
Education
J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law
2011
B.A., California State University, Monterey Bay
2007
Languages
Spanish
Native
English
Native
Memberships
American Immigration Lawyers Association
The office
Two people, one front door on Main Street
Rufino Benavides, the office’s legal assistant, answers the phone, keeps the calendar of every client’s deadlines and sends the letters when a renewal window opens. He speaks Spanish and English, and he’s usually the first voice you hear.
The office is open Saturday mornings, because many clients work the fields and packing sheds during the week.
Meet Amalia for an hour
Bring your papers and your questions. You’ll leave with a fee in writing.