Margarita Silva
Silva & FontesMARGARITA SILVA is an attorney focusing in the areas of immigration (deportation defense and family immigration) and criminal defense (federal, state, municipal courts). Ms. Silva is in involved in various professional and community service organizations, serving as member of the Arizona State Bar delegation to the ABA House of Delegates, 2008 – Current; Board of Directors, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, 2011 – Current (2016 Vice President); St. Joseph’s Hospital Community Board 2012 – Current (Chair, Medical Staff Relations Committee); Board of Directors, Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association (14 years, President 2006); Criminal Justice Act Panel Review Committee (2010-2016); American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, the National Immigration Project, the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the State Bar Immigration Section. Ms. Silva serves as a judge pro tempore in the Guadalupe Municipal Court and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She is frequently invited to present on the topic of immigration to attorneys, professional organizations and community groups. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Silva was an assistant public defender in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Arizona
- State Bar of Arizona
- ID Number: 016755
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- 9th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney/Partner
- Silva & Fontes
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- Sole Practitioner
- M Silva Law Firm PLC
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- Attorney/Partner
- Navidad, Leal & Silva, P.L.C.
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- Attorney
- Maricopa County Public Defender's Office
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- Attorney
- Rensch & Walker, Attorneys
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- Arizona State University
- J.D. (1995) | Law
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- University of Arizona
- B.S. (1992) | Public Administration
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- State Bar of Arizona # 016755
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- Current
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- National Immigration Project
- Member
- Current
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- American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association
- Member
- Current
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- Arizona State Bar Batson Challenge Jury Selection Work Group
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- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Community Board
- Member
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- Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association
- Member
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- American Bar Association House of Delegates
- State Bar of Arizona Representative
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- The New Public Charge Rules, Webinar
- Community Legal Services
- Inadmissibility and Removability; Bond and Detention in Immigration Proceedings, 17th Annual Conference
- Arizona Public Defender Association
- Immigration Primer for Staff and Volunteers of Community Legal Services, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Community Legal Services
- The Immigration Consequences of a Marijuana Conviction, 22nd Annual Key West NORML Legal Conference
- The Path to U.S. Citizenship in a Nutshell, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- State Bar of Arizona
