Lizette M. Sierra represents individuals, families, professionals, investors, and businesses around the world in navigating the U.S. immigration system. Her practice encompasses a broad range of immigration matters, including family-based immigration, naturalization, employment and investment visas, labor certifications, and nonimmigrant visa applications. She also advocates for clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Ms. Sierra graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 2003. During law school, she served as Vice President of the International Law Society, was a member of the Ad Hoc Court Committee on International Law Appeals and received recognition for her litigation and negotiation skills.

Her academic background reflects a longstanding interest in international affairs. In addition to completing coursework in economics and international law at universities in Italy, England, Colombia, and Venezuela, Ms. Sierra earned a Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Pitzer College in 1997 and a Master of Arts in International Political Economy from Claremont Graduate University in 2000.

Today, Ms. Sierra combines more than two decades of legal experience with a practical understanding of the challenges immigrants, employers, and investors face when pursuing opportunities in the United States.

Bar Admissions:

​Florida Bar, 2003

District of Columbia Bar, 2007

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

​Education:

​University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 2003, J.D. (Cum Laude)

Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, 2000, Master of Arts degree in International Political Economy

Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1997, Bachelor of Arts degree in double major: Political Science and Latin American Studies

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Board Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (South Florida Chapter): 2013 - 2017.

• Co-Chair, EOIR (Immigration Court) Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association
  (South Florida Chapter): 2013 - 2017,  2021 - 2022.

• Co-Chair, Asylum Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association
  (South Florida Chapter): 2013 - 2017.

• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association: 2004 - Present.

Languages:

English

Spanish

Italian