Our Team

Zaira earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Georgia College & State University. While earning her degree, she worked in the office of a solo practitioner in the metro Atlanta area. She gained valuable, hands-on experience in family law, criminal law, and worker’s compensation law prior to her legal education.

Zaira worked for several firms throughout the Atlanta area while earning her law degree at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.  Zaira discovered her passion for immigration during law school. Later in her training, she clerked at an immigration firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Zaira also worked in the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office in the Complex Case Division. In 2011, Zaira founded Solano Law Firm with a focus on immigration law to serve the Latino community. She believes in providing honest representation and educating clients throughout the process.

Mr. Escobedo is originally from Rhode Island. His parents are immigrants from Cuba and Guatemala. He attended Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina as a Bonner Community Scholar and graduated in 2014 with a major in political science. After graduation, Mr. Escobedo worked with migrant farmworkers in Dudley, NC with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee through the AFL-CIO. That experience combined with Mr. Escobedo’s interest in community organizing inspired him to apply for law school.

Mr. Escobedo enrolled in Roger Williams University School of Law as a public interest scholar. While in law school, Mr. Escobedo worked with Rhode Island Legal Services in their public housing unit defending low-income families’ rights to affordable housing. He additionally worked with Rhode Island Center for justice on various projects involving private landlord/tenant disputes, wage theft claims, and bail reform. He also spent two years working with Providence Youth Student Movement on their community defense project. During his final year in law school, James worked in the Roger William University’s immigration clinic focusing on political asylum claims and Special Immigrant Juveniles.

Mr. Escobedo graduated from law school in 2019 and has worked in immigration ever since. He is a member of the Missouri bar, American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the National Lawyers Guild.

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