ILRC Names Sally Kinoshita as Deputy Director

On behalf of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, we are thrilled to announce that Sally Kinoshita has accepted the position of ILRC’s new Deputy Director.  Deputy Director is a new position at the ILRC and we are very excited that Sally has accepted the position.

Sally graduated from the University of California at Davis School of Law in 1998 and has served as an ILRC staff attorney since 2001.  Sally has dedicated her legal career to promoting policy and advocacy on behalf of immigrants. She is recognized nationally as an expert on immigration matters relating to domestic violence, child abuse and other crimes and has trained and mentored volunteer attorneys, advocates, judges, law enforcement agencies and social workers throughout the country. In addition to her invaluable work with ILRC, Sally has worked for the Asian Law Caucus, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and ASISTA Immigrant Women’s Technical Assistance Project in Des Moines, Iowa.

Sally has conducted extensive training programs and developed comprehensive resource materials on immigration, domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.  She is also the author and co-author of numerous ILRC resources and practice manuals for legal advocates working with immigrant survivors of domestic abuse and crime.  Her publications include, How to Obtain U Interim Relief: A Brief Manual for Advocates Assisting Immigrant Victims of Crime; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction; The VAWA Manual:  Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants, Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges.  Additionally, Sally co-authored, Application of Protection Remedies for Victims of Domestic Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Crime under U.S. Law to Persons Physically Present in the U. S. Territories for the Family Violence Prevention Fund.

We are confident that Sally will excel in her new position and that ILRC, as well as the community based organizations with which we partner and the immigrants we serve, will all benefit greatly with her as Deputy Director.  Please join us in extending congratulations to Sally.

The interim assistant director is Rene Perez.  The staff attorneys include Kathy Brady, Angie Junck, Nora Privitera, and Mark Silverman.  Donald Ungar is Of Counsel to the ILRC and Bill Hing volunteers as its General Counsel.

Sincerely,

Lisa Spiegel
ILRC Board Chair

Eric Cohen
Executive Director

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