Originally from Chicago, Julia M Toro is a District of Columbia attorney practicing in Washington, DC. She studied law at DePaul University College of Law and obtained her Master of Laws in International Human Rights at American University Washington College of Law. She is barred in the District of Columbia. She started her own private immigration law practice of JULIA M TORO LAW FIRM in 2012 after working at Pertierra & Toro law firm for eight years. She has worked in the practice of immigration law for the past 20 years. Her practice includes asylum law, deportation defense, family visas, consular processing, hardship waivers, VAWA, U and T visas, DACA and NACARA, and TPS. She is well respected among her colleagues and before the Immigration Courts. After pursuing internships and a fellowship with the Organization of American States Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, she has specialized in the practice of immigration and naturalization law. She is of Colombian/Spanish descent and bilingual.
