Rebecca Kutlow is an immigration attorney who first joined Van Der Hout LLP as the firm’s litigation fellow after graduating from UCLA School of Law. She is now an associate attorney with the firm. Her practice includes deportation defense, family-based applications, federal court litigation, naturalization, asylum and advice regarding the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. During law school, Rebecca was an active member of Law Students for Immigrant Justice and worked closely with Professor Ingrid Eagly on research regarding the intersection of immigration and criminal law. Rebecca has also served as an extern at Van Der Hout LLP, the Executive Office for Immigration Review in San Francisco and the Alameda County Public Defender’s Immigration Representation Project.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Deportation Defense
- Federal Court Litigation
- Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
- Asylum, Withholding of Removal and Protection under the Convention Against Torture
- Naturalization
- Consular Processing
- Family-Based Visa Petitions
- Adjustment of Status
- Removal of conditions on Lawful Permanent Resident status
- TPS
- DACA
- Advance Parole
- Waivers of inadmissibility
- Cancellation of Removal
- VAWA
- U Visa
BAR ADMISSIONS
- California, 2021
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
EDUCATION
- UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D., Juris Doctorate | 2020
- U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, California
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts | 2015
- Major: Peace and Conflict Studies
PUBLISHED WORKS
- “Restructuring Public Defense After Padilla,” (Co-Author with Ingrid Eagly, Tali Gires and Eliana Navarro Gracian), Stanford Law Review, Vol. 74, Jan,. 2022
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member
- National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration Project (NLGNIP), Member
LANGUAGES
- English
- Spanish