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People

The people of the clinic

Three lawyers share the work. Each page below says who they are, what they take on and where they have practiced.

  • Nerea Soltero, founding director of the clinic

    Nerea Soltero

    Founding director and attorney

    Leads the clinic and signs off on every case it accepts. Meets clients in English and Spanish.

  • Sipho Dlamini, staff attorney

    Sipho Dlamini

    Staff attorney, removal defense and asylum

    Represents people in immigration court and at asylum interviews, and takes the clinic's detention calls.

  • Elio Brenneman, staff attorney

    Elio Brenneman

    Staff attorney, family petitions and citizenship

    Prepares family petitions and citizenship applications. Meets clients in English and Spanish.

Languages

Who speaks Spanish

Nerea Soltero and Elio Brenneman meet clients in Spanish and in English, from the first call to the last hearing. Sipho Dlamini works in English and, with an interpreter at his side, in the language you speak best.

When a language is beyond us, we arrange an interpreter and do not add the cost to your fee.