Attorney Daniel Shanfield Receives 2011 Tequio Award for Pro Bono Service

April 17, 2012 - PRLog -- On September 16, 2011, in a ceremony celebrating México’s Independence Day, the Consulate General of México in San José, California, has presented Bay Area immigration attorney Daniel Shanfield, Esq., with its 2011 Tequio Award for his pro bono service to the Bay Area’s Mexican immigrant community.  The Consul General of México to San José, Carlos Ponce Martínez, presented Mr. Shanfield with the award.

As Liaison to the Consulate General of Mexico for the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Mr. Shanfield has coordinated and developed the Consulate’s pro bono immigration law clinic, which has provided legal assistance to more than 1200 individuals and their families. The clinic has helped immigrants navigate the complex U.S. immigration system, and successfully guided them in finding legal representation to resolve their immigration issues.

In addition to his pro bono service through the Consulate General of México, Daniel is also a volunteer with the Bar Association of San Francisco Immigration Court Pro Bono Program, and is a founding member of the Legal Advisory Board of the Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.

About the Law Office of Daniel Shanfield – Immigration Defense, PC

Attorney Daniel Shanfield (J.D., U.C. Berkeley 1996) is the founder and managing attorney of the Law Offices of Daniel Shanfield –Immigration Defense, PC with offices in San Francisco and San José, California to better serve to Bay Area’s immigrant community.

As the leading immigration defense organization in San José and South Bay, the firm has built a solid reputation for helping immigrants resolve their immigration, U.S. citizenship and criminal immigration problems throughout Northern and Southern California, Arizona, and the Western United States. Thanks to his backgrounds as a former INS Honors Program attorney, Mr. Shanfield has the insights and experience immigrants need to defend themselves in front of the Immigration Courts and USCIS.

Learn more about the Law Office of Daniel Shanfield at their website: http://www.Immigration-Defense.com.

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The Law Offices of Daniel Shanfield –Immigration Defense, PC can effectively handle all types of immigration law issues including immigration defense, green cards, citizenship and naturalization, deportation defense, bond hearings, family immigration petitions, VAWA and U visas. To learn more about the services the firm has to offer, please contact a San Jose immigration attorney by calling (866) 559-9498 or visit their website directly at http://www.Immigration-Defense.com.