Aissa Olivarez
Attorney At Law
Personal Experience
Aissa Olivarez is a Junior Partner at Eastbridge Law Group, LLP. She is bilingual (Spanish and English) and bicultural, hailing from the Rio Grande Valley. She is also the Legal Director at the Community Immigration Law Center. Aissa has represented many clients in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), bond requests, and appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
ļ»æAissa is passionate about due process and service to her community. After earning her B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, she served in AmeriCorps, spent four years as a first grade teacher in the Austin Independent School District, and then decided to pursue a law degree. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May 2016, where she was an active leader in the Student Bar Association, and served as president of the Latinx Law Student Association (La Alianza). During her tenure at UW, she received accolades such as the Barbara B. Crabb Prize, the LLSA Comunidad Award, the Ray and Ethel Brown Award, the Public Interest Scholar Award, as well as the Children’s Justice Project Fellowship, among others. As an attorney, she is the recipient of the 2019 Ilda C. Thomas Award from Centro Hispano. She was named one of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Latinos in 2021. Aissa lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and daughter.
Areas Of Practice
Admitted To Practice
- Wisconsin, 2016
Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- JD - Juris Doctor
- University of Texas at Austin
- B.A. in Government
Professional Memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
Languages
- English
- Spanish