Elisabeth A. Pellegrin (Liz) has over a decade of professional experience working with immigrants in the area of immigration law. She is a Certified Specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law by The State Bar of California. Her current private practice has been exclusively dedicated to immigration and nationality law since 2011.

Liz is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), and the National Immigration Project of the NLG. She is the past Co-Chair of the San Francisco Bay Area NLG Chapter's Immigration Committee. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Northern California Chapter of AILA and is currently Chair of the ACBA Immigration Section.

Liz is fully bilingual in written and oral Spanish. Liz has represented clients in her practice from around the world, including individuals from Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Italy, Guatemala, Argentina, El Salvador, Germany, Turkey, Venezuela, Serbia, Jamaica, Bolivia, the United Kingdom, Peru, Spain, Yemen, Kenya, Australia, France, Colombia, Honduras, Fiji, Japan, Honduras, and the United States. She frequently presents on immigration issues, including at schools and churches. Attorneys practicing in other areas of law also consult with Liz about immigration related issues.

Liz's experience goes beyond the professional. She is a California, Bay Area native but comes from an extended family of immigrants. She went through the entire immigration process with a family member, from immigrant petition to naturalization. Liz has lived in multiple foreign countries. She is a mother and raises her two children in a bilingual and bicultural home. Liz's work is part of her personal identity.

Liz considers herself a public interest, social justice, or people's lawyer.  Her guiding principle is Gandhi's "Be the change you wish to see in the world."  This goal is what sent Liz abroad for years, led her to attend law school, and brought her into a career in immigration law.  It also is the foundation for how she relates with clients, colleagues, and the greater world.  Liz is active in the immigration attorney community, her local neighborhood, her children's schools, and in the broader political realm.  Liz believes that we all can strive to fight the overwhelming injustices of the world from the simplest actions and interactions to the more complex and coordinated efforts to combat systemic inequality.

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