Siavash Tourzani, Esq. is the founding partner at Tourzani Law Group, LLC and focuses his practice on Immigration Law. As a first-generation Iranian-American, Siavash understands the difficulties families face when immigrating to the United States. He has successfully represented countless immigrants before immigration courts (EOIR), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), embassies, and consulates abroad. Siavash specializes in various immigration matters including: · Asylum · Withholding of Removal · Convention Against Torture · Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) · Cancellation of Removal for Certain Nonpermanent Residents (42B) · Cancellation of Removal for Certain Permanent Residents (42A) · Bond Determinations · Bond Reconsiderations · Waiver Practice including I-212, I-601, and I-601A · “U-Visas” · Adjustment of Status · USCIS Petitions (I-130) · Family Based Petitions (I-485) · NACARA · Stay of Removal · Humanitarian Parole Requests · Military Parole/Parole in Place (PIP) · Naturalization · Temporary Protected Status (TPS) · Deferred Action for Child Hood Arrivals (DACA) · Motion Practice. He also assists immigrants who are facing criminal charges and criminal defense attorneys to make the correct decision in their criminal cases so that they are not charged with Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMTs), Aggravated Felonies, or Controlled Substance Offenses that could render immigrants removable or inadmissible. Siavash graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2010 majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Economics. In 2016, he graduated from Barry University School of Law. During law school, he interned for both the State’s Attorney Office and Public Defender’s Office in Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit. Since graduating from law school he has dedicated his practice to immigration law to assist families in navigating the complicated and turbulent immigration system. In addition to practicing immigration law, Siavash represents individuals in Municipal Matters and Family Court proceedings. Siavash is licensed to practice law in the states of Florida, New Jersey, and New York. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 2018 and has been a member of Lawyers of Distinction since 2018.

Paul Townsend is a partner at Robert C. Gottlieb & Associates. He joined the firm in May 2019 and represents clients in a wide variety of white-collar and traditional criminal defense matters in federal and state courts both in New York and throughout the country. Mr. Townsend has obtained countless favorable results for his clients through non-prosecution agreements, motion practice, plea negotiations, hearings and trial. Since joining the firm, he has tried both federal and state cases in New York, Vermont and California. Additionally, he has been published several times in the New York Law Journal, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post. Prior to coming to the firm, Mr. Townsend worked as an associate for a boutique criminal defense practice and handled complex high-profile criminal litigation. He has successfully tried cases in both the state and federal courts around the country. Notably, Mr. Townsend was one of the attorneys on the trial team representing Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman-Loera during his narcotics trafficking trial as leader of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel in the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Townsend began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York. While at the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Townsend prosecuted hundreds of felony cases in the Major Narcotics and Firearms Bureau, and specialized in utilizing wiretaps, pen registers, trap and trace devices and other methods of electronic surveillance against criminal organizations. Mr. Townsend presented hundreds of cases to grand juries, including the possession and sale of largescale narcotics and firearms, attempted murder, robbery, assault, robbery, burglary, and white-collar fraud. Mr. Townsend earned his juris doctorate from Brooklyn Law School and a double major bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is admitted to practice in all New York State Courts as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Townsend is also the creator and host of the popular legal podcast, In Summation: The Final Word. In it, Mr. Townsend examines some of the most famous, infamous – and often misunderstood – court cases to make headlines across America. In doing so, he provides listeners with an unbiased understanding of the underlying facts as the judge or jury would have heard them at the time. He then explains the role of each party, breaks down the legal arguments presented, and gives “the final word” on who ultimately prevailed, and why. In Summation: The Final Word can be found wherever you get your podcasts including Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, and Spotify. “

Stephanie Townsend Allala is a veteran journalist and El Paso Elder law attorney. After two decades in radio, television, and newspaper, she took her advocacy in a different direction- helping the disenfranchised. Ms. Townsend Allala graduated from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin, where she was the Ray and Kay Bailey Hutchison Scholarship recipient. She was also Outstanding Graduate in Broadcasting at University of Texas at El Paso. She devotes her life to public service, and has served as the President and or Director of all of the following organizations: The El Paso Women’s Bar Association, El Paso Women’s Bar Auxiliary, El Paso Bar Association, El Paso Press Club, El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, El Paso Association of Hispanic Journalists, and CASA of El Paso. She also spent four years as a Director on the Board of Nazareth Care Facility, a non-profit charitable skilled nursing facility. It was her work on the Board of Directors for Nazareth that helped her to understand the difficulties in placement of certain individuals with special capacity issues. For example, many times persons with advanced dementia, schizophrenia and chronic psychosis find themselves suddenly homeless, because there are few facilities capable of caring for people with advanced dementia and mental illness. Ms. Townsend Allala helps these families find permanent homes for their loved ones. Ms. Townsend Allala is a proud mother of two daughters, Jessica Kludt, who is an attorney and Vice President of Townsend Allala & Associates, and Amelia Jordan, who works and studies in Los Angeles. Stephanie’s work as advocate for a transparent, honest and open government led her to file the most famous Open Records Request now pending in Texas. It resulted in litigation which is now pending before the Texas Supreme Court, City of El Paso v. Allala. She was named El Paso/El Chuco Person of the Year for 2014 for her fight to bring honesty to El Paso government.

Kyle Tracy is an experienced attorney who has successfully litigated against multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporations. Kyle is one of the early pioneers of talcum powder litigation. His case, Winkel v. Colgate-Palmolive, was the first ever jury verdict for a cosmetic talcum powder case. https://verdictsearch.com/verdict/woman-claimed-talcum-powder-exposed-her-to-asbestos-2/. In addition, Kyle also obtained the first ever cosmetic talcum powder settlement with the biggest cosmetic talcum powder defendant in the industry. Kyle has consistently been recognized nationally by the National Trial Lawyers Association. He has taught trial skills for practicing lawyers, coached high school mock trial teams, and volunteered in his community. During law school, Kyle was the recipient of the Board of Governors Award, the Sande Buhai Award, a member of the Dean's List, and was honored by being chosen as the commencement speaker for his graduating class.