Aparna Patrie is a dedicated and passionate immigration attorney with over a decade of experience in civil litigation and federal policy. Aparna has represented clients in asylum and removal proceedings, drafted judicial opinions on a wide array of immigration issues for the U.S. Court of Appeals, and provided legal advice to noncitizens considering their immigration options. She immigrated to the United States at age 13 before naturalizing in her 20s.

Aparna received her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown Law, magna cum laude, in 2015. While in law school, she represented an immigrant detainee in removal proceedings from El Salvador, and successfully won withholding of removal relief on his behalf. After law school, Aparna clerked for the Honorable Majorie O. Rendell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where she handled all of the complex immigration appeals before the court during her clerkship. Aparna has years of experience as a lawyer for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where federal immigration laws are drafted, and as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives.