Mrs. Ana M. Mencini
Judge
Ana M. Mencini & Associates, P.C. Has Been Acquired by Unzueta Law Group, P.C.
Our law firm has been acquired by Unzueta Law Group. Attorneys Estela Unzueta and Adrianna Unzueta Bernard will be handling cases for our existing clients, and they are available to address issues related to immigration and real estate law. If you have any questions, please contact us at 630-875-1700.
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Attorney Ana Mendez Mencini is an experienced and knowledgeable immigration attorney with a history of strong advocacy in service to her clients. Herself the daughter of a Colombian immigrant, Ms. Mencini understands the many challenges immigrants face while dealing with immigration matters. She has the knowledge and experience needed to guide clients through the often difficult immigration process.
Ms. Mencini began her legal career working for the legal content provider, Lexis-Nexis. She then joined the firm of A. Traub & Cadiz where, as a staff attorney, she worked on family law, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, and real estate cases. At the same time, she pursued her interest in immigration law by representing, on a pro bono basis, clients seeking asylum in the United States.
In 2005, Ms. Mencini left the firm of A. Traub & Cadiz to open her own law office, which primarily represented clients in immigration cases. In 2011, Ms. Mencini expanded her practice by joining the Chicago-Kent College of Law as an Assistant Professor of Law and the supervising attorney for their Immigration Clinic. In that role, Ms. Mencini supervised law students working on Immigration cases and taught Immigration law. She left Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2014 to concentrate on her private practice.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Citizenship & Natralization
- Deportation/Removal Defense
- Asylum
- Family Based Immigration
- Fiancé Visa
- Not Currently Accepting Clients
- Illinois
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Volunteer
- World Relief DuPage/Aurora for their citizenship workshops
- Current
- Volunteer
- Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center
- Current
- where I won asylum for my clients who had escaped persecution in Colombia to come to the United States
- Volunteer to represent family law clients
- DuPage County Legal Aid Foundation
- Current
- Owner
- Ana M. Mencini & Associates, P.C.
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- Principal
- Immigration Law Group
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- Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
- Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law
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- Legal Editor
- Lexis-Nexis
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- Contract Attorney
- A. TRAUB & CADIZ
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- Vice-President Documentation and Training
- SunGard Futures
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- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
- J.D. (2001) | Law
- Rank: 45/349; Top 13%; GPA: 3.49/4.0 Chicago-Kent Law Review, Managing Editor 2000-2001 Finalist Charles Evans Hughes Moot Court Competition CALI Award for Highest Grade in Bankruptcy, Summer 2000 DuPage Association of Women Lawyers Scholarship Recipient Chicago-Kent Merit Scholarship Recipient for 4 years
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- DePaul University
- M.A. (1993) | Master of Arts in Non-Fiction Writing
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- Lake Forest College
- B.A. (1990) | Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude
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- Judge Helen C. Kinney Scholarship
- DuPage Association of Women Lawyers Foundation
- DuPage County Bar Association
- Member
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- Division Street Safety Committee, City of Wood Dale,
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- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers
- Member
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- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
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- DuPage County Bar Association
- Chairperson Immigration Law Committee
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- Immigration Law (excluding Tax chapter)
- Illinois Jurisprudence
- Some suburban immigrants see hope, some don't in Obama plan
- Daily Herald
- New Technology Raises a New Question: What is the Definition of a Broker-Dealer?
- CORPORATION, SECURITIES & BUSINESS LAW FORUM
- Internet Road Shows: Oral or Written Prospectus Under the Securities Act of 1933
- Illinois Bar Journal
- Adoption Law and Immigration, Adoption Law Committee
- Particular Social Groups in the Asylum Context, Chicago Bar Association
- Crimmigration 101, DuPage County Bar Association
- Commercial Real Estate Closings for Paralegals, National Business Institute, Inc., Institute for Paralegal Education
- Mentor/Mentee Orientation, DuPage County Bar Association
