Leslie Diaz is an Immigration Attorney at Urbina Law Firm, LLC, with more than 25 years of legal experience and more than two decades dedicated to immigration law. Her practice focuses on deportation and removal defense, immigration appeals, and federal court litigation, as well as family-based immigration matters. Throughout her career, Leslie has represented individuals and families in complex immigration proceedings before courts and federal agencies across the United States.

Before focusing her practice on immigration law, Leslie served as a Staff Attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where she gained firsthand experience with the federal appellate process. She has since developed extensive experience handling appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), petitions for review before federal Courts of Appeals, and federal litigation involving immigration matters, including mandamus actions, Administrative Procedure Act (APA) actions, and habeas corpus petitions.

Leslie earned her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2000 and her Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Florida in 1995. While attending law school, she also gained experience with the Southern Center for Human Rights, the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office, and the Volunteer Immigration Project in Miami.

She is admitted to practice in the State of Georgia, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits. Leslie is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has served on AILA liaison committees involving ICE and EOIR.

Over the course of her career, Leslie has combined removal defense with appellate and federal litigation experience, allowing her to approach immigration cases from both the administrative and federal court perspectives. Her work has included asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, waivers, family-based immigration, and other forms of relief available to individuals facing complex immigration proceedings.