Mario Zapata

Mario Zapata is an immigration attorney with over 11 years of experience representing individuals, families, and businesses in U.S. immigration matters. His practice includes family-based and employment-based petitions, adjustment of status, naturalization, citizenship, waiver applications, and consular processing. He also represents individuals facing deportation and appears before USCIS and Immigration Courts nationwide. He has successfully argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Administrative Appeals Office.

Mr. Zapata earned his Juris Doctor from Chapman University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UCLA. He is admitted to practice in California, the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. Before opening his own practice, he worked at an immigration law firm under the mentorship of a California Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.