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Kripa Upadhyay Associate Attorney
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Kripa’s practice focuses on all areas of Immigration and Nationality law. She handles immigration matters related to Removal/Deportation defense before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Kripa has a diverse practice representing individuals and companies in various stages of the immigrant and non-immigrant process. Her practice includes, family based petitions, removal defense, naturalization and non-immigrant visas. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member) -Chair: Citizenship day committee (2009
– Present) -Vice
Chair: Citizenship day Committee (2008-09) Washington State Bar Association (Member) South Asian Bar Association of Washington (Member) EDUCATION California State University, Long Beach, B.A., 2002 Seattle University, School of Law, J.D., 2007 -Access to Justice Institute (Student Leader, Immigration Court Project, 2006-2007)
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS Washington State Supreme Court: Admitted 2008 U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Washington Admitted 2009 U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington Admitted 2009 United
States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Admitted 2009
PERSONAL
Kripa graduated from Seattle University School of Law in 2007. Kripa is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) where she serves as the Chair of the Citizenship Day Committee for 2009-2010. She previously served as the Vice Chair for the Citizenship Day Committee for 2008-2009. Kripa is a first generation immigrant from Nepal who immigrated to the United States in 1998. She is actively involved with the local Nepali and Bhutanese communities for whom she regularly organizes free Legal/Education seminars on various issues of concerns to the community. She also serves as a member of the Board for Nepalese Children’s Education Fund (http://www.nepalchildren.org) a non-profit organization that raises money to educate children from socially and economically disadvantaged families in Nepal. Having lived most of her life in India and Nepal and travelled extensively in the region, Kripa is fluent in Nepali and Hindi and conversant in Urdu. |
