Lauren McClure
Top rated Immigration attorney in Chicago, Illinois
Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 2013
Education: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, French
Selected to Rising Stars: 2016 - 2025 Call today:
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Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC
200 West Adams StreetSuite 2211
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Lauren McClure is a partner with Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC, located in Chicago, Illinois. Her practice areas encompass various facets of immigration law, including asylum, removal defense, federal court litigation, and employment- and family-based immigration. Admitted to practice law in the state of Illinois, she also appears before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Ms. McClure is a B.A. graduate with magna cum laude honors from DePaul University. She pursued her interest in law at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor degree with magna cum laude honors. While at law school, she was a student articles editor for the school’s law journal and was the executive and associate editor for the school’s international law review. She is currently a part-time faculty member at her alma mater, instructing law students at the Institute for Paralegal Studies.
Ms. McClure is an eloquent speaker and panelist, delivering many talks in seminars conducted by esteemed legal organizations such as the Chicago Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and so on. In addition to her speaking engagements, she is also a published author, her work featuring in the Immigration Law Section of the Federal Bar Association. Recognized for her legal services, she was awarded the 2019 Younger Lawyer of the Year Award by the Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section.
An active member of the legal community, Ms. McClure is affiliated with many notable legal associations such as the Chicago Bar Association (former co-chair of the Immigration & National Law Committee), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (member of the ICE OCC Liaison Committee and co-chair of Advocacy Committee), the Federal Bar Association (Younger Lawyer's Division of the Immigration Law Section), the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.
Practice areas
Immigration: ConsumerFocus areas
Asylum, Naturalization & Citizenship
- 100% Immigration: Consumer
First Admitted: 2013, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://krilaw.com/attorney-profiles/lauren-mcclure/
- State of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Federal Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member of the ICE OCC Liaison Committee and Co-chair of Advocacy Committee
- Chicago Bar Association, former co-chair of the Immigration & National Law Committee
- Federal Bar Association, Younger Lawyer's Division of the Immigration Law Section, 2014
- Younger Lawyer of the Year 2019 – Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section
- Super Lawyers-Rising Stars 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
- DePaul University, B.A., magna cum laude
- The Doctrine of Consular Non-Reviewability: Why It Still Matters, The Green Card, published by the Immigration Law Section of the Federal Bar Association, Fall 2016.
- Creative Ways to get Us and VAWAs into the United States, Webinar Panelist for Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section’s Younger Lawyers Division, May 2019.
- Creative Ways to get Us and VAWAs into the United States, Panelist/Speaker (May 2019), 2019 Immigration Law Conference, Federal Bar Association, Austin, Texas
- Immigration Litigation in the Federal District Courts, Panelist/Speaker (May 2019), 2019 Immigration Law Conference, Federal Bar Association, Austin, Texas
- DePaul University, Advanced Naturalization seminar, October 2018, Speaker, “Build your Record- Looking toward District Court,” Chicago, Illinois
- Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, Annual Conference 2018, Speaker, “Hot Topics: Representing Survivors in the New Environment- Safety Planning and New Tools to Avoid Removal,” Memphis, Tennessee
- Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, Annual Conference 2018, Moderator, “Determining Appropriate Relief, SIJ, VAWA, Asylum U-Visas, T-Visas,” Memphis, Tennessee
- Consular Processing Strategies: Pitfalls and Solutions in Consular Practice (January 2017) Speaker, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois.
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, student articles editor for the school’s law journal and was the executive and associate editor for the school’s international law review.
Office location for Lauren McClure
200 West Adams Street
Suite 2211
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-235-1853
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2016 - 2025
