Ms. Carlina Tapia-Ruano
Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C.
53 West Jackson Blvd.
Suite 852
Chicago, IL 60604
USA
(312) 281-4867
At Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C. we believe that through immigration, the American dream is continuously renewed. We are dedicated to helping immigrants and their families realize this dream, and to assist businesses in meeting their unique human resource needs.
Our firm's founder, Carlina Tapia-Ruano, is widely renowned as a leading expert in immigration law. On June 22, 2006 Carlina Tapia-Ruano was installed as President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) during the association’s 50th Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. AILA is a national bar association of over 12,000 attorneys and law professors. Ms Tapia-Ruano is the first Hispanic to be elected to this position in the 60-year history of AILA.
Carlina Tapia-Ruano has concentrated her practice in the field of immigration law for over two decades. Ms. Tapia-Ruano has served on countless national committees as a liaison to various federal government offices. In addition, she has been Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Section on Immigration Law, and was a prior board member of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois. Ms. Tapia-Ruano has testified before the US Congress on the USA PATRIOT Act, is a frequent lecturer on immigration law to attorneys all over the US, and appears frequently in newspapers, radio and on Spanish-language television programs.
In addition, Ms. Tapia-Ruano was an adjunct professor of immigration law at IIT-Chicago Kent School of Law and DePaul College of Law in Chicago, and has published several articles in leading legal publications regarding various topics in immigration law. She holds a rating of AV (very high to preeminent) by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, is listed in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America, Leading Lawyers Network, the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Marquis' Who's who of American Women, is a lifetime member of United Who’s Who, and has been named a “SuperLawyer” in Illinois every year from 2005 to the present.
Under Ms. Tapia-Ruano's leadership, the firm of Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C. provides its clients with sound counsel and effective representation in every aspect of immigration law. Whether one is seeking assistance in obtaining a business or travel visa, advice on complying with the Immigration Reform and Control Act, guidance in achieving permanent residency or citizenship, or representation at a deportation hearing - to name just a few such services - Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C. has the experience and wherewithal to promptly address and advance our client's legal needs.
And for those to whom Spanish is their primary language, all attorneys and staff at Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C. speak Spanish.
1982
Law School
DePaul College of Law
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
Types of Cases Handled
- Business & Employment
- Consular Processing
- Deferred Action (DACA and DAPA)
- Deportation - Removal
- Employer Sanctions
- Family
- General
Languages Spoken at This Law Office
- Spanish
