Jessica Smith Bobadilla

Jessica Smith Bobadilla is an accomplished immigration attorney with over two decades of dedicated legal experience. Based in historic downtown Fresno, California, she represents individuals, families, and businesses across the United States and internationally. Her practice focuses comprehensively on complex immigration matters, including asylum applications, deportation defense, and cross-border mobility issues throughout jurisdictions such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Boston.

Ms. Bobadilla earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University in 2001, following her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to managing her law practice since 2002, she has contributed to legal education as a former law professor at San Joaquin College of Law and remains an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Deeply inspired by her family's own refugee background—her paternal grandparents settled in Fresno after escaping the Armenian Genocide—Ms. Bobadilla approaches each case with profound empathy and personal dedication. She recognizes that immigration status shapes the future of entire generations, and she is committed to providing compassionate, strategic, and tireless advocacy for clients from all walks of life.