Maleeha Haq

Maleeha Haq is an accomplished immigration attorney based in Newark, California, with over 15 years of dedicated legal experience. She represents individuals and families worldwide in a broad spectrum of immigration matters, including asylum, family-based petitions, business immigration, adjustment of status, and deportation defense. Throughout her career, Ms. Haq has achieved successful outcomes in complex and high-stakes proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.\n\nMs. Haq earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 2007 after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in 2003. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2009 and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the South Asian Bar Association. An ardent advocate for the immigrant community, she has served as a mentor attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and previously served on the board of CAIR-SFBA. In recognition of her exceptional pro bono contributions, she was honored with the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services by the State Bar of California.\n\nAs a former immigrant herself, Ms. Haq brings personal empathy and insight to every matter she handles, understanding the profound personal stakes involved in navigating U.S. immigration law. She is committed to providing compassionate, strategic, and individualized counsel to help clients overcome seemingly insurmountable hurdles. Fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi, Ms. Haq and her multilingual team proudly serve diverse clients across the Bay Area and beyond.