Leah W. Hurwitz

Leah W. Hurwitz is a retired immigration attorney who co-founded Hurwitz Holt, APLC, in San Diego, California. She dedicated nearly four decades to U.S. immigration law, representing individuals, families, and businesses in complex immigration matters. Her practice included family-based immigration, employment visas, naturalization, asylum, and deportation defense. She founded the Law Offices of Leah W. Hurwitz, APLC, in 1980 and served as its managing attorney until 2011, when she established Hurwitz Holt with her legal partner.

Throughout her career, she contributed to the legal community through leadership roles with the San Diego County Bar Association's Immigration Section and the American Immigration Lawyers Association's San Diego Chapter. She also guest-lectured at the University of San Diego School of Law and mentored other immigration attorneys.

Ms. Hurwitz earned her Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1979 and retired from practice in 2018.

Education

• California Western School of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.).
• University of California, Berkeley – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).

Bar Admissions

• California State Bar – 1979.
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.