Himedes V. Chicas - Wheaton, MD

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
    Law Journal: Maryland Journal of International Law, Executive Articles Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Scranton

Current Employment Position(s)

• Metro DC area Immigration lawyer

Past Positions

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office, D.C. Chapter Liaison Committee
• Senator Ben Cardin in the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Legislative Law Clerk

Languages

• English

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Faculty/Presenter, Prince George’s County, Maryland Bar Association, Alan Goldstein Annual Memorial Lecture, Duty of Criminal Defense Attorneys to Advise Noncitizen Clients, (March 2014)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, Maryland State Bar Association, Immigration Section, CLE Spring Conference, The November 21, 2014 DHS Enforcement Priorities Memo: Alive and Well in Maryland and throughout the Country, (May 2015)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Immigration Program, The Immigrant and Criminal Defense Institute, Relief from Removal: Cancellation, 212(h), (September 2015)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, District of Columbia Bar, Continuing Legal Education Program, Immigration Practice Law Clinic: Litigation and Advocacy before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, (October 2015)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington D.C. Chapter, 2015 Fall Conference, Enforcement Priorities and Prosecutorial Discretion: Confronting These Countervailing Forces, (November 2015)
  
• Speaker, University of Baltimore School of Law, Immigration Law Association, Crim-Imm Symposium: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Representing Noncitizen Clients in Criminal and Immigration Proceedings (April 2016)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, Office of the State’s Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland, SAO Training, Immigration Law Fundamentals (May 2016)
  
• Faculty/Presenter, Maryland State Bar Association, 2016 Annual Conference/Joint Ben Bar Conference, Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions Fundamentals (June 2016)

Pro Bono Activities

• Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition
• Tahirih Justice Center
• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Immigration Clinic
• World Relief Organization
• University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Immigration Clinic-World Relief, Baltimore Immigration Court Consultation Project, Volunteer Attorney, 2011 - Present

Bar Admissions

• Maryland
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Immigration Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association (Chair)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”), 2010 - Present (Member)
• AILA, Washington D.C. Chapter, Baltimore—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Liaison Committee, 2012 - 2014 (Vice Chair)
• AILA, Washington D.C. Chapter, Baltimore—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Liaison Committee, 2015 - Present (Co-Chair)
• Bar Association of Baltimore City, 2011 - 2013 (Member)
• Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, 2015 - Present (Member)
• Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2015 - Present
• Maryland State Bar Association (“MSBA”), 2010 - Present (Member)
• MSBA Immigration Law Section Council, 2016 - Present (Chair)
• Maryland Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, 2010 - Present (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association, 2014 - Present (Member)
• Regional Criminal-Immigration Collaborative, 2014 - Present (Participant)