About Lara Erin
Lara Erin Nations began her path to the law rooted in international studies and geography. She earned a B.A. in International Relations and Geography from Florida International University. After that she remained at FIU for her legal training, receiving her J.D. from the Florida International University College of Law.
Her early academic work exposed her to cross-border issues and language study. That background informed her decision to enter immigration law and related federal practice. She holds an advanced proficiency credential in Portuguese issued by the Brazilian Ministry of Education, which she has used when working with Portuguese-speaking clients.
Nations joined Nations Law Group as a lawyer in 2015. She has been listed as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2015 and maintains that membership through the present. Her career has been built on matters that often touch federal courts and administrative immigration processes.
She is admitted to practice in Alaska and admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Those admissions shape the scope of cases she can accept and the forums in which she appears. The combination of state admission and federal appellate admission means she can carry matters through administrative proceedings and, when necessary, into federal court filings.
Colleagues describe her as precise in paperwork and deliberate in courtroom preparation. Clients who speak Portuguese find it easier to discuss complex immigration details because she can converse in Portuguese at an advanced level. She has used that skill to work with people from Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking communities on documentary and oral matters.
Her professional routine mixes hearings, filings and client counseling. She is active in the immigration bar through AILA, which keeps her engaged on policy shifts and procedural developments. That involvement also provides a steady flow of continuing legal education and peer exchange.
Nations practices from Nations Law Group. She handles immigration matters for individuals and families, and she accepts cases that proceed in state and federal forums.
