About Mariana
Mariana Toledo-Hermina trained in Puerto Rico before building a legal career in New York. She earned a B.A. in Modern Languages from the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras in 1997 after beginning her studies there in 1993. She later completed her law degree at the City University of New York - Queens College, receiving her J.D. in 2004.
Her first post-graduate role was at Bronx Legal Aid Services in 2004. There she worked as an associate lawyer and gained early courtroom and client-facing experience in public interest practice. In 2010 she moved to Elias Immigration Law, where she served as an associate lawyer and handled matters that exposed her to immigration procedure and the contours of federal administrative practice. Two years later she joined Rawls, Scheer, Foster & Mingo as an associate, and in 2017 she took an associate position at ChristmannLegal. Each stop added new practice settings and institutional perspectives to her resume.
She later launched her own practice, the Law Office of Mariana Toledo-Hermina, LLC, where she serves as owner and lawyer. Running a small firm has allowed her to manage case strategy, client intake, and courtroom preparation in a hands-on way. The arc of her résumé runs from legal aid to boutique immigration work to private practice, which gives her familiarity with both public and private sectors of the law.
Toledo-Hermina is admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina. Her academic background in modern languages informs how she approaches client communication and document review. Colleagues describe her as practical and straightforward; clients she has represented have included individuals dealing with immigration matters and participants in civil legal disputes.
Her career shows steady movement between organizational settings: nonprofit, boutique immigration practice, regional firms, and now an independent office. That variety means she has experience preparing pleadings, advising clients through administrative processes, and representing them in court when necessary. She also brings the procedural knowledge gained at each firm to the matters she handles at her own office.
She maintains her practice through the Law Office of Mariana Toledo-Hermina, LLC, where she continues to represent clients in immigration-related and civil legal matters.
