About Ms. Alicia M.
Ms. Alicia M. Heflin built a steady path into the law. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 2003 and completed her J.D. at Phoenix School of Law in 2006. Those academic steps preceded a professional arc that began in office support and moved quickly into courtroom work.
Her earliest legal work dates to 1999, when she was a paralegal and office manager at Bays Law, P.C. She returned to law office employment after law school as a law clerk at the Law Offices of Nic Suriel in 2006. Two years later she advanced to an associate attorney role at the same firm. By 2012 she launched her own practice, Heflin Law, PLC, and has operated that firm since then.
Heflin is admitted to practice in Arizona and is authorized to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her professional memberships reflect long-standing involvement in the legal community. She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2007. She also held membership in the American Bar Association from 2007 until 2020, and she belonged to the Maricopa County Bar Association from 2012 through 2019.
Those affiliations overlap with the kinds of matters she handles. Colleagues and clients know her work often involves immigration-related filings and proceedings. She has handled cases that proceed through administrative channels and matters that can reach federal court. She balances courtroom advocacy and case preparation, and she has experience guiding matters from initial filings through appellate review where appropriate.
Professionally she moved through distinct roles early on: administrative and paralegal work gave way to clerking and then to associate-level responsibilities. That progression informed how she runs a small firm. Managing client intake, directing litigation strategy and overseeing pleadings are regular parts of the practice. She has maintained professional memberships that connect her to broader immigration law developments and local bar resources.
She opened Heflin Law, PLC in 2012 and continues to operate that firm. She handles immigration matters and represents clients in Arizona and before the Ninth Circuit.
