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Ms. Hirota began her law practice in Ohio as an associate with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, a large law firm in Cincinnati. After practicing immigration law in Ohio for two years, Ms. Hirota returned to her family in Hawaii and joined Lynch & Farmer in 1997. She was named a partner of Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota in 2002 and left that firm to found Hirota & Associates in 2009. Ms. Hirota’s practice concentrates solely in U.S. Immigration and Nationality law. Ms. Hirota is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, having served on the following committees: Hawaii Chapter Chair, 2012 – 2014
Vice Chair & Treasurer, 2011-2012
Hawaii Chapter Congressional Liaison
National EOIR Liaison Committee, 2007-2008
National Mentor, Honolulu District Office practice, 2003-present
USCIS California Service Center Liaison Committee, 2005-2007
National Immigration Reform Committee, 2005-2006
Hawaii Chapter Chair, 2003-2005
Hawaii Chapter Vice Chair, 2001-2003
Hawaii Chapter Secretary, 2000-2001. Ms. Hirota served the American Immigration Council (formerly American Immigration Law Foundation) on its Legal Action Center Advisory Committee from 2007-2010. She is a lifetime member of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii
a director of the charitable foundation, Dr. Arthur & Bonnie Ennis Foundation, 2004-present
Hawaii Pacific University, Career Services Advisory Council, 2006-2008
and is a member of Hawaii Women Lawyers. Ms. Hirota has been chosen by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America each year since 2008 in the field of Immigration Law. She was named the Best Lawyers’ 2018 & 2015 Honolulu Immigration Law “Lawyer of the Year.”

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