San Diego Immigration Attorneys with Over 40 Years of Experience
For over 40 years, Hurwitz Holt has helped families, professionals, and businesses navigate U.S. immigration law with clarity, compassion, and precision. Based in San Diego, we serve clients nationwide and around the world in complex immigration matters where experience truly matters.
Our History
Hurwitz Holt, APLC, formerly known as the Law Offices of Leah W. Hurwitz, APLC from 1980 until 2011, is a full-service San Diego based immigration law firm experienced in all aspects of U.S. immigration and naturalization law. Our team of talented immigration attorneys, paralegals, and staff, fluent in Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English, handle complex immigration matters with an uncompromising commitment to excellence, integrity, and creative problem-solving.
What Sets Hurwitz Holt Apart
✔️ 40+ years of exclusive immigration law practice
✔️ Certified Immigration & Nationality Law Specialist
✔️ Immigration Court & appellate experience
✔️ Multilingual legal team
Our Philosophy
At Hurwitz Holt, we provide compassionate, straightforward legal guidance while building trusted relationships rooted in integrity. Every client receives personalized attention, honest assessments, and thoughtful solutions to complex immigration matters, along with an unwavering commitment to helping you achieve your immigration goals.
Our Immigration Focus
✔️ Family-based immigration
✔️ Asylum & humanitarian relief
✔️ Victim-based petitions
✔️ Deportation defense & appeals
We have successfully helped people to immigrate to the United States from Canada, Mexico, Russia, Philippines, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway, Cambodia, Japan, Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Romania, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and many other countries.
Our Founding Partners
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Ms. Hurwitz is retired and is no longer accepting immigration cases.
Leah W. Hurwitz
Co-Founder | Attorney (Retired)
Honoring over three decades of leadership in immigration law
✔️ Founder & Managing Attorney, Law Offices of Leah W. Hurwitz, APLC (1980–2011)
✔️ Co-Founder & Retired Shareholder, Hurwitz Holt, APLC (2011)
✔️ Served clients in U.S. immigration matters for nearly four decades (1980–2018)
✔️ Former Secretary & Vice-President, San Diego County Bar Association – Immigration Section
✔️ Former Secretary & Treasurer, San Diego Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
✔️ Guest Lecturer, University of San Diego School of Law & longtime AILA mentor
✔️ Named a 2013 Top Attorney by the San Diego Daily Transcript
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Matthew G. Holt
Owner | Managing Attorney
Certified immigration law specialist and courtroom advocate
✔️ Co-Founder, Hurwitz Holt, APLC (2011)
✔️ Certified Immigration & Nationality Law Specialist, California State Bar
✔️ Represents clients in Immigration Court and on appeal
✔️ Extensive experience in asylum, bond hearings, removal defense, and adjustment of status
✔️ Handles consular processing and employment-based immigration matters
✔️ Known for achieving results in complex and high-stakes immigration cases
✔️ Active member, San Diego Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
✔️ Regular pro bono representation for individuals and families
Ms. Hurwitz is retired and is no longer accepting immigration cases.
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