Attorney Profile
Amna Shirazi
Owner, Attorney
Top Atlanta immigration attorney
Amna Shirazi, a top Atlanta immigration attorney, earned her JD from Georgia State University College of Law and an LLM from Emory University School of Law.
Known for her advocacy, Amna has a successful immigration practice focusing on deportation defense, detention and removal, asylum/human rights, family immigration, domestic violence and consular issues. She handles all manners of appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals as well as litigation in the federal courts.
Amna has been admitted to the State bar of Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. An active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2001, Ms. Shirazi is the liaison from AILA to CBP at the Atlanta Airport, the busiest airport in the world. She often works at the intersection of criminal law and immigration and is an Area Vice President for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She has been featured in media outlets, teaches about immigration, and served as an election monitor with President Carter. A Leadership Georgia alum, she’s a frequent award winner, including Super Lawyers for over a decade, Martindale Hubbel AV Preeminent rated and recognized by Best Lawyers, a prestigious peer reviewed honor. She was selected as outstanding alumna of Georgia State University, one of 2 people who are selected each year who are mid-career professionals who have trailblazed a prominent career.
As a well-known community educator, Ms. Shirazi is a constant and reliable source to media outlets, industry organizations (manufacturing, hospitality, construction, agribusiness) and the criminal and labor bar sections of different states. They frequently ask her to speak at conferences and publish her remarks about current immigration issues and immigration policy.
Off the clock, Amna works on volunteer projects, such as her work with an international pro bono project assisting former members of the US Army help evacuate Afghans who worked with the US Military after the fall of Kabul. They were successful in negotiating several rescue missions and flights to bring people to safety. Ms. Shirazi is married to a fellow lawyer and they share two children. She has a passionate interest in world travel, international relations and the culinary world in all its aspects.
