Camila S. Palmer is a partner at Elkind Alterman Harston PC. She joined EAH in October 2011 after completing a two-year clerkship with the Denver Immigration Court through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Prior to working at the Denver Immigration Court, Ms. Palmer was a staff attorney at The Door's Legal Services Center in New York City, where she represented immigrant youth before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review, as well as in New York State family courts. She conducted trainings on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and provided mentorship to attorneys representing immigrant youth throughout New York State. Ms. Palmer earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 2007 and her bachelor's degree from Middlebury College. Before entering law school, Ms. Palmer taught high school Spanish in Washington, D.C., was an immigration paralegal at Ayuda, Inc., and worked on refugee resettlement issues for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in San Jose, Costa Rica. She is a member of the New York State bar and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, currently serving as chair of the EOIR-AILA Liaison Committee. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Towards Justice, a Denver-based nonprofit that seeks to promote workers' rights and advance economic justice through impact litigation in Colorado and nationally.

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