Lorena Gaona Krewson

Lorena Gaona Krewson is a Houston immigration attorney licensed in both Texas and Mexico. She represents individuals, families, and businesses in removal defense, asylum matters, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, and naturalization. Her practice also covers other immigration benefits and procedures that affect a person’s ability to remain in or enter the United States. Lorena has more than ten years of international legal experience, including corporate and labor matters, and offers legal guidance in English and Spanish.

Lorena earned a bachelor’s degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Coahuila in 2006 and a master’s degree in International Corporate Law from Iberoamericana University in Mexico in 2014. She then completed a Pre-LLM in Common Law at York University in Canada in 2015 and a Master of Laws at the University of Houston Law Center in 2023. This cross-border education supports her understanding of different legal systems and the issues involved in United States immigration proceedings.

Lorena represents clients in removal proceedings, cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture protection, bond motions, and stays of deportation. She also works on motions to reopen or reconsider, appeals, consular processing, waivers, U visas, T visas, VAWA petitions, DACA renewals, and employment- or family-based immigration applications. These cases involve complex filing and evidentiary requirements before federal agencies and immigration courts. Her practice also involves managing case-specific documentation. Earlier in her career, she worked as corporate counsel in Mexico, handling contracts, entity formation, employment questions, and corporate governance.

Lorena has trained paralegals, law clerks, and legal assistants and brings experience from private legal and government-related settings. Her bilingual communication skills assist clients navigating immigration systems while her corporate background adds context to employment and business immigration matters. She helps clients address detailed procedures and documentary requirements across jurisdictions. Lorena Gaona Krewson combines international legal training, dual licensure, and direct immigration case experience in representing families and businesses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Gallardo Law Firm
• Member, State Bar of Texas

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• University of Houston Law Center
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• York University
  Pre-LLM in Common Law
• Iberoamericana University
  Master’s in International Corporate Law
• Autonomous University of Coahuila
  Bachelor’s in Law

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