About Us

Maria Blumenfeld is the founder and managing member of Maria Blumenfeld Law, LLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of immigration law and family law. Maria has helped hundreds of clients in their immigration and family cases. She has litigated by trial for clients in immigration court and state courts.

Maria has devoted her career to upholding and fighting for the rights of immigrants, children and families in the United States. Prior to founding Maria Blumenfeld Law, Maria dedicated her practice to serve as a public interest attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) where she focused on removal defense and asylum cases, representing unaccompanied immigrant children and formerly detained immigrant families.

In 2016, Maria was awarded the highly competitive Equal Justice Works Fellowship, and her program was sponsored by Microsoft and Reed Smith LLP. During her time with Equal Justice Works and NIJC, she not only provided legal services to hundreds of clients in immigration matters, but also recruited and trained pro-bono attorneys to represent asylum seekers, while working hand-in-hand with attorneys from Microsoft, Reed Smith, and others.

Because of her expertise, Maria is often invited to provide training to pro-bono attorneys working with unaccompanied immigrant children.

She has provided training on immigration matters in Illinois, Indiana and Connecticut. During this time, Maria also acquired extensive knowledge in family law, and provided training to attorneys representing families in family law matters throughout the state of Indiana. Maria also provides training to Indiana state court judges in cases dealing with immigrant children. Maria is licensed in the state of Indiana.

Maria lives in Michigan City, Indiana, with her family.

Selected Published Works and Speaking Engagements

• Speaker: Dialogue and Discernment Series: Immigration March 2019 | Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
• Speaker: Representing Immigrant Children. Building One Community November 2018 | Stamford, CT
• Speaker: Practicing Immigration Law in an Era of Heightened Enforcement October 2017 | Sidley Austin, Chicago, IL
• Speaker: Refugees Crisis Past and Present: Central American Refugee Crisis April 2017 | Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
• Speaker: Representing Immigrant Asylum Seekers September 2017 | Reed Smith LLP National Conference, Chicago, IL
• Speaker: Immigration & Family Law Relief for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children October 2017 | Elkhart Superior Court, Elkhart, IN
• Speaker: Annual Children in Need of Services Law & Procedures Symposium November 2017 | Allen County, Fort Wayne, IN
• Speaker: Immigration: Access to Justice Issues & The Need for Legal Services October 2016 | Equal Justice Works National Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Speaker: Representing Unaccompanied Immigrant Children October 2016 | Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN
• Speaker: Immigration Issues November 2016 | South Bend Indiana School Corporation, South Bend, IN
• Co-author: USCIS Policy Updates for Special Immigrant Juveniles: A Practice Advisory for State Court Practitioners 2017 | National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL