{"id":17401,"date":"2024-08-22T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s5v83zylcb.wpdns.site\/?post_type=our-attorneys&#038;p=17401"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:23:30","slug":"elissa-stiles","status":"publish","type":"our-attorneys","link":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/our-attorneys\/elissa-stiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Elissa Stiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biograf\u00eda<\/h2>\n<p>Elissa Stiles is a Senior Litigation Attorney at Rivas &amp; Associates, one of Oklahoma\u2019s leading immigration law firms. She has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2024, 2025, and 2026, a prestigious distinction awarded to only a small percentage of attorneys in each state.<\/p>\n<p>For purposes of habeas corpus and other federal litigation, Elissa is now admitted in the Eastern District of Texas. With this addition, she is admitted in all Texas federal districts, as well as New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma. Recognized for her proven win record before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Elissa is dedicated to defending the rights of immigrants in court and through persuasive legal writing.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the Oklahoma Bar in 2019, Elissa has built her career exclusively in immigration law with Rivas &amp; Associates. She currently serves as Chair of both the Oklahoma Bar Association Immigration Section and the Tulsa County Bar Association Immigration Section, where she regularly presents continuing legal education (CLE) to help train other immigration lawyers across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Elissa tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 profundamente comprometida con la defensa de los inmigrantes fuera de los tribunales. Es presidenta de la junta directiva del American Dream Center, una organizaci\u00f3n sin \u00e1nimo de lucro que ofrece asistencia jur\u00eddica gratuita y de bajo coste en materia de inmigraci\u00f3n a las comunidades desfavorecidas de Tulsa. Su erudici\u00f3n legal ha sido destacada en el Oklahoma Bar Journal, donde ha publicado art\u00edculos sobre temas complejos de inmigraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Elissa comenz\u00f3 su carrera con Rivas &amp; Associates como pasante de derecho en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Tulsa en 2017. Con los a\u00f1os, se ha convertido en una respetada litigante cuya pr\u00e1ctica se centra en:<\/p>\n<p>Recursos ante la Junta de Apelaciones de Inmigraci\u00f3n y los Tribunales Federales de Circuito<br \/>\nPeticiones de mandamus para casos de inmigraci\u00f3n retrasados<br \/>\nPeticiones de h\u00e1beas corpus para inmigrantes detenidos injustamente por el ICE<br \/>\nLitigios federales para proteger los derechos de los inmigrantes<\/p>\n<p>En 2024, Elissa trabaj\u00f3 como co-asesora local con la Uni\u00f3n Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU), asegurando con \u00e9xito una medida cautelar contra la legislaci\u00f3n anti-inmigrante de Oklahoma, HB 4156.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando no est\u00e1 litigando casos de inmigraci\u00f3n, Elissa disfruta participando en clubes de lectura y escribiendo ficci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48197 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-1024x404.png\" alt=\"super-lawyers-best-immigration-attorney-tulsa\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-1024x404.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-1536x607.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1-18x7.png 18w, https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/superlawyerslogos_nobg-1.png 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":46317,"template":"","class_list":["post-17401","our-attorneys","type-our-attorneys","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-attorneys\/17401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-attorneys"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-attorneys"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivasassociates.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}