Meet Cathy and her team.
Cathy Higgins-Mora
Experience
Prior to starting her own practice since June 2014, Cathy Higgins-Mora was a partner with Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd in Chicago. She has dedicated her career to the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law. She joined the firm in 2000.
Cathy represents individual foreign nationals and their families in U.S. immigration and nationality matters, including family-based immigration petitions and applications; adjustment of status and immigrant visa processing; and naturalization and citizenship applications.
She routinely represents clients before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of State, and numerous U.S. consular posts worldwide.
In the 1990’s Cathy was an extern at the Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center (now the National Immigrant Justice Center), where she was involved in significant lobbying efforts on behalf of individuals being detained indefinitely. She also prepared a manual and trained pro bono attorneys how to represent clients under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (“NACARA”).
Cathy is licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois since 1999. Since Immigration law is federal, Cathy can represent clients with U.S. immigration matters all over the U.S. and world. She graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1999. Cathy Higgins-Mora is fluent in Spanish.
Memberships and Associations
Legal
- Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago Chapter (AILA)
- District Director, Liaison Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chicago Chapter
- Volunteer at citizenship workshops, Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Chair of AILA Chicago Chapter Social Committee
- Member of AILA National Committee Family Section
Speeches and Presentations
- Cathy is a frequent speaker and trainer for not-for-profit immigration representatives who are accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals. She has presented at the Chicago Bar Association, the DePaul Law School and venues including the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
- Lake Forest College legal studies class
- D214 presentations – “Redefining Ready.”
- Elmhurst University legal studies class
- 2025 AILA Denver Conference Speaker
A Message from your Attorney
”"As an immigration attorney since 1999, I feel privileged to assist hard-working immigrant families. I take great pride in providing them with compassionate and quality representation."
Meet Our Team
Cathy Higgins-Mora
Attorney
Vianney
Office Manager
Michelle
Senior Paralegal
Maureen
Paralegal
Stephanie
Legal Assistant
Camila
D214 Apprentice
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