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Sunita Boddu

Irvine, CA

Licensed for 21 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Immigration

Language

English

About

Sunita Boddu is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, Law School. She is admitted to the California State Bar.Sunita has experience in both the public and private sectors. She was an extern for United States District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California in Sacramento. She also worked as a research attorney with the Orange County Superior Court, Santa Ana. Her private practice experience includes working at Rutan & Tucker, Orange County's largest law firm.Sunita attended UC Davis Law School because of its diversity. "I choose (University of California) Davis because the law school is named after Martin Luther King Jr.," she said. "At King Hall there is a deep commitment to social issues such as equality and fairness."Before attending law school, Sunita was a daily newspaper reporter. She wrote for The Riverside Press-Enterprise and The Home News, East Brunswick, New Jersey. Sunita received a B.A. Journalism from San Diego State University graduating summa cum laude and as the top news-editorial graduate in her class.Sunita opened her law office in Irvine because of the city's reputation as the Silicon Valley of the Southland and its easy accessibility to the growing population of immigrant families. Within the community, she has served as chair of the Immigration Section of the Orange County Bar Association. While her representation of family law clients is limited to California residents, her representation of immigration clients is open to residents of all states in the U.S. and the world. Immigration is governed by federal law.Sunita's expertise is providing high quality, efficient and affordable immigration and family law representation to clients. Clients will get big firm results with small firm attention to detail. As a lawyer that has worked with large firms, Sunita is comfortable talking to the government or opposing counsel to protect her clients' interests. On the other hand, her boutique practice ensures that her clients will get individualized attention.Sunita is a naturalized citizen who immigrated to the United States more than 35 years ago through her father, who studied in Montana State University, Bozeman, as one of the first group of Indian engineers to undertake a master's degree there. Her most recent personal experiences with immigration are through her husband, who is now a naturalized citizen. Her experience with that process put her in the shoes of hundreds of thousands of others with similar immigration experiences. "It is not an easy journey, nor one to be taken lightly," she said.

Practices Areas

Immigration

Language

English

Contact

15615 Alton Parkway, Suite 450Irvine, CA, 92618-3308

Office: (949) 569-7806

Website: N/A

Reviews

Brooke
January 22, 2015

When dealing with legal matters that are tiresome and stressful you want to be able to count on a lawyer who will make the process easier. Sunita was just that type of lawyer for my husband and I. She made the whole process a breeze. Sunita was flexible with our work schedules for meetings and was always willing to go out of her way to help us. Overall, Sunita is not only a great lawyer who is extremely precise but she is also very personable and kind.

Salman
January 23, 2015

After being on an H1B visa for a couple of years, I was exploring my options to US legal permanent residency. That's when I consulted Sunita for her expert advice thru her website's "Contact Us" section. She was very prompt in her email responses to my myriad of questions, pointing out the many intricacies of the process. Soon after, we met in person at her office to go over all the various documents and forms required from my end. She provided me with a very streamlined and clean list of documents and questions I needed to provide answers for. Sunita was very upfront about her reasonable fees compared to the industry standard. Once I provided her with my documents and answers, she was meticulous in putting together the forms and documents to file for my US legal permanent residency. All that was left for me to do was to sign the forms! She made it that easy! During the period waiting for my green card, Sunita was very diligent in following up with USCIS on my behalf whenever needed. I was worry-free knowing that my case was being handled by an expert lawyer with years of experience in the field of immigration law. I achieved US legal permanent residency without any hiccups and also used her services for my US citizenship afterwards. I would strongly recommend Sunita to anyone out there exploring options to US residency and/or citizenship. If you are looking for an expert immigration lawyer who is friendly, knowledgeable and detail-oriented, look no further than Sunita. She can provide you expert guidance thru your immigration journey at a very reasonable cost.

Juste
January 19, 2021

Sunita has helped me to navigate the process of becoming a permanent resident first and a citizen later. She is extremely knowledgeable, professional, caring and honest. I always felt she had my best interests at heart and wasn't focused on $. Sunita has made this difficult and confusing 'immigration journey' very easy and was always there to answer all the questions, give an advice or just calm my nerves. I could not be more grateful for all the work she has done for me and would not hesitate a second to hire her again, if ever needed.

David
November 8, 2020

My wife and I have working with Sunita for over fours at the time I’m writing this on November 2020. We had heard claims that many people were able to navigate this seemingly simple process in the past all by themselves. We decided to play it safe and consult an expert in October 2016 because we didn’t want to risk making a mistake. We had no idea how many different paths to residency and citizenship existed and we certainly had no idea how much the legal landscape was about to change. Sunita has helped my wife gain legal permanent residency and is currently helping us through the process of naturalization and we and beyond relieved to have her continued guidance and emotional support. This is a long and stressful process and we’ve had to make compromises (like missing funerals for family members in her home country) in order to stay the course. Make no mistake, there are figurative land mines all over this path and Sunita helped steer clear of them all. My life, my wife’s life and our marriage are where they are today in part because of our decision to ask Sunita for representation. She returned emails quickly, explained the process many times, was on time, met commitments, gave clear instructions on assignments, provided feedback and made sure we didn’t step on any land mines along the way. We’re forever grateful.

Noman
August 31, 2016

When I met Sunita my immigration situation was little complicated. I wasn't entirely hopeful. She took the time to explain everything to me, which gave me hope. It wasn't an easy process, but she guided me through it. She was extremely thorough and careful. Slowly....we went through the steps needed and I ended getting my Permanent residency. 3 years later I still used her services for my citizenship, even though I had moved away from S. California. I highly recommend her, as she is cautious, thorough and knows her stuff!

R.K.
February 11, 2016

Sunita Boddu is a professional, caring attorney. She was easy to reach and always took personal interest in our case. She responded to my calls by email or phone each time. She has been our immigration attorney on several cases for close to 10 years and has helped various members of my family to become US permanent residents. I would hire her again without hesitation and I always tell family and friends about her. Thank you, Sunita!

Dave
November 8, 2015

My life changed in the year of 2014. This is when someone I was close too became so much more. We were in love but separated by the process of immigration. Sunita was one of several lawyers we consulted. The difference between Sunita and the rest was how she listened, explained things in simple terms, and most important gave us the confidence to complete this process. Her preparedness and attention to detail made us very comfortable in achieving our goal of spending life together as husband and wife. Thank you Sunita for making our dream a reality!

Akshay
October 21, 2015

I have been working with Sunita on my i-485/i-130 application for adjustment of status application through marriage over the last 7 months. She is thoroughly professional, knowledgeable and incredibly helpful. She provided timely responses to all our questions and was very helpful during the entire process. She gave us thorough understanding of the documentation required and the expectations from the USCIS. I highly recommend her services and would definitely go back to her in the future for the US Naturalization process. Thanks a lot Sunita!!

Ludmila
March 5, 2015

In order to help my Ukrainian nephew to obtain a working visa I contacted several law offices in Irvine. The only attorney who talked to me on a professional and friendly level was Sunita Boddu. She immediately understood the issues, gave me great advice and put me on the right track. I hired her on the spot. It was great to work with such a caring, knowledgeable and meticulous lawyer. She had nailed the case. We continued our working relationship with Sunita and now my nephew has a green card, a great career and he and his family are on the road to becoming new citizens.

Sasha
March 4, 2015

Sunita handled our H1B, H1B renewal and employment-based immigration. We came from Ukraine and our case had “red flags” that could create problems. From the beginning she let us know that case was not easy and what to expect, all pros and cons. But she handled it professionally with deep knowledge of immigration procedures and we got through even despite additional audit. We had a wide range of immigration lawyers to pick from in the area, but all of them wanted to charge fees “just to talk” about the case. Sunita answered all questions for free during initial meetings and got the case. Thanks a lot for your help!

Brooke
January 22, 2015

When dealing with legal matters that are tiresome and stressful you want to be able to count on a lawyer who will make the process easier. Sunita was just that type of lawyer for my husband and I. She made the whole process a breeze. Sunita was flexible with our work schedules for meetings and was always willing to go out of her way to help us. Overall, Sunita is not only a great lawyer who is extremely precise but she is also very personable and kind.

Salman
January 23, 2015

After being on an H1B visa for a couple of years, I was exploring my options to US legal permanent residency. That's when I consulted Sunita for her expert advice thru her website's "Contact Us" section. She was very prompt in her email responses to my myriad of questions, pointing out the many intricacies of the process. Soon after, we met in person at her office to go over all the various documents and forms required from my end. She provided me with a very streamlined and clean list of documents and questions I needed to provide answers for. Sunita was very upfront about her reasonable fees compared to the industry standard. Once I provided her with my documents and answers, she was meticulous in putting together the forms and documents to file for my US legal permanent residency. All that was left for me to do was to sign the forms! She made it that easy! During the period waiting for my green card, Sunita was very diligent in following up with USCIS on my behalf whenever needed. I was worry-free knowing that my case was being handled by an expert lawyer with years of experience in the field of immigration law. I achieved US legal permanent residency without any hiccups and also used her services for my US citizenship afterwards. I would strongly recommend Sunita to anyone out there exploring options to US residency and/or citizenship. If you are looking for an expert immigration lawyer who is friendly, knowledgeable and detail-oriented, look no further than Sunita. She can provide you expert guidance thru your immigration journey at a very reasonable cost.

Juste
January 19, 2021

Sunita has helped me to navigate the process of becoming a permanent resident first and a citizen later. She is extremely knowledgeable, professional, caring and honest. I always felt she had my best interests at heart and wasn't focused on $. Sunita has made this difficult and confusing 'immigration journey' very easy and was always there to answer all the questions, give an advice or just calm my nerves. I could not be more grateful for all the work she has done for me and would not hesitate a second to hire her again, if ever needed.

David
November 8, 2020

My wife and I have working with Sunita for over fours at the time I’m writing this on November 2020. We had heard claims that many people were able to navigate this seemingly simple process in the past all by themselves. We decided to play it safe and consult an expert in October 2016 because we didn’t want to risk making a mistake. We had no idea how many different paths to residency and citizenship existed and we certainly had no idea how much the legal landscape was about to change. Sunita has helped my wife gain legal permanent residency and is currently helping us through the process of naturalization and we and beyond relieved to have her continued guidance and emotional support. This is a long and stressful process and we’ve had to make compromises (like missing funerals for family members in her home country) in order to stay the course. Make no mistake, there are figurative land mines all over this path and Sunita helped steer clear of them all. My life, my wife’s life and our marriage are where they are today in part because of our decision to ask Sunita for representation. She returned emails quickly, explained the process many times, was on time, met commitments, gave clear instructions on assignments, provided feedback and made sure we didn’t step on any land mines along the way. We’re forever grateful.

Noman
August 31, 2016

When I met Sunita my immigration situation was little complicated. I wasn't entirely hopeful. She took the time to explain everything to me, which gave me hope. It wasn't an easy process, but she guided me through it. She was extremely thorough and careful. Slowly....we went through the steps needed and I ended getting my Permanent residency. 3 years later I still used her services for my citizenship, even though I had moved away from S. California. I highly recommend her, as she is cautious, thorough and knows her stuff!

R.K.
February 11, 2016

Sunita Boddu is a professional, caring attorney. She was easy to reach and always took personal interest in our case. She responded to my calls by email or phone each time. She has been our immigration attorney on several cases for close to 10 years and has helped various members of my family to become US permanent residents. I would hire her again without hesitation and I always tell family and friends about her. Thank you, Sunita!

Dave
November 8, 2015

My life changed in the year of 2014. This is when someone I was close too became so much more. We were in love but separated by the process of immigration. Sunita was one of several lawyers we consulted. The difference between Sunita and the rest was how she listened, explained things in simple terms, and most important gave us the confidence to complete this process. Her preparedness and attention to detail made us very comfortable in achieving our goal of spending life together as husband and wife. Thank you Sunita for making our dream a reality!

Akshay
October 21, 2015

I have been working with Sunita on my i-485/i-130 application for adjustment of status application through marriage over the last 7 months. She is thoroughly professional, knowledgeable and incredibly helpful. She provided timely responses to all our questions and was very helpful during the entire process. She gave us thorough understanding of the documentation required and the expectations from the USCIS. I highly recommend her services and would definitely go back to her in the future for the US Naturalization process. Thanks a lot Sunita!!

Ludmila
March 5, 2015

In order to help my Ukrainian nephew to obtain a working visa I contacted several law offices in Irvine. The only attorney who talked to me on a professional and friendly level was Sunita Boddu. She immediately understood the issues, gave me great advice and put me on the right track. I hired her on the spot. It was great to work with such a caring, knowledgeable and meticulous lawyer. She had nailed the case. We continued our working relationship with Sunita and now my nephew has a green card, a great career and he and his family are on the road to becoming new citizens.

Sasha
March 4, 2015

Sunita handled our H1B, H1B renewal and employment-based immigration. We came from Ukraine and our case had “red flags” that could create problems. From the beginning she let us know that case was not easy and what to expect, all pros and cons. But she handled it professionally with deep knowledge of immigration procedures and we got through even despite additional audit. We had a wide range of immigration lawyers to pick from in the area, but all of them wanted to charge fees “just to talk” about the case. Sunita answered all questions for free during initial meetings and got the case. Thanks a lot for your help!