Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Scott Ventrudo is a seasoned attorney specializing in immigration law with extensive experience providing pro bono legal representation. As of January 2023, Scott serves as the Senior Staff Attorney for Pro Bono at Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project. Prior roles include Attorney for the Pro Bono Project at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Staff Attorney at Human Rights First, where Scott represented asylum applicants in removal and bond proceedings. Scott's background encompasses positions as an Asylum Officer with USCIS, Attorney Advisor at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and various roles that involved direct client representation and legal research. Scott holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, and a Bachelor's degree in Romance Languages from Colorado College.
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, a program of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc., is a non-profit law firm which provides community education and legal representation to Southern California’s most vulnerable immigrant communities. Esperanza provides legal representation to immigrants who are in detention and/or removal proceedings, and focuses on particularly complex immigration cases which may involve unaccompanied minors, adults with mental health issues, and cases with past criminal or gang history. Esperanza also provides community education programming and pro se assistance to immigrants in removal proceedings both in detained and non-detained settings. Esperanza has proudly provided legal services to immigrants and their families in Los Angeles for over 15 years.