Carmen Iguina González

Carmen Iguina González is counsel at Kaplan Hecker & Fink, resident in the DC office. She joined the firm in 2022.

Carmen specializes in appellate and complex civil litigation and has substantial experience representing clients in matters related to administrative, constitutional, and civil rights law. She is a nationally renowned civil rights litigator whose work has advanced the rights of immigrants and people of color, including litigation concerning the right to legal representation, basic fairness in removal proceedings, and critical protections against arbitrary detention. She has won path-breaking court rulings, advocated for the rights of asylum seekers, unaccompanied immigrant children, families, and other immigrants seeking refuge in the United States, and has worked with federal, state, and local governments to enact policies aimed at protecting immigrant communities. In addition to her legal work, Carmen advocates for immigrants’ rights and has frequently written on related topics, including California immigration legislation, injustices in the asylum-seeking process, and the mistreatment of immigrants with serious mental disabilities in immigration detention centers.

Carmen is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the DC Circuit Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services. She also serves as a mentor to young lawyers through The Appellate Project, NYU Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network Fellows Program, and the NYU Law Alumni of Color Association. In 2022, Carmen was recognized by the Hispanic National Bar Association among their “Top Attorneys Under 40.” She has also been recognized in 2018 as a “40 Under 40 Rising Star” by the NYU Law Alumni of Color Association, in 2016 as a California Attorney of the Year (Immigration), and in 2014 as the recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Jack Wasserman Memorial Award.