About Anna Ignatenko McLean
Attorney Anna Ignatenko McLean brings more than 15 years of experience representing clients before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), immigration courts, U.S. consulates and embassies abroad, Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
She is licensed nationwide and admitted to the Kentucky Bar. From 2017 to 2024, she has served as an immigration attorney advisor for the Consulate General of Guatemala in San Francisco, offering free legal consultations to the immigrants.
Languages: English, Russian, Spanish
Background
Anna is a first-generation immigrant from Kazakhstan. She was a FLEX Program participant and graduated summa cum laude from American University in Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan and University of Pikeville, Kentucky. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law and completed LLM courses at Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.
Areas of Experience
Asylum, removal defense, bond hearings, family-based immigration, green cards, visas, waivers, naturalization, medical N-400 waivers, TPS, U4U, humanitarian parole, U-visas, T-visas, and VAWA petitions.
Anna also assists other attorneys on a contract basis with drafting of briefs and motions and making appearances in asylum and USCIS offices and immigration court hearings on their behalf.
Professional Memberships
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Admitted before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals