Mayra Calo - Immigration Attorney

(Deceased December 2022)

With 18 years of experience in the field of immigration, Attorney Calo has dedicated time and effort to help the less fortunate in the immigration community and has worked with many non-profit organizations as she represented many immigrants who were without recourse. In her private practice, Attorney Calo has distinguished herself among immigration attorneys and has actively participated to improve the practice of immigration law in the United States.

Admissions

• The Florida Bar Admitted 2002

Education

• Stetson College of Law, Gulfport, FL
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Professional Affiliations

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Circuit Court, 11th Circuit
• United States District Court, 11th Circuit, Middle District, Tampa Division

Pro Bono Work

• CARA Volunteer Attorney at the Dilley Family Detention Center (Baby Jail), Texas, working to End Family Detention 2015-present
• Attorney Ad Litem for Unaccompanied Minors, Orphans and Refugee Children, 13th Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida 2008-present
• Volunteer Attorney for Hillsborough Kids, Inc.
• Immigration Clinic, January 2004, Gulf Cost Legal Services
• Ms. Calo frequently accepts private clients for a nominal fee in association with the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture, Lutheran Services and Catholic Charities
• Former Chair of the Pro Bono Committee of the Immigration Court in Bradenton, Florida
• Free Citizenship Drive, September 2003 at the Tampa Convention Center, Latin American Chamber of Congress
• Free Citizenship Drive, April 2003, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
• ACLU, Summer Research Project, Summer 2000
• Weinberg Village, Senior Assisted Living, Jewish Film Festival, Spring 1999-2001
• Metropolitan Ministries, Christmas 1999, 2000, and 2002