Lauren L. Armstrong

Lauren Armstrong joined Noble & Vrapi in December 2015 to establish the firm’s newest office in Las Cruces, NM. Ms. Armstrong transitioned into private practice after approximately six years in the non-profit sector. Ms. Armstrong handles a wide variety of immigration and deportation defense cases, and she has particular expertise regarding victim advocacy and children’s cases. From 2012 to 2015, Ms. Armstrong worked for Catholic Charities of Southern New Mexico, where she served as an Immigration Staff Attorney and later as the Managing Attorney of the Legal Services Program. Ms. Armstrong oversaw all immigration practice areas (including naturalization, DACA, and family-based cases) and led the agency's programs for undocumented children (SIJS) and crime victims (VAWA, U Visa). Previously, Ms. Armstrong worked as a Staff Attorney with the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, DC, where she provided training, pro se assistance, and direct...