Angela M. Bean

Retired Angela M. Bean was a specialist in immigration and nationality law certified by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California. She has practiced immigration law in the Bay Area since 1985. Ms. Bean obtained her law degree from Golden Gate University and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she majored in Women's Studies and History. During law school, Ms. Bean clerked for California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso as a judicial extern. After law school Ms. Bean was awarded a Revson Fellowship by the Women's Law and Public Policy Program at Georgetown University, where she interned as a Fellow at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, D.C. Ms. Bean was a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is past chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission of the California State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Bean has written for various publications of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, of which she has been a member since 1985. Ms. Bean has served on many distinguished national panels and has been an expert witness for the State Bar of California, the U.S. Federal Public Defender and the California Attorney General's Office on immigration matters. Angela M. Bean has lectured in Immigration Law at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall. Rated by Super Lawyers Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Angela M. Bean included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Revson Fellowship, Women's Law and Public Policy Program at Georgetown University Fellow, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Washington, D.C. Other Sources of Feedback About Angela M. Bean Included on the 2024Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2007 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2005 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2004 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Attorney
• Languages
• Spanish
• English

• Lecturer, Immigration Law, UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall, 2004 - 2005

• California, 1984
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• Specialties and Certifications
• Immigration and Nationality Law, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, 1987

• California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso (Clerked)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (Member)
• the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission of the California State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, 1994 - 1997 (Past Chair)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• California State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, 1996 - 1997 (Chair of the Commission)