Adriana M. Dinis

Adriana Dinis is a shareholder and co-owner with Immigration Law Group of Florida, P.A. ("ILGF"). She began her legal career in 2008 representing undocumented children through the GLS CHILD (Children's Immigration Legal Defense) Project of Gulfcoast Legal Services (GLS) where she represented children in immigration proceedings, before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and in dependency actions. In 2015 this project was First Runner-Up for the Paul Doyle Children's Advocacy Award. While at GLS she coordinated AILA Citizenship Day from 2008-2013 as well as monthly pro bono advice walk-in clinics. Since 2008 Adriana has provided training to law enforcement, community-based organizations and attorneys on the immigration benefits available to children. Prior to working at Gulfcoast Legal Services, Adriana was an intern at the Attorney General's Office, Children Legal Services Division, in Tampa, Florida, a Diversity Fellow with Carlton Fields, PA and a Guardian Ad Litem. Adriana is a citizen of the United States, Venezuela and Portugal. Awards and Honors Honors 2025 Hispanic Business Person of the Year Award from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Pinellas County Super Lawyers - Rising Star, 2022 Leader in the Law, PFAWL, 2019 U.S. Representative Kathy Castor- American Dream Award, 2018 6th Judicial Circuit- Honorable Mention- Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Lawyer, 2016 Hero Award, Intercultural Advocacy Institute, 2010

• Partner

• Gulfcoast Legal Services, Attorney, 2008 - 2014
• Languages
• English (Primary)
• Spanish

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS): Affirmative and Defensive Filings, 2023 AILA National Conference
• A Call to Service Every Lawyer Can Improve the Lives of Children, 2022 Annual Florida Bar Convention
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 2022 AILA Central Florida Conference
• Immigration 101 & Working With Immigrant Families, 2021 DCF Conference
• What’s Next in the Horizon for Crime Victims, 2019 AILA Central Florida Conference
• Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, 2016 DCF Conference
• Unaccompanied Alien Children, 2016 AILA Central Florida Conference
• Legal Complexities of Dependent Youth, 2015 DCF Conference

• Pro-bono clinic through the Intercultural Advocacy Institute, 2008 - Present

• Florida, 2008

• Florida Association of Women Lawyers - Pinellas, 2015 - Present (Member)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present (Member)