Micaela Guthrie, J.D.

Micaela has loved the Pacific Northwest since attending the University of Puget Sound and is thrilled to have called Bend home for the last 10 years.  Micaela has been drawn to immigration law since college where she majored in Comparative Sociology and discovered the power of the personal narrative. Micaela graduated from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Prior to attending law school, Micaela worked in Alaska driving tour busses, volunteered in Nicaragua at a microcredit financing organization, and studied Spanish in Ecuador. She was a member of the Jessup Internation Moot Court Team and was awarded the Order of the Barristers for her outstanding trial advocacy skills. 

Micaela has worked in all facets of immigration law, starting as the Managing Attorney representing asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors in El Paso, Texas; representing companies in employment-based immigration matters; served as an Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor; and has worked in Central Oregon representing families and asylum seekers for almost a decade.  Her passion for immigration law comes from the joy of bringing families together and giving a voice to those whose stories need to be told. 

When not working, Micaela spends as much time as possible in the outdoors with her husband, their three children, and their two pups. She is an avid soccer mom, camper, hiker, and runner who enjoys all things that Central Oregon offers.