Nicole Schaum
Nicole Schaum
- Family-based Immigration, Associate Attorney
Biography
Nicole J. Schaum joined Hernandez and Associates PC in July 2023. She graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas, in May 2021. While attending law school, Nicole worked for organizations such as the ACLU, HRC, Equal Justice Works and other locale nonprofits. After graduating law school, Nicole became the survivors attorney for Arkansas Immigrant Defense, a nonprofit law firm in Rogers, Arkansas. She was the lead attorney for the nonprofit handling U visa, VAWA, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Defensive Asylum, and Affirmative Asylum cases.
Nicole focuses her practice on U visas, VAWA and asylum.
Practice Areas
- Immigration Law
- U-Visa
- VAWA
- Asylum
Education
- William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas
- J.D.
- Appalachian State University, Boone
- B.S.
- Honors: Dean's List
Bar Admissions
- Arkansas, 2021
- Illinois, 2023
- Colorado, 2023
Past Positions
- Arkansas Immigrant Defense, 10/2021 to 07/2023
Professional Associations
- Phi Alpha Delta, 05/2016 to 05/2018
- Qlaw, Vice President, 08/2019 to 08/2020
- LGBT National Bar Association