Monica Lira Bravo is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is the owner and managing attorney of Lira Bravo Law, PLLC. She has been recognized as a Rising Star in Immigration Law by Texas Super Lawyers Magazine, as well as named to D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas in 2016-2021. She was named to Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 list in 2020. Her practice focuses on family based visa petitions, citizenship, removal defense in the Dallas Immigration Court, asylum, and other humanitarian forms of relief.
Monica Lira Bravo was elected to the Dallas College Board of Trustees in June 2016 and is currently serving as Board Chair. Her district covers East Dallas, Mesquite, Pleasant Grove, Seagoville and Sunnyvale. She currently serves on the State Bar of Texas, District 6 Grievance Committee, The Callejo Botello Foundation Board, and on the Advisory Board for the Dallas Women Lawyers Association. She is a Past President of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, a past fellow of the inaugural class of Latino Center for Leadership Development, as well as past founding chair of the Dallas Bar Association Immigration law section, and past President of the Emerald Isle Homeowners Association.
Her previous service includes the Dallas Bar Association Board of Directors; the Hispanic National Bar Association Board of Governors; Southeast Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; City of Dallas Judicial Nominating Commission; Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico Board of Directors; and Hockaday Alumnae Board. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Texas Bar Fellows, Sigma Lambda Gamma Dallas-Fort Worth Alumnae Association, Greater Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Jewish-Latino Leadership Group.
Monica received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in French from Southern Methodist University and her law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law. She lives in East Dallas with her husband and three daughters.
