Paúl A. Pirela

Paúl Pirela, J.D. is a Venezuelan-American Attorney whose practice primarily focuses on immigration law. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center. He also received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.

During law school, he worked as a contract law clerk for various firms in immigration and employment law including Powers Law Group, P.C. He also interned at the Y.M.C.A. Legal Services in Houston, Texas, and was a student attorney at the UHLC Immigration Clinic. He authored entitled “Deferring the Dream; An Analysis of DACA-Related Litigation and Legislation” which was published in the Fall 2021 edition of the AILA Law Journal.