Location: Berkeley, California
Phone: 415-627-9161

Direct Line: (510) 500-5756 (voice or text)
Fax: 510-679-1710
Email: Email Me

Joye Wiley’s practice includes family immigration, federal litigation in the case of immigration delays, and asylum law. Ms. Wiley takes pride in having assisted hundreds of families unite and obtain legal status in the United States.

Ms. Wiley received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis (King Hall), and is a graduate of the school’s Immigration Clinic. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in International Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She also attended Salzburg College in Salzburg, Austria, where she studied European history and politics.

For multiple years, Ms. Wiley has been named by California Super Lawyer magazine as one of the top immigration attorneys in Northern California. The magazine chooses the top five percent of attorneys in their fields by way of a multi-stepped process of work evaluation and peer review.

Ms. Wiley is frequently invited to speak on immigration topics, and has lectured at universities, community and non-profit organizations, and professional associations. Ms. Wiley has acted as a mentor and advisor to attorneys who represent asylum seekers pro bono for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She also has provided training to attorneys in topics ranging from ethics in immigration law to presenting asylum claims.

Ms. Wiley previously served on the Executive Board for the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In that position she served as a liaison between private attorneys and Immigration Judges of the Executive Office for Immigration Review. She sat on the Alumni Council of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of California-Davis School of Law (King Hall).

Ms. Wiley is a member of the State Bar of California, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Wiley previously lived in Costa Rica, where she worked as an English teacher through a program with the Center for International Development of Harvard University. She has traveled throughout Brazil, Mexico, Central America, and Europe.

She speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

 

Areas of Practice

Family Immigration
Asylum Law
Federal Litigation, Petitions for Writs of Mandamus for Immigration Delays

Bar Admissions

U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education

University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California
J.D.
University of North Carolina
B.A.
Honors: With Distinction
Major: International Studies
Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
Major: European History and Politics

Professional Associations and Memberships

Past member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Executive Board, Northern California Chapter
State Bar of California, Member
Past member, Immigration Law Clinic at University of California, Davis, Alumni Council

Pro Bono Activities

Volunteer and Mentoring Attorney, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Volunteer attorney, AIDS Legal Referral Panel
Volunteer attorney, La Raza Centro Legal
Volunteer attorney, ProBAR, Harlingen, Texas

Languages

Portuguese
Spanish