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Salt Lake City Attorneys and Professionals’ Profiles

 

Name: James J. Lee

Hometown: Bronx, New York

Education: Brigham Young University Law School, 2007

Areas of Practice: Criminal Defense, Immigration, Personal Injury

Associations: American Immigration Lawyers Assoc., UT Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers, UT Assoc. for Justice

Languages: English, Korean

 

Mr. Lee graduated with a law degree from Brigham Young University in 2007. He also obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brigham Young University in 2004.

Mr. Lee currently focuses his practice in criminal defense, immigration, and personal injury. He defends clients in all criminal matters ranging from homicide to DUI. Several of his high-profile cases have been featured in the media.

Mr. Lee also defends clients against deportation/removal. He works with clients to obtain Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).  Mr. Lee also advocates in proceedings so his clients can become permanent legal residents or citizens.

Mr. Lee and his firm have handled over a thousand personal injury cases, and they pride themselves on the high satisfaction rate of their clients.  He is a member of the Utah Association for Justice, a non-profit association of trial attorneys whose practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases.

Mr. Lee’s hometown is the Bronx in New York City.  He is the fourth and last child of Korean immigrants.

 

Name: Jackie Ball

Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee

Education: Brigham Young University Law School, 2010

Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy, Immigration

Associations: Utah State Bar

Languages: English,Spanish

 

Ms. Ball obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University in 2005. She then served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arequipa, Peru from 2005 through 2007. Ms. Ball attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University on an academic scholarship, graduating in 2010.

Ms. Ball practices bankruptcy and immigration law. She has resolved debts totaling millions of dollars for her clients in bankruptcy. Ms. Ball regularly negotiates between creditors and her clients to resolve mortgage deficiencies and collection actions. She also advocates for immigrants who are facing deportation/removal and criminal matters. She is currently active in helping individuals apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Ms. Ball’s hometown is Memphis, Tennessee. She enjoys hiking, running, and spending time with her husband and son.

 

Name: Lupe Velasquez-Grover

Hometown: Bakersfield, California

Education: Salt Lake Community College, 1992

Areas of Practice: Personal Injury, Immigration

Languages: English,Spanish

Ms. Velasquez-Grover studied Communications at Salt Lake Community College and Sociology at Bakersfield Community College.  She also has a medical background in the dental field, as an R.D.A. licensed in the state of California.  For several years, she also worked as a licensed real estate agent in the state of Utah.

Starting from 2000, she began her legal career as a paralegal, handling over a thousand clients with their insurance claims.  Her vast experience in personal injury continues to help her receive millions of dollars for her clients who have been in accidents ranging from automobile to premises liability.

Ms. Velasquez-Grover is committed to public service; she was instrumental in organizing the non-profit homeless dental clinic, “Salt Lake Donated Dental.” Her hometown is Bakersfield, California. She enjoys making jewelry under the label “Kaktus Moon” .