Goldman Immigration, PC

Focus and practice areas

Goldman Immigration, PC is a boutique law firm in Tucson, Arizona, with a second office in Phoenix. The firm limits its work to U.S. immigration and naturalization law. That single focus shapes everything else the firm does.

Within immigration, the coverage is broad. The firm handles family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, and both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. It also takes citizenship and naturalization matters, asylum and refugee cases, humanitarian relief, and work involving immigrant investors.

The services page names four areas in plain terms: Nonimmigrant Visas, Lawful Permanent Residency (Immigrant Visas), Citizenship and Naturalization, and Removal Defense. Removal defense means representing people in deportation proceedings. In my opinion, listing these categories directly makes it easy for a prospective client to see whether their situation fits.

How the team is built

The firm grew out of the practice of Gloria A. Goldman, who worked in immigration law in Tucson from 1991. She retired in October 2024. The website still traces the firm's line back to her, and the header logo carries the name Goldman and Goldman.

Her son, Maurice H. Goldman, moved from Garden City, New York to Tucson in 2005 and joined her in partnership. He is listed as a partner. The site names three other attorneys who round out the team: Larissa A. Goldman, Pamela Rioles Saeed, and Scott T. Kirker. Larissa A. Goldman works in the Phoenix office.

The mix spans different stages of a legal career. Maurice H. Goldman has practiced since 2000. Larissa A. Goldman has practiced since 2019, and the two most recent additions were licensed in 2021 and 2023. A prospective client can therefore find both long experience and newer attorneys under one roof.

Credentials the attorneys bring

Maurice H. Goldman holds a J.D. and M.B.A. from Hofstra University and a B.S. in journalism from Syracuse University, earned in 1996. He chairs the American Immigration Lawyers Association national media advocacy committee and served as chair of the group's Arizona chapter from 2007 to 2009.

Gloria A. Goldman graduated from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1990 and earned her bachelor's in education from Wayne State University. She chaired the Arizona chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association from 1997 to 1998. She received a Department of Justice Meritorious Service Award in 1998 and was named Arizona Supreme Court Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in 2016.

The Phoenix and newer attorneys

Larissa A. Goldman came to law after a long first career. She earned a bachelor's in education from the University of Arizona in 2000 and a master's in education with a Principal Certification from Northern Arizona University. She taught in Tucson for fifteen years, then returned to school and earned a J.D. from Arizona State University. She belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association.

Pamela Rioles Saeed graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in May 2021, cum laude, with a certificate in Immigration Law. She was admitted to the Arizona bar in June 2021. Before law school she worked at Grzeca Law Group, an immigration firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and during school she worked for Yale Law School's Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic. She is fluent in Spanish, English, and Italian.

Scott T. Kirker graduated from the same Tucson law school in May 2023 and was licensed in October 2023. He worked as a law clerk at Goldman Immigration for nearly two years during law school before becoming an attorney. He previously interned with Southern Arizona Legal Aid's Native American Practice Group and clerked for Circuit Judge Lisa R. Fabiano.

Language access and how consultations work

The firm is bilingual in English and Spanish. For immigration clients, that matters at every step, from the first meeting through the filing of documents.

Consultations run by appointment, and the site notes that appointments can be scheduled on weekends. Both the Tucson and Phoenix offices take calls to set up those meetings. As a reviewer, I read the weekend availability as a practical accommodation for clients who work during the week.

What the record shows

The clearest signal here is longevity paired with a narrow field. The firm has represented immigrants and businesses since 1991, and it has never widened its scope beyond immigration and naturalization law. A client is dealing with a team that spends its days on this one area.

The founder's two named honors, a 1998 Department of Justice Meritorious Service Award and a 2016 Arizona Supreme Court Pro Bono Attorney of the Year designation, point to sustained standing in the field and to pro bono work. The current attorneys carry active roles in the American Immigration Lawyers Association, including a national committee chair and a past state chapter chair.

In my opinion, the firm's public profile is built on people and their qualifications more than on slogans. Each attorney's schooling, bar admission, and prior work are laid out for a reader to check. For someone weighing an immigration case in southern Arizona, that transparency gives a concrete starting point. The firm keeps offices in Tucson and Phoenix and continues to take immigration matters across the state.