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Salt Lake City immigration attorney Marlene F. Gonzalez has more than 14 years of experience as an attorney and is well recognized within Utah’s legal community. Born in the Philippines, Gonzalez emigrated to the U.S. as a young girl and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She received her Juris Doctor degree in 1995 and her Bachelor of Science degree in Philosophy in 1991 from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. In October 2009, she was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by the Utah Minority Bar Association. She was listed as a Legal Elite (Immigration Law) in the Utah Business Magazine from 2005-2009. From April 2006 to July 2009, Gonzalez served as the Executive Director and Attorney for the Multi-Cultural Legal Center (MLC), a private, non-profit organization which served the needs of low-income, racial and ethnic communities in Utah.