Juan A Lozada

Juan Antonio Lozada Leoni was born in Caracas, Venezuela, November 16th, 1976. He is an attorney and an immigration rights advocate in the United States. He immigrated from his native Venezuela when he was twenty years old. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. After finishing his Bachelors of Arts he went on to study law at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law. While at Ohio State he started the Ohio State Law Students for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (OSLSIRR), clerked for the Ohio Attorney General, Civil Rights Division and The Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Housing Section.

Juan Antonio Lozada Leoni graduated in May 2004 with a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University and was awarded the Public Service Fellowship with the Dean's highest honors. After being admitted into the Bar of Texas he took a position with the Criminal District Attorney's office in Polk County, Texas. Mr. Lozada Leoni became a US citizen in November of 2004. In September of 2006, Mr Lozada Leoni received an active duty commission with the U.S. Army and was assigned to III Corps in Fort Hood, Texas as a Judge Advocate. CPT Lozada Leoni is credited with successfully revamping the expedited military naturalization program at Fort Hood, Texas. CPT Lozada-Leoni also trained dozens of military attorneys and DoD civilians on the basics of immigration law and made it easier for soldiers and their families to get legal assistance when applying for immigration benefits. CPT Lozada Leoni is now assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and is currently scheduled to deploy to Iraq in January of 2008.

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