O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC, a leadingcommercial property tax law firm based in Chicago, has announced the addition of Emily Barraza as an attorney at the firm. She will focus on real estate property tax appeals for the firm. Barraza previously worked as a law clerk with the firm.
Prior to joining O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, Barraza was a law clerk with Asonye & Associates in Chicago. In that position she drafted and filed court documents, including complaints, discovery requests and responses, for immigration and employment cases. She was previously a legal assistant at Driver Defense Team in Chicago.
Barraza received her J.D. degree from the Chicago Kent School of Law earlier this year, with a certificate in labor and employment law, and passed the Illinois Bar Exam with a score high enough to practice in any UBE jurisdiction. She was an active member of the Hispanic Latinx Law Student Association, the secretary of the Labor and Employment Law Society, and vice president of the Student Humanity Network.
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She volunteered with the Greater Chicago Legal Clinic, Newman’s Food Pantry and Hope Food Pantry.
