Author: Vy T. Nguyen 

ISBN: 979-8-9860847-5-6

Professional Biography:

Professor Vy Nguyen obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from the University of Houston.  She then obtained her law degree (with Honors)from Thurgood Marshall School of Law.  During law school, she served as a judicial clerk for the Texas First Court of Appeals. 

Today, Ms. Nguyen is the managing attorney of Nguyen Offices, PLLC which has law offices in Houston and Austin, Texas.  For the last 15 years, her growing law practice handles cases involving family law, criminal defense and immigration law matters.

Since 2017, Ms. Nguyen serves as the clinical law professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law Immigration Legal Clinic.  She is also the co-director of the LL.M in Immigration and Naturalization Law Degree Program. 

She has written her first law review publication focused on immigration law entitled, “A Practical Overview of Immigration Removal, Administrative Agencies and Respondent’s Forms of Relief”, which has been published in the North Carolina Central Law Review Journal this Spring 2021.  She is also writing her first book in immigration law which is being published this Fall.

In addition to being a law professor and practicing attorney, Ms. Nguyen is a devoted mother to her son, Michael, who is currently a Junior at the University of Texas in Austin.  Ms. Nguyen was honored to be interviewed in the book, “Legally Mom: Real Women’s Stories of Balancing Motherhood and Law Practice” written by Author Anne Murphy and published by the American Bar Association. In Ms. Nguyen’s book interview, her story of balancing life as a single mother and attorney chronicled her personal background entailing the inspiration of her own mother who immigrated here from Vietnam.  Her immigrant mother inspired Ms. Nguyen into becoming an attorney and ultimately the woman that she is proud to be today – one who is dedicated to her family, has faith in her abilities, demonstrates integrity in her work as an attorney and the courage to fight for the right cause for those who need a voice.

Ms. Nguyen is very compassionate and determined to serve our community by being a strong advocate for underrepresented groups in need of legal representation.  She continues to strive to make a positive difference in the immigration legal field in her privileged role as a law professor and attorney.