Siovhan Sheridan-Ayala is a recognized leader in the area of immigration law.  She is licensed to pracitice law in Washington and Oregon.  She is bilingual in Spanish and proficient in French.  Before opening Sheridan-Ayala Law Office, P.C. she served as the Director of Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services in Oregon, the Board Chair of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and an attorney at Immigrant Law Group.

She has written a number of articles on immigration law and lectured locally, regionally and nationally on the subject.  She has also authored a number of chapters in books about immigration law.

Siovhan is also a mother and understands the importance of family.  She believes in working with clients as partners through the immigration process.

Current service and memberships include:

- Washington State Bar

- Oregon State Bar

- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

- District Court for the Western District of Washington

- Oregon District Court

- Consultant for "Papers, the movie," a documentary about undocumented youth

- AILA Washington Executive Committee, Membership Chair

Past service and memberships include:

- Immigration Court Liaison

- Appointed Member of the Juvenile Crime Prevention and Advisory Committee

- A Leader of the Del Monte Raid Response

- Appointed member of Governor's Council for Domestic Violence

- Member of the drafting and implementation groups for Oregon's anti-human trafficking laws

Honors include:

- Catholic Charities' Outstanding Service Award

- Harvard's First Decade Award