Alyson Thomas Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

www.drywellart.comDrywell Art is the arty creation of me, Alyson Thomas. I make art for food + drink lovers, including watercolor originals, fine art prints, ceramics, cards, towels, shirts, and more. I was raised in suburban Texas + escaped to California as soon as I could. I am authorized to add “Esq.” to my name, but I choose not to, despite the fanciness it would certainly lend. In 2009, I quit my job as an immigration attorney to pursue an art career, despite my lack of formal art… Show more www.drywellart.comDrywell Art is the arty creation of me, Alyson Thomas. I make art for food + drink lovers, including watercolor originals, fine art prints, ceramics, cards, towels, shirts, and more. I was raised in suburban Texas + escaped to California as soon as I could. I am authorized to add “Esq.” to my name, but I choose not to, despite the fanciness it would certainly lend. In 2009, I quit my job as an immigration attorney to pursue an art career, despite my lack of formal art training. It was a kind of crazy (awesome) decision.Everything I create starts as an original artwork, drawn and painted by me. I spend hours researching cuts of meat, food, beverages of the boozy persuasion, to provide accurate, crazy awesome, sometimes funny, and always 100% original diagrams for you. I adore food and hope that my artwork can make you, or the food-lover in your life, happy.I have created artwork for Chronicle Books, Uncommon Goods, The Bruery, Lost Abbey Brewing, Padrecito, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Il Cane Rosso pizzeria in Dallas, TX, and Williams Sonoma, among others. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

I am an attorney, licensed to practice in California, with expertise in asylum and refugee law, international human rights, and immigration law.I have written a variety of legal immigration documents, including Ninth Circuit appeals brief, several BIA briefs, Immigration Court briefs and motions, and legal memorandum. Researched discrete legal issues, such as legality of ICE raids, analyzed standards for motions to reopen in absentia removal proceedings, NACARA eligibility… Show more I am an attorney, licensed to practice in California, with expertise in asylum and refugee law, international human rights, and immigration law.I have written a variety of legal immigration documents, including Ninth Circuit appeals brief, several BIA briefs, Immigration Court briefs and motions, and legal memorandum. Researched discrete legal issues, such as legality of ICE raids, analyzed standards for motions to reopen in absentia removal proceedings, NACARA eligibility, VAWA eligibility, and asylum eligibility.I have experience writing immigration legal briefs for use at the IJ level, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Ninth Circuit.I also wrote a legal series for creatives and makers at renatom.net. Show less

Adjudicated over 375 asylum applications. Reviewed primary documentation and affidavits, conducted confidential interviews, researched relevant country conditions, law, and policy, and reviewed confidential law enforcement databases to make eligibility determinations. Produced concise written assessments supporting decisions on tight deadlines. Received specialized training in interviewing and adjudicating gender and sexual orientation based asylum claims, and independently… Show more Adjudicated over 375 asylum applications. Reviewed primary documentation and affidavits, conducted confidential interviews, researched relevant country conditions, law, and policy, and reviewed confidential law enforcement databases to make eligibility determinations. Produced concise written assessments supporting decisions on tight deadlines. Received specialized training in interviewing and adjudicating gender and sexual orientation based asylum claims, and independently developed worksheets for asylum officers to use when interviewing victims of gender and sexual orientation-based violence. Conducted credible fear and reasonable fear confidential interviews with detainees to determine eligibility for judicial review. Produced written assessments, reviewed by asylum headquarters in DC. Interviewed ethnic minorities in northern Thailand to determine eligibility for US resettlement. Show less

J.D., International Human Rights Law, Immigration, Civil Rights (Esp. Gender Equality).

Activities and Societies: Executive Guide Editor - George Washington International Law Review Oxford International Human Rights Law.

Ba, Political Science, African Studies