About Mario
Mario Zapata studied political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 2002. He moved on to Chapman University Fowler School of Law and earned his J.D. in 2006. Those years set the stage for a profession rooted in the intersections of law and public lifestyles.
He started his legal practice the year he completed law program. In 2006 he joined Nicastro Piscopo, APLC as an affiliate attorney. That early duration supplied day-to-day courtroom experience and publicity to the rhythms of client work. After numerous years in private practice he opened his own office. By 2014 he was indexed because the managing lawyer of the Law Office of Mario Zapata.
Zapata is certified to practice in California and holds admission to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His expert affiliations reflect the fields of law that occupy his practice. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2014 and belongs to the Los Angeles County Bar Association and its Immigration Section, each also listed from 2014 onward. His ties to the Orange County legal community date again to 2007, when he joined the Orange County Bar Association and the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association.
Those memberships track with the subjects he handles in his workplace. Over the years he has treated things that pass among state and federal forums and that contact on immigration procedures. He represents individuals and families at a number of levels of administrative and judicial process, and he appears in filings and proceedings that require both legal studies and realistic courtroom work.
Colleagues describe him as methodical in case preparation and steady in court. He balances legal research with client-facing tasks, working to explain alternatives and next steps in simple language. The practice he runs operates out of his namesake firm and serves clients who need counsel in things that often involve cross-jurisdictional questions and federal filings.
Outside of litigation and filings, Zapata has maintained a continuous presence in bar association things to do over the final decade and a half. That engagement includes the local county bars and national immigration teams, reflecting each a regional base of operations and ties to practitioners throughout the country. He currently practices at the Law Office of Mario Zapata, where his work focuses on immigration law.
