Dorian Eileen Rojas

Dorian Eileen Rojas is the Director of Programs at Immigrant-ARC. Prior to joining the organization, she was the Director of the Immigration Project at Volunteers of Legal Service. An organization whose purpose is to harness the power of New York City’s legal community and community-based organizations to provide free, civil legal services to underserved communities. Previously, she was a Supervising at Safe Horizon, Immigration Law Project. The nation’s leading and largest crime victim assistance organization. Dorian specialized in immigration cases involving victims of domestic violence and violent crimes, such as, U/T Visas, VAWA petitions, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and Asylum. Prior to starting at Safe Horizon, Dorian was the Supervising Attorney for the Child and Family Team at the Immigrant Legal Center in Omaha, Nebraska. There she handled cases involving minors facing deportation, represented detained immigrants, and managed the Attorney of the Day program. The Attorney of the Day program ensured that no child appeared unrepresented in front of a judge. There, Dorian supervised and trained volunteer attorneys to represent minors in Immigration Court.  

Dorian started her legal career as a Law Clerk for the Superior Court of the Connecticut Judicial Branch. There she wrote decisions in various areas of the law, such as, contract, tort, and constitutional law.  Dorian then worked as In-House Counsel for American Transit Insurance Company handling No-Fault Insurance and Fraud Claims in New York Civil Court and before the American Arbitration Association.  

Dorian has legal experience in both the private and public sector, but her career is marked by her commitment to public service. Early in her career, Dorian worked at the Legal Aid Society, Foreclosure Prevention Unit. There she assisted homeowners facing foreclosure by identifying predatory lending practices and conducting non-litigation advocacy. She also assisted homeowners with loan modification procedures, to secure charitable funding for reinstatement of their mortgages, and prepared them for settlement conferences in Supreme Court. 

Dorian is the recipient of the Posse Foundation Leadership Scholarship and the Inavale Award for Outstanding Leadership in Public Service award. She is committed to driving significant change for New York She is a member of the CORO Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, 2024 President-Elect of the Dominican Bar Association, and the Chair of the New York City Bar Immigration & Nationality Committee. 

Dorian is a St. John’s University School of Law graduate and is licensed to practice law in New York, Washington D.C., and Nebraska.