Meet Our Team

EXPERIENCE

Rebecca Kitson holds a B.A., with honors and distinction in the major, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and obtained her J.D. cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Throughout law school, Rebecca worked with immigrant survivors of domestic violence at Catholic Charities, specializing in petitions and visas under the Violence Against Women Act. She began work with the Immigration Law firm of Lawit & Kitson (previously John W. Lawit PC) in August of 2006 became a firm shareholder in September of 2009.

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

In May of 2012, Rebecca established her own firm, where she continues to practice the spectrum of Immigration Law, including employment and family-based immigration and removal defense. Rebecca has also been an adjunct professor of law at the University of New Mexico School of Law (UNMSOL) since 2009. In addition, she currently serves on the UNMSOL Leaffer Border Justice Initiative, which strives to use powerful advocacy to educate.

She has presented widely through the NM State Bar, the TX State Bar, and has been a presenter/ panelist at various conferences through the University of New Mexico. For the past few years, she has been a regular contributor and educator for Leadership New Mexico, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors of the state. In 2019, she presented for the 10th Circuit Judicial Conference on asylum issues.

Rebecca has served as a presenter and author for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) at chapter and national levels, and been a contributing author for AILA’s Consular Processing Guide for the past three editions. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the second largest chapter in AILA, the Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma Chapter. She co-authored a guide to the immigration consequences of New Mexico state criminal convictions for the Law Office of the Public Defender. She has also served as a volunteer attorney and avid supporter of the New Mexico International Folk Art Market. She serves as a volunteer attorney for non-profit and faith-based organizations statewide.

AWARDS

• Recognized as a Woman of Influence (2020) by Albuquerque Business First

• C-Suite Award Finalist (2017) — Albuquerque Business First

• Graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program (2019)

• Recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award (2016) from the New Mexico Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Board

• Honored with the CLE Peak Award (2013) by the State Bar of New Mexico

• Holds the highest peer rating (AV) from Martindale-Hubbell (since 2012)