Attorney LaToya McBean Pompy is recognized in the 2025 and 2024 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in Immigration Law. She started her career as an intern at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
She later worked with Members of Congress on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.
She has also worked in the congressional office of a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator.
She worked in the chambers of Judge Mark A. Randon at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and Judge Cynthia D. Stephens at the Michigan Court of Appeals.
After leaving Government in early 2016, Attorney McBean Pompy founded McBean Law, PLLC.
During law school, Attorney McBean Pompy worked as a judicial intern in Detroit, Michigan.
She represented the county on various municipal matters and managed the law department.
After leaving Capitol Hill, Attorney McBean Pompy worked as a policy analyst with the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) in New York City.
During her time at CSG, she developed criminal justice policies for state policymakers in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada.
She later directed a statewide public safety project at the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency. While working full time, she attended law school part time at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
She then represented businesses involved in disputes in state and federal courts at the law firm Howard and Howard Attorneys.
She was later appointed Deputy Corporation Counsel for Wayne County, Michigan by the County Executive Office and Wayne County Commission.
Attorney McBean Pompy holds a B.A. in political science from Stony Brook University, an M.A. in public policy from Regent University, and a J.D. from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
During law school, she received awards and recognitions from the Wolverine Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, and the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association. She also served as Scholarly Writing Editor of the Law Review.
Attorney McBean Pompy graduated from law school in 2013, cum laude. She is admitted to practice law in New York, Michigan, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Attorney McBean Pompy is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.
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Attorney LaToya McBean Pompy is a nationally recognized immigration attorney who has been featured in news outlets nationwide for her legal insight on U.S. immigration law, policy, and enforcement trends affecting immigrant families.
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