Erica Tomlinson has been practicing Immigration Law for over 20 years. She has worked in the Sacramento area since 2001. Ms. Tomlinson was a partner in the firm of Mahoney & Tomlinson PC from 2003-2012. She founded Tomlinson Law Group, P.C. in 2012. Ms. Tomlinson believes that individualized attention to each case and working in close partnership with her clients has been the foundation of her success as an immigration attorney. 

Ms. Tomlinson received her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from St. John’s College, New Mexico (1994), and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (1999). Her previous experience includes practicing business and general immigration law with the firm of Simmons & Ungar LLP in San Francisco, California from 1999 to 2001, and employment-based immigration law with the Sacramento office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy from 2001 to 2002. 

Ms. Tomlinson enjoys representing families, individuals, and businesses in a wide range of immigration matters. Her areas of particular interest include PERM labor certification for professionals and skilled workers, , H-1B professional worker visas; family-based immigration and waivers of inadmissibility, and E-2 treaty investor visas. Ms. Tomlinson is a contributing editor for the employment-based immigration chapter of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Advocate’s Guide and has been a speaker for ILRC seminars and AILA conferences. Ms. Tomlinson enjoys speaking on immigration topics to diverse audiences, including international students at U.C. Davis and Sacramento State University. She has volunteered for the Consulate of Mexico and for non-profit immigration community groups in the Sacramento and Central Valley regions.. In 2008, she co-authored an article on inadmissibility for the AILA California Conference Handbook. She is also the co-author with Katherine Brady of the article “Intent Requirement of the Aggravated Felony ‘Crime of Violence’,” published in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin V.4 No. 10 (May 15, 1999). Ms. Tomlinson is fluent in Spanish.

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from St. John’s College, New Mexico, 1994

Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, 1999

Business and general immigration law with the firm of Simmons & Ungar LLP in San Francisco, California from 1999 to 2001

Employment-based immigration law with the Sacramento office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy from 2001 to 2002

Contributing editor for the employment-based immigration chapter of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Advocate’s Guide, and has been a speaker for ILRC seminars and AILA conferences

Partner in the firm of Mahoney & Tomlinson PC from 2003-2012

Partner in the firm of Tomlinson & Torres PC from 2015-2019