Barbara Hines

Barbara Hines has practiced in the field of immigration law since 1975. She has been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1981. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Immigration Project and of the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project of the Texas Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Ms. Hines was a Fulbright scholar in Argentina in 1996 and 2004.

In 1992, she received the American Immigration Lawyers Association's prestigious Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in the Field of Immigration Law, and in 1993, the Texas AILA Chapter's litigation award. In 1993, Ms. Hines was named Best Immigration Lawyer by the Austin Chronicle. In 2000, Texas Lawyer selected Ms. Hines as one of the hundred outstanding Texas lawyers. She lectures nationally and throughout the state on immigration issues.

Ms. Hines currently directs the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas Law School. Although she takes only limited cases at the firm, she advises, consults, and co-counsels the other attorneys at Hines & Leigh.