by Candice Norwood
The 19th, July 10, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach describes the fear and confusion that the second Trump Administration has sowed in immigrant communities, particularly among LGBTQ+ immigrants and their families.
by Campbell Robertson, The New York Times
July 5, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to The Times about why the Trump Administration immigration enforcement efforts are being aimed at Northern Virginia.
by Maria Renee Barillas, Telemundo 44 anchor, Katie Leslie, News4 I-Team producer, Jeff Piper, Ronald Vilca and Steve Jones, NBC4 Washington
June 26, 2025 – BPR Partner Sarah Pitney talks about the impact of the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown has had on her queer clients seeking asylum in the United States.
by Tim Carman, Warren Rojas and Jenny Gathright, The Washington Post
May 14, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach discusses the deleterious effect recent ICE raids are having on the DC restaurant industry.
by Marissa J. Lang, The Washington Post
May 10, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach described the climate of fear in Washington DC and how engaged residents are standing up in the face of recent ICE raids.
by Sarah Beth Guevara, WJLA ABC7 News
May 9, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach tells WJLA about a visit from ICE to one of the DC restaurants she represents alongside visits to seven or eight other area restaurants. She reminds restaurant owners that they should maintain I-9 records and produce them upon request, but that staff and employees have no obligation to speak with ICE or permit ICE to search their business premises without a judicial warrant.
by Tim Carman, Warren Rojas and María Luisa Paúl, The Washington Post
May 7, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to the Post about the impact of ICE raids on local restaurants.
by Hannes Hennche, The Private Chef Podcast, Episode 86
May 16, 2024 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach was interviewed by Hannes Hennche about the complexities of the U.S. immigration process and how it affects international chefs seeking visas.
by Hugh Langley, Kali Hays, and Eugene Kim, Business Insider
May 2, 2024 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explains that Google’s decision to pull back on green card applications has reverberated through the tech industry.
by Dree Collopy
Dec. 6, 2023 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy authored the 9th edition of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s primer on asylum law.
by Benny B. Peterson, Washingtonian
Dec. 21, 2023 – Two Russian women, Anya and Lera, spoke with Washingtonian about their journey to escape Russia, where they could not safely live openly as a lesbian couple, and build a new life in the United States where Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach helped them gain asylum.
by Myah Ward, Politico
Dec. 1, 2023 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach spoke with Politico about the impact that proposed immigration changes being debated in Congress would have on asylum seekers.
by Carol Montoya, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
June 21, 2023 – The WBA interviewed Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach about her career and the importance of Pride month to the LGBTQ community.
by Lee Cowan, CBS News
May 14, 2023 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talked with CBS News about her client Henry Rivas Sibrian, who is seeking asylum in the United States because of the violence he faces in his native El Salvador due to his sexual orientation, and the unsettling feeling of not knowing when your life in U.S. might be ripped away. Sibrian’s asylum case has been pending since 2017.
