Linda Tam, JD

Biography

Linda Tam joined EBCLC in 2003 to develop an immigration specialty within the Health practice for people living with HIV/AIDS. She is a graduate of Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) where she served on the Asian Law Journal, was recruitment co-chair of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and worked in the International Human Rights Law Clinic. Following law school, Ms. Tam clerked at the Executive Office for Immigration Review. She was a contributor on immigration law to “AIDS and the Law,” the leading treatise on HIV legal issues for eight years. She has spoken at regional and national conferences, and was awarded the 2009 Legal Services Award by the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club. She speaks Spanish in addition to some French and Mandarin.