Dina Sakita, Senior Counsel
2447 Pacific Coast Highway | 2nd Floor | Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 D: (415) 350-7552 | F: (310) 698-8701 | e-mail: [email protected] |
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Ms. Dina Sakita is a Member of the following:
Educational Credentials:
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA 1999, Juris Doctor
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 1996, B.A. Political Science-International Relations
University of Hawai'i, Maui College, Kahului, Maui, HI, Hawaiian Studies
Employment Background:
2015 – Present: Madison Piper PC, Hermosa Beach, CA, Senior Counsel
2006 – 2014: Rose Carson Kaplan Choi & White LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Partner
2001 – 2005: Rose Rix & Bennett LLP, Half Moon Bay, CA, Partner & Associate Attorney
2000 – 2001: Won-Chung & Baker, San Jose, CA, Associate Attorney
2000: Ernst & Young LP, San Francisco, CA & Walnut Creek, CA, Tax Associate, Personal Financial Counseling Group
Ms. Dina Sakita has been devoted to the practice of corporate immigration law for 25 years, where she has managed complex and voluminous immigration matters for some of the Silicon Valley’s leading technology giants. She has extensive experience working with government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCIS, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, and other agencies. Ms. Sakita has expertise with Alien Labor Certifications, Nonimmigrant Work Visas, Immigrant Visas, U.S. Permanent Residency, and U.S. Citizenship/Naturalization, as well as extensive expertise with corporate compliance and strategic planning in all aspects of business immigration law including corporate restructuring and audit compliance. Ms. Sakita began her legal career as a Tax Associate with Ernst & Young LP’s Personal Financial Counseling Group, where she engaged in complex tax consulting exclusively to high net worth individuals.
Ms. Sakita previously served on the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Immigration Court Pro Bono Panel, where she assisted unrepresented Respondents’ during their Master Calendar Hearings. From 2017 to 2024, she served as a Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), where she represented unaccompanied minors seeking SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status) and asylum status. She has served as a Volunteer attorney for a variety of matters, including victims of domestic violence and other crimes, as well as DACA recipients. Ms. Sakita was a speaker at local colleges and universities, where she lectured on post-completion immigration options for F-1 students.
In her free time, Ms. Sakita enjoys spending time with her keiki and practicing ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the indigenous language of, and official language of Hawaiʻi.
Madison | Piper PC is certified as a Women and Minority Business Enterprise by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Counsel (WBENC).
- California State Bar Association
- Native Hawaiian Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Section
- American Bar Association
Educational Credentials:
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA 1999, Juris Doctor
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 1996, B.A. Political Science-International Relations
University of Hawai'i, Maui College, Kahului, Maui, HI, Hawaiian Studies
Employment Background:
2015 – Present: Madison Piper PC, Hermosa Beach, CA, Senior Counsel
2006 – 2014: Rose Carson Kaplan Choi & White LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Partner
2001 – 2005: Rose Rix & Bennett LLP, Half Moon Bay, CA, Partner & Associate Attorney
2000 – 2001: Won-Chung & Baker, San Jose, CA, Associate Attorney
2000: Ernst & Young LP, San Francisco, CA & Walnut Creek, CA, Tax Associate, Personal Financial Counseling Group
Ms. Dina Sakita has been devoted to the practice of corporate immigration law for 25 years, where she has managed complex and voluminous immigration matters for some of the Silicon Valley’s leading technology giants. She has extensive experience working with government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCIS, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, and other agencies. Ms. Sakita has expertise with Alien Labor Certifications, Nonimmigrant Work Visas, Immigrant Visas, U.S. Permanent Residency, and U.S. Citizenship/Naturalization, as well as extensive expertise with corporate compliance and strategic planning in all aspects of business immigration law including corporate restructuring and audit compliance. Ms. Sakita began her legal career as a Tax Associate with Ernst & Young LP’s Personal Financial Counseling Group, where she engaged in complex tax consulting exclusively to high net worth individuals.
Ms. Sakita previously served on the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Immigration Court Pro Bono Panel, where she assisted unrepresented Respondents’ during their Master Calendar Hearings. From 2017 to 2024, she served as a Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), where she represented unaccompanied minors seeking SIJS (Special Immigrant Juvenile Status) and asylum status. She has served as a Volunteer attorney for a variety of matters, including victims of domestic violence and other crimes, as well as DACA recipients. Ms. Sakita was a speaker at local colleges and universities, where she lectured on post-completion immigration options for F-1 students.
In her free time, Ms. Sakita enjoys spending time with her keiki and practicing ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the indigenous language of, and official language of Hawaiʻi.
Madison | Piper PC is certified as a Women and Minority Business Enterprise by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Counsel (WBENC).
