Margarita Silva, a partner at Silva & Fontes, focuses on immigration and criminal defense. Ms. Silva serves on the Board of Directors for Valle del Sol, 2022 – current and the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, 2011 – 2016, 2023; Member: American Bar Association (Fellow), American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigration Project and the State Bar of Arizona Immigration Section. Ms. Silva previously served as a judge pro tempore in the Guadalupe Municipal Court and was an assistant public defender in Maricopa County. She is frequently invited to present on the topic of immigration and the intersection of immigration and criminal defense to attorneys, professional organizations and community groups.

Former member: SBA Delegate, ABA House of Delegates, 2008 – 2020; St. Joseph’s Hospital/Medical Center Community Board 2012 – 2021; SBA’s Batson Challenge Jury Selection Work Group, 2021; Board of Directors, Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association (14 years, 2006 President); Criminal Justice Act Panel Review Committee, 2010 - 2017; City of Phoenix Judicial Selection Advisory Board, 2007-2014 (Chair, 2010 and 2014); Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Minorities in the Judiciary 2001-2011; Magistrate Appointment/Re-Appointment Committee, District of Arizona, 2006-2009; and various State Bar Committees and Councils.

Juris Doctor, ASU 1995; B.S., University of Arizona 1992.