Amelia Ruiz Fischer
Attorney
Amelia Ruiz Fischer moved back home to Nacogdoches, Texas in 2015 to join her dad and hero Richard S. Fischer in his law practice, now called Fischer & Fischer, Attorneys at Law. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (B.A. in Plan II and Latin American Studies; J.D. 2012). Amelia began her career as an Equal Justice Works fellow, and later staff attorney, at the Texas Civil Rights Project, where she litigated immigration-related civil rights cases, ran free legal clinics in rural Texas areas, and helped organize a local advocacy campaign against ICE detainers under the leadership of immigrant community members. She is fluent in Spanish, her native language, and feels honored to serve the immigrant community in East Texas in immigration, employment, and civil rights matters. Amelia is a frequent presenter at immigration law conferences, and she has been cited in publications including the Austin American Statesman, The Austin Chronicle, The Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, The Texas Tribune, the Associated Press, and The New York Times. Amelia served on the Nacogdoches City Council from 2019-2023 and currently serves as a board member for a local community initiative called Better Together.
Amelia and her touring-musician-turned-academic husband Tyler have two children, Joaquín and Maria Isabel. They are the great joys of her life.