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A NOTE TO READERS. This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team. AKN Immigration, LLC did not pay for, request, or review this article prior to publication, and placement on Awesome Attorneys’ editorial pages cannot be purchased. Nothing in this article is legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case.
At a Glance
| Firm | AKN Immigration, LLC |
| Attorney | Aisha Nanyanzi, Principal Attorney |
| Office | 1525 S. Higley Rd., Suite 104, Gilbert, AZ 85296 |
| Focus | Asylum, green card and family-based immigration, citizenship and naturalization, VAWA, and humanitarian relief |
| Education | J.D., New England Law Boston |
| Admitted | Massachusetts and Arizona; District of Massachusetts; District of Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Sources: Justia, Arizona Black Bar Association directory, firm website, AKN Law Firm client reviews. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
From Uganda, Through the System She Now Practices In
Aisha Nanyanzi was born in Uganda and immigrated to the United States in her mid-twenties. Her own immigration attorney later hired her as a paralegal, and she spent nearly a decade in that role before earning her J.D. from New England Law Boston and becoming an attorney herself. She founded AKN Immigration, LLC in Gilbert, where she now practices with a second attorney, Shamim Namuyanja, who is also a Ugandan-trained immigration lawyer.
Practice
Asylum, Green Cards, and Humanitarian Relief
Nanyanzi’s practice covers asylum applications, family-based green card petitions, citizenship and naturalization, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) petitions, and other humanitarian immigration relief. The firm serves Gilbert and the surrounding East Valley — Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, and Queen Creek — and also handles removal defense, representing clients in immigration court proceedings.
Track Record
Immigration case outcomes vary by individual circumstance and are governed by federal immigration court procedure rather than a public verdicts table, and no itemized results compilation was located in the sources reviewed for this profile. One client review on the firm’s website describes an asylum application pending for seven years that was resolved within three months of engaging the firm, though this profile reports that as a client-stated account rather than an independently verified figure.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Client reviews on the firm’s site describe direct, personal attention: one client wrote that Nanyanzi “will pick or return your calls as soon as possible” and “has time for her clients,” while another credited her with securing a family member’s release from detention and subsequent work authorization. No negative reviews were located in the sources reviewed for this profile; that reflects the available public record, not a claim of a flawless history.
Community
Nanyanzi is a member of the Arizona Black Bar Association, where her professional biography emphasizes drawing on her own immigrant and paralegal experience to inform her advocacy.
Recognition
Nanyanzi is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the State Bar of Arizona. No Arizona board certification applies to immigration law, since the State Bar of Arizona does not currently offer a certified specialty in that field, so this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe her.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Immigration law is exclusively federal, adjudicated under the Immigration and Nationality Act in federal immigration courts rather than Arizona state courts. Asylum applicants generally must file within one year of arrival in the United States absent an exception, and VAWA petitions allow certain immigrant survivors of domestic violence to self-petition for status without their abuser’s knowledge or cooperation — a federal protection independent of any Arizona family law proceeding.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Aisha Nanyanzi’s differentiator is a genuinely dedicated East Valley immigration practice led by an attorney with lived immigrant experience and nearly a decade as a paralegal before ever taking a case as counsel. The honest trade-off: she is relatively early in her career as a licensed attorney, with roughly two years in practice at the time of this profile’s research, so clients with unusually complex or high-stakes matters should ask directly about her experience with cases similar to their own.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from Justia, the Arizona Black Bar Association directory, the firm’s own website, and client reviews published there. AKN Immigration, LLC did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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