Kavitha Sreeharsha is a Staff Attorney at Legal Momentum’s Immigrant Women Program. She works on policy advocacy for immigrant women, focusing on the intersection of family law and immigration law for domestic violence survivors and human trafficking.
Prior to joining Legal Momentum, Kavitha was the Domestic Violence Coordinator at Asian Pacific Islander (“API”) Legal Outreach in San Francisco. She practiced immigration and family law with an emphasis in serving API immigrant domestic violence and human trafficking survivors. Kavitha is the author of a California Judicial Council bench manual on Immigration and Domestic Violence and has served as faculty for the Administrative Office of the Courts and Center for Judicial Education and Research in California. Kavitha has lectured and trained extensively throughout the country. She is widely regarded as an expert in the intersection of family law, domestic violence, and immigration law.
As a policy advocate, Kavitha has authored language in several state statutes protecting immigrant domestic violence survivors and trafficked people. She has also participated in national advocacy efforts on behalf of South Asian immigrants, immigrant domestic violence survivors, and trafficked people.
For six years, Kavitha served on the Board of Directors of Narika, an agency serving South Asian women who are victims of violence. Kavitha has also served on the board of the South Asian Bar Association and as a co-chair to Asian American Bar Association Civil Rights Committee. Kavitha received her J.D. from U.C. Hastings and her B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. She is a recipient of several awards including the 2004 Unity Award from the Coalition of Minority Bar Associations and the 2007 Tanya Nieman Award from Partners Ending Domestic Abuse.
