Elizabeth Murrar
Elizabeth Murrar is the founder and managing attorney of Murrar Law, an immigration law firm based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving clients across Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. A former adjunct professor of immigration law at Marquette University Law School (2021–2023), Atty. Murrar serves as a National Mentor for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in U Visa and VAWA matters. She has been recognized as a Wisconsin Law Journal Up and Coming Lawyer (2016), a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2018, 2019, 2020), and a Wisconsin Law Journal Women in Law Honoree (2025). Her firm was named among Wisconsin’s Best Women-Led Law Firms by the Wisconsin Law Journal in 2024. Ms. Murrar practices in English and Spanish, with a particular focus on humanitarian visas (U, T, and VAWA), removal defense, and family-based immigration.
A Personal Connection to Immigration Law
For Elizabeth, immigration law is not an abstract practice area. It is shaped by her own family’s story.
Her father was raised by his immigrant grandmother, a proud American citizen who, by his memory, also lived with the quiet weight of discrimination. He grew up speaking English with her accent. The stories he told Elizabeth about his grandmother’s life, about belonging and not-quite-belonging in the same country, were her first lessons in what immigration law really touches.
Years later, those lessons became personal in a different way. Elizabeth has navigated the family-based immigration process firsthand, and she has walked her own family members through detention, custody, and immigration court proceedings. Her family’s case ended successfully, but the experience left her with something her credentials alone could never give her: a working understanding of what it feels like to be the family in the waiting room.
That experience shapes how Murrar Law operates today. The firm is built around the belief that excellent legal work and genuine client care are not separate skills. They are the same skill.
Practice Focus
Elizabeth’s practice centers on three areas where the stakes for clients and their families are highest:
The firm also handles DACA, affirmative asylum, citizenship and naturalization, and a full range of family and humanitarian matters.
Education
- D., Marquette University Law School, May 2010 — cum laude, with high honors for pro bono service
- A., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, December 2005 — summa cum laude; double major in Political Science and Hebrew Studies; minor in History; Certificate in Middle Eastern Studies; Honors Program graduate
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Wisconsin (2010)
- S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010)
- S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (2026)
Languages
- English (fluent)
- Spanish (fluent)
- Levantine Arabic (basic conversational)
Marquette University Law School — Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law (2021–2023)
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) — National Mentor, U Visa and VAWA
Recognition
- Wisconsin Law Journal — Women in Law Honoree (2025)
- Wisconsin Law Journal — Best Women-Led Law Firms (Murrar Law, 2024)
- Super Lawyers — Rising Star (2018, 2019, 2020)
- Wisconsin Law Journal — Up and Coming Lawyer (2016)
- Marquette University Law School — High Honors for Pro Bono Service (2010)
Elizabeth is a proud University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumna, and Murrar Law remains actively connected to the community that shaped her. The firm is an annual sponsor of:
- The UWM Roberto Hernandez Center Palm Gala, supporting emergency scholarships for Latino students at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Casa de Corazón, supporting orphanages across Latin America
The firm also participates in Mexican Fiesta Milwaukee and other community events throughout the year, and Elizabeth hosts regular educational webinars on immigration topics for both the legal community and the public.
About the Firm
Murrar Law, LLC traces its history through several Milwaukee-area immigration practices. Elizabeth founded the original Murrar Law Office, LLC in 2010. In 2018, the firm merged with retiring partners of Hochstatter, McCarthy, Rivas & Runde, S.C. — a respected Milwaukee firm established in 1983 — and with Attorney Cain Oulahan, becoming Murrar, Oulahan, Rivas & Hochstatter, LLC. Attorneys Tom Hochstatter and Joseph Rivas continued with the firm for several years before their well-earned retirements; Attorney Oulahan launched his own firm in 2022. The firm simplified its name to Murrar Law, LLC that same year.
The firm’s website was previously hosted at www.morhvisas.com; the current website is www.murrarlaw.com.
Schedule a Consultation
Murrar Law offers consultations in English and Spanish at our offices in Milwaukee and Kenosha, by phone, and by video. To learn whether we can help you or your family, Schedule a Consultation or call 414-519-6882.