Rekha Sharma-Crawford

Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney and partner in the Kansas City law firm Sharma-Crawford Attorneys-at-Law. She is nationally recognized for her expertise. Sharma-Crawford regularly practices before the Federal Courts on cases involving affirmative immigration benefits and before the Courts of Appeals in several Circuits. In 2021, she was nationally recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association by being awarded the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award, for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law. In 2018, the Kansas Bar Association honored Sharma-Crawford with the Courageous Attorney Award, “an award presented from time to time, to attorneys who have displayed exceptional courage in the face of adversity, thus bringing credit to the legal profession.” In 2017, The Missouri Bar Association honored Sharma-Crawford and her law partner with its Pro Bono Publico Award. 

Along with having several critical published courts decisions, Sharma-Crawford is also an author and speaker on issues involving immigration law and policy. She is an Elected Director for the AILA Board of Governors, 2019-2023 a member of the Board for the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild 2020-2023.

In 2012, Sharma-Crawford and her husband, who is also her law partner, founded a nonprofit law clinic to provide representation for indigent individuals facing removal in the Kansas City Immigration Court. The Clinic at Sharma-Crawford has helped thousands of clients and for nearly a decade, has provided much-needed low bono and pro bono representation.