Tristan Tapia-Ruano Gunn

Tristan Tapia-Ruano Gunn

Tapia-Ruano & Gunn, P.C. • Chicago, IL
ImmigrationEmployment LawPersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(866) 530-7462
Address
53 W Jackson Blvd Ste 852, Chicago, IL, 60604-3830, US

Professional

About

Tristan Gunn is a practicing attorney and partner at the law office of TAPIA-RUANO & GUNN, PC. (TRGPC). He focuses his practice in the area of removal defense before the Chicago Immigration Court and Family-Based immigration. His practice includes applications for permanent residency in the US and through consular processing abroad. His practice also includes waivers of inadmissibility, U visas, applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Naturalization. Mr. Gunn has been named by Illinois Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for 2018. He has also been recognized as an “Emerging Lawyer” by the Leading Lawyer’s Network in 2017 and 2018. Mr. Gunn was also named a “Top Lawyer” by Chicago Lawyer Magazine in 2017. Tristan attended law school at Depaul University College of Law and graduated with his Juris Doctorate in 2011. Tristan became a member of the Illinois Bar in 2012 and has been practicing immigration law ever since. Tristan is bilingual in English and Spanish. Tristan is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has been an active particiapnt in the Chicago Chapter. At TRGPC virtually all areas of immigration law are practiced with few exceptions. Attorneys primarily provide services relating to applications for Legal Permanent Residency through Adjustment of Status and Consular Processsing, Naturalization, U Visas, VAWAs, preparing inadmissibility waivers, DACA applications, non-immigrant visas, defense in removal proceedings, and asylum. Attorneys also handle a variety of employment based applicaitons.

About Immigration Law

Immigration attorneys help individuals and families navigate the complex immigration system. They assist with visas, green cards, citizenship, and deportation defense. Common matters include visa applications, green cards, citizenship, deportation defense.

Credentials

Education
2011 DePaul University College of Law JD - Juris Doctor 2004 Illinois Wesleyan University BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
Spanish | English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2021 Illinois Rising Stars, SuperLawyers 2021 Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network 2020 Illinois Rising Stars, SuperLawyers 2019 Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2019 Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network
Associations
2018 - Present Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois member 2012 - Present American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chicago chapter) Member 2012 - Present Chicago Bar Association Member 2012 - 2018 Illinois State Bar Association Member
Speaking
2019 Cook County Public Defender's Office Annual Conference Crimmigration: How Criminal Defense Attorneys can Better Protect their Immigrant Clients 2019 AILA Annual Conference on Immigration Law Filing for Adjustment or Naturalization with a Disabled Applicant: Special Issues You're Likely to Encounter and How to Overcome Them 2017 Of Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story The signing of President Trump's Executive Order 13769, signed into effect on January 27, 2017. Tristan spoke on the conditions of detention centers and the treatment of undocumented immigrants, as well as a general explanation of the ban itself. 2017 New Members Division How to Effectively Represent Your Client at a USCIS Interview 2016 2016 AILA Annual Conference Immigration 102: Government Agencies
Updated: Mar 11, 2026