Sanjuanita González – Attorney
Sanjuanita González practices Immigration Law. She has been a practicing attorney since 1981, and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Prior to establishing her law firm in 2015, Ms. Gonzalez was a founding partner of the firms of Fluhr & González; and Cohen, Fluhr & González, P.C.
Ms. González is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy of Temple University School of Law, and she has lectured to various professional and community organizations regarding Immigration.
Professional and Community Affiliations:
- Board Member of the Philadelphia Board of Ethics (2011 to present)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Former Member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association
- Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (former Vice President)
- Former President of the Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations (Concilio), the oldest Latino community based organization in Pennsylvania
Education:
Juris Doctor, Rutgers University Law School (Newark, NJ)
Master of Arts, City University of New York (New York, NY)
Bachelor of Arts, Texas Woman’s University (Denton, TX)
Suzanne Fluhr – Of Counsel
Ms. Fluhr practices in the area of Social Security Disability law in Philadelphia, primarily handling appellate work at the administrative and Federal Court level. Prior to graduating from law school in 1980, Ms. Fluhr worked as a paralegal for Community Legal Services (CLS) in Philadelphia. Upon completion of law school she returned to CLS, where she spent the first four years of her career as a staff attorney. Ms. Fluhr subsequently created a solo practice concentrating in Social Security Disability claims. She and Sanjuanita González then formed the partnership, Fluhr & González combining their expertise related to Social Security Disability issues. They joined Emily Cohen in forming Cohen, Fluhr & González P.C. in 1999.
Ms. Fluhr has lectured on matters pertaining to Social Security Disability for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) and for the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. She also served as an attorney trainer for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Volunteers for the Indigent Program helping to prepare advocates for SSI claimants.
Education:
J.D. from the Temple University School of Law
B.A. in History and Spanish from Williams College in Massachusetts
Study at the University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia