Gunda J. Brost

Seeking to be considered for a leadership role with AILA National

• Law License, IA, 2007
• Teaching License (German), IA, 2000

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (2013-present)
• Federal Bar Association (2013-present)
• Black Hawk County Bar Association (2014-present)
• Iowa State Bar Association (2007-present)
• Iowa Women Attorneys Association (2013-present)
• American Bar Association (2005-present)
• American and Iowa Education Association (2007-present)
• American Civil Liberties Union (2012-present)
• Cedar Valley Advocates for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (2007-present)

• National Business Institute, “defenses to removal,” presenter, 2025
• Iowa State Bar Association, “an overview of our immigration system,” presenter, 2024
• The Immigration Lawyer’s Toolbox by John Q. Khosravi, Esq.: “Career Development, Iowa/Nebraska conference and more with Gunda Brost, Esq.”, 2024
• Cedar Falls Community School District, “immigration 101,” “rights of immigrant students,” presenter, 2023-present
• Various local Churches and Immigration community groups, “Know Your Rights,” presenter, 2017-2021, 2024-present
• Why are AILA members coming to National Day of Action?, 2021
• Panel on Immigration Developments under the Trump Administration, co-panelist, 2017
• University of Northern Iowa, Center for International Education Programs, “Culture Talk: Refugees,” co-speaker, 2017
• Slate plus politics: “if mom and dad are deported,” cited, 2017
• Rotary Club, “Discussing the Executive Orders on Immigration,” presenter, 2017
• Immigration demonstration planned, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, 2017
• No Ban, No Wall community presentation, co-speaker, 2017
• Latinos for Washington, “Know your rights” presentation, co-presenter, 2017
• Iowa Education Association Spanish Culture class, presenter, “immigration law 101,” presenter, 2016
• Immigration policy change raises concerns in Franklin County, Associated Press, 2017
• Meet Your Neighbors: A Conversation with Refugees and Immigrants in the Cedar Valley, co-panelist, 2016
• KWWL newscast, The Ron Steele Report: “Debunking myths about immigrants and immigration,” interview panelist, 2015
• Our Kids Conference, “immigration and students,” presenter, 2015
• Civility in Immigration Discussion, Butler County Democrats, panelist, 2015
• Unite Iowa Immigration Forum, speaker, 2015
• Iowa Public Radio Iowa News broadcast, “Ethical Perspectives on the News: Unaccompanied Children,” speaker, 2014
• La Prensa Community Workshop, “DACA explained,” speaker, 2014

• 2024, ISBA Pro Bono Honor Roll
• 2025, Nominated, America’s Top 50 lawyers
• 2025, Nominated, Lawyers of Distinction
• 2023, Marquis Who’s Who, Honored Listee
• 2017, Avvo Top Contributor Award
• 2018, Avvo Top Contributor Award

• 2004, Wanderlust – story of a family’s immigration, contributing author
• 2019, Cultural Sensitivity to Foreign-Born Litigants: A practical Guide, contributor, http://internationallawsection.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IL-2019-Fall.pdf
• 2016, Immigrants, refugees share stories at forum, http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/immigrants-refugees-share-stories-at-forum/article_e007c458-1d6e-53d7-bf33-ace12031c3b6.html
• 2014, An overview of the B-2 visa, http://www.echo-media.com/mediaDetail.php?ID=11415
• 2014, Why should you hire an immigration attorney?, http://www.echo-media.com/mediaDetail.php?ID=11415