Kim grew up on a farm in southwest Iowa. She applies that rural work ethic to her clients' cases in front of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services and the Immigration Courts. She frequently visits clients in immigration custody and represents them in deportation proceedings, as well as the federal courts.

Kim is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National Immigration Project, as well as an active volunteer with Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. She graduated from the University of Iowa law school and holds a B.A. from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa. Prior to opening her law practice, Kim staffed programs that provided loans and technical assistance to small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Areti Georgopoulos

Areti was born in Athens, Greece and immigrated to the United States when she was a child.  She received a B.A. in Women’s Studies, magna cum laude, from Brown University in Rhode Island.  She received a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School.  While in law school, Areti published an article in Law and Inequality entitled “Beyond the Reach of Juvenile Justice: The Crisis of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Detained by the United States.” 

Prior to working with Kim Hunter & Associates, Areti was a law clerk for Judge Lloyd Zimmerman in Hennepin County District Court, an intern at the Immigration Court in Bloomington, MN and at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minneapolis. She has been a member of a theater company and is a published poet.  She speaks Greek, French, Italian, and is learning Arabic and Spanish.

Kara Lynum

Originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Kara received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.  She worked for Kim Hunter & Associates while studying at the University of Minnesota and has now worked here for a total of three years.  Kara has worked on Capitol Hill and in the development department for a national non-profit in Washington, D.C. She taught citizenship classes to refugees in Arlington, Virginia and has volunteered at the Lincoln Adult Education Center in Minneapolis.  She is a student a William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. 

Rachel Lipsey

Rachel was born in Lansing, Michigan and raised in the Twin Cities area. She spent two years studying at New York University and completed a double major in Political Science and Global Studies from the University of Minnesota.  While completing her undergraduate education, Rachel interned at the University of Minnesota Human Rights Program, the Center for Victims of Torture, and the Minnesota State Legislature under Rep. Debra Hilstrom.  Rachel speaks German and takes photographs in her spare time.

Summer Allchin

Summer is originally from southeast Iowa.  She graduated from Augsburg College with a B.A. in Nordic Area Studies and International Relations.  Summer spent a year abroad studying at the University of Oslo in Norway.  Prior to attending law school, Summer worked for Human Rights First in Washington, D.C., where she assisted asylees in the D.C. metro area.  She also volunteered with Capital Area Immigrant Rights (CAIR) Coalition, an immigrant detainee non-profit.

Summer received a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she was awarded the “Michelle R. Bennet Award for Outstanding Client Service” in the legal clinic.  Summer also worked with the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV), assisting immigrant victims of domestic abuse obtain legal status.  Prior to joining Kim Hunter & Associates, she worked for St. Cloud Area Legal Services as an immigration and family law attorney.  Summer speaks Norwegian and Spanish.