Nabeel Kibria is a Partner at Monument Legal and a District of Columbia criminal defense and immigration attorney. He was the founding partner of Ervin Kibria PLLC, which has now joined forces with Monument Legal to provide even more robust resources for clients in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia.

Nabeel graduated from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia, one of the nation’s foremost public interest law schools, and he is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Throughout law school, Nabeel served as a student attorney in the David A. Clarke School of Law’s acclaimed Low-Income Housing-Consumer Law Clinic. There, he provided representation for low-income residents of the District of Columbia and performed over 500 hours of pro bono legal services. This included the successful litigation of rental conditions and human rights violations cases in the DC Landlord-Tenant Court and the DC Superior Court. Nabeel also served as a student attorney in the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, where he performed over 700 hours of pro bono legal and tax services. This work involved the successful filing and negotiation of complicated state and federal tax debts owed to the IRS or State Treasury.

In addition to his services as a student attorney, Nabeel worked as a senior law clerk to the managing partner of one of Northern Virginia’s busiest criminal defense firms. In this role, he helped represent hundreds of defendants in a wide range of cases including traffic offenses, alcohol-related offenses, drug offenses, violent crimes, theft-related offenses, and government forfeitures.

Nabeel’s passion for litigation and his love for the District of Columbia led to the creation of his original firm with his co-founder Justin Ervin. Now at Monument Legal, Nabeel maintains his deep understanding of his clients’ needs, fears, and concerns. Clients choose Nabeel because of his ability to calm their fears and provide results through his honesty, compassion, and dedication to their individual matters. He is committed to offering his clients the best possible legal representation in the District at reasonable prices.

Nabeel will always “go to bat” for his clients and will take a case to trial if that is what is necessary to deliver justice. The attorneys at Monument Legal genuinely share the belief that being prepared and willing to fight for clients is the only way to practice criminal defense.

Outside of the courtroom, Nabeel is an art and music enthusiast as well as a voracious Washington D.C. sports fan. As a University of Miami alumnus, Nabeel bleeds orange and green for his Miami Hurricanes.