about us
Let us accompany you in your process
Attorney Alexander McShiras founded Pikes Peak Immigration to help families stay together, to bring families back together, to help victims obtain immigration status, and to help businesses bring the workers they need to the U.S. We put our clients over everything else, people over money. We are known for our zealous advocacy: we leave no stone unturned in our legal representation.
ALEXANDER MCSHIRAS
ATTORNEY
Alex McShiras represents individuals, families and businesses regarding their immigration matters. He also does criminal defense in traffic matters and other misdemeanors (including DUI cases). Most of the criminal defense work he does relates directly to immigration cases.
Meet our team
We speak English and Spanish
VANESSA BLANKENHORN Managing Paralegal
Vanessa Blankenhorn works as a paralegal at Pikes Peak Immigration. She is originally from Colombia. She graduated from the University of El Rosario, in Bogota, Colombia with a B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science.
She worked for the Colombian government helping the victims of violence. She moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2011 to continue with her second degree in Communications at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
She met her husband in 2015 and moved to Denver. As an Immigrant, Vanessa knows the importance and meaning of helping other immigrants. She is determined to help fellow immigrants with their immigration situation.
Vanessa enjoys volunteering, reading, watching movies, and traveling.
PAULA KOHOUTEK Paralegal
Paula Kohoutek works as a legal assistant at Pikes Peak Immigration. She is originally from Colombia. She moved to Idaho in 2002 and married a military service member in 2014. Paula and her husband have three children together. The Army brought her and her husband to Fort Carson, Colorado in 2014.
Paula graduated from the University of Colorado Denver in 2020 with a BA in Criminal Justice. She is passionate about helping our community members. Paula is fluent in both English and Spanish. She has experienced first-hand the struggles of our immigration system. This has inspired her to work to help immigrants here in Colorado. Paula cares about immigrants and she understands the challenges of U.S. immigration because she immigrated to the United States. She has a great rapport with our clients, and she works hard to help families stay together.
Paula enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, trying new foods, and helping others.
STEPHANIE GARCIA - Assistant Office Manager
Stephanie works as an assistant office manager at Pikes Peak Immigration. Stephanie is originally from Mexico. She came to the US at the age of five and has resided here in Colorado ever since. Stephanie is fluent in English and Spanish. She enjoys being a part of our team because we work hard every day to help clients with their immigration cases and we make a big difference in people's lives. Stephanie is in charge of coordinating that the entire work team has the necessary tools to carry out the tasks. She is usually the first to arrive at the office and the last to leave. She loves sharing her free time with her family and her pets.
AILEEN QUINTEROS - Receptionist
In her role Aileen maintains our telecommunications systems, provides information to clients by answering or redirecting their inquiries, and offers administrative support within the company. She handles ongoing and incoming mail and is great at keeping client files safe and organized. She is also bilingual in Spanish, she translates for our Spanish-speaking clients and is always happy to help.
In her free time Aileen likes to spend time with her 2 year old son and husband exploring nature and trying new foods.