Top Immigration Lawyers Near Me in Austin Area

• Family Law• Divorce• Custody and Child Support Litigation• Agreed and Uncontested Divorce• Divorce and Custody Litigation• Adoption• Mediation and Collaborative Law• Child Support• Grandparents rights and defense. During Mr. Evans’ 18 years of practice, he has obtained extensive court room experience and has over 100 jury trials to his credit.  Mr. Evans has successfully mediated many cases and is trained in collaborative law.. In 2010, Mr. Evans completed the requirements and has been recognized by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and was honored to become board certified in Family Law.

We specialize in providing legal services and advice in matters of Immigration Law, Family Law,Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Worker’s experienced team are familiar with legal issues involved in each of the practice’s specialty areas, which can often at Donnelly Law, we are dedicated to providing answers, helping you understand the legal issues you are facingand effectively representing you to find resolutions.

Viera Buzgova has been working in the area of immigration for many years. Her practice focuses exclusively on immigration law. She represents both individual as well as corporate clients. Her cases include family immigration (marriage visa, fiance visa, family-based preference petitions, etc.), business immigration (H-1B visas, L-1 visas, PERM, etc.), physician immigration (J-1 waivers, National Interest Waivers, etc.), naturalization, removal cases, U visas, and other areas of immigration law. She is fluent in English, Slovak, and Czech languages.

Unlock your American dream with Resendez Immigration Law PLLC, Austin's trusted partner for navigating the complexities of immigration law. Our firm, located in Austin, Texas, offers dedicated legal services, expertly guiding individuals and families through every step. Focusing in Green Cards, including marriage-based applications, and Investor Visas like the E-1 and E-2, we provide comprehensive consultation and representation. Attorney and founder, Tomas Resendez, recognized as "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch", is committed to helping you build your future in the United States. Let us help you achieve your immigration goals

Thomas Esparza, Jr., Attorney at Law, A Professional Corporation. Board Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. La Madrid Building , 1811 So. 1st., Austin, Texas 78704. /. EDUCATION. •      McAllen High School-1970.. •      Texas A & M University-1974, Worked part time. •       University of Texas, School of Law-1977.  Edited the Law school paper, Worked part time. LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. •      Licensed to practice November, 1977.. •      Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1980. •      Board Certified Specialist - Immigration and Nationality Law, October 1985 to present. •      Waco-McLennan County Legal Aid-1977-1978.. •      Private Practice in Austin, Texas, 1978-present.. •      Capital Area Mexican-American Lawyers, President, 1988-1989.. •      State Bar Committee-Laws Relating to Immigration, 1985-1988 & 1998 to 2001.. •      Member, State Bar College-1997 to present.. •      Member, University of Texas Immigration and Nationality Law Conference Planning Committee, 1996 to 2010.. •     Chairperson, Texas Oklahoma & New Mexico chapter of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association, 2005-2005. Chairman - Austin Commission on Immigrant Affairs  2008 to present.. Executive Committee - Immigrant Services Network of Austin 2008 to present.. PUBLIC OFFICE. •      Justice of the Peace, Precinct Four, Travis County, Texas 1981-1982.. LEGAL & CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS. •      Becker Community School Advisory Council, 1982-Present.. •      Austin Community Education Volunteer of the Year 1995.. •      Center for Battered Women, Founding Member, Board Member 1988.. •      Austin Mardi Gras, President, 1982, Founding Member 1981.. •      Austin Police Department-Task Force on Crimes Against Foreign Nationals.. •      "Citizenship, the 100 Questions" video for Political Asylum Project and ACTV.. •      Travis County Bar Association Conference; Immigrant Crimes and Criminal Law, 1999.. •      Host "Ask an Attorney" and "Dialogue" Sponsored by Travis County Television. •      Manager Oak Hill Youth Sports Association 12U Bronco Girls All Stars. PUBLICATIONS. • Family Based Immigration and Criminal Activity 2011 prepared for the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar. • Immigration Law and Crimes, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 for the Advanced Criminal Defense Lawyer Conference. • Nueva Vida Con Inglés, Co-written with his mother, Esther La Madrid Esparza, this book teaches English as a Second Languages, ©1987, 1990, 1992 and 1997.. • El Camino: A Guide to Amnesty or Legalization Benefits (English and Spanish)©1986.. • Humpty Dumpty & Friends in the Southwest, A bilingual three book series with cassettes.. • Rocking Horse Rhymes, A two book bilingual series with matching cassettes.. • Esther’s Playhouse, Interactive preschool learning software.. • Citizenship, The 100 Questions, Book & Cassette, bilingual citizenship self study guide ©1998, 2002. 2010, and 2011. or

The Law Office of Mark Bissada is a solo practice located in Austin, TX. I focus exclusively on the practice of federal immigration law, representing corporate and individual clients throughout the United States and from around the world.. I am a proud alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science) and the City University of New York School of Law (Juris Doctor). I maintain two active law licenses. I am admitted to the state bars of New York and New Jersey, as well as the US District Court - Western District of Texas. I am authorized by the Code of Federal Regulations to practice immigration law throughout the United States.

Steve Koebele is a lobbyist based in Austin, Texas.. From the best lobbyist office location near the Texas Capitol, Steve Koebele provides public policy representation, counseling, and advocacy for a diverse range of clients compsed of market leaders in their respective industries.. Steve Koebele successfully improves laws and government toward clear goals:  increasing job creation and enhancing economic opportunities.. A licensed attorney for more than 19 years in both Texas and Washington, D.C., Steve Koebele has worked with senior staff and top public policy makers at the state and federal levels of government.

Prior to managing my own law office, I was the Managing Partner of an Austin Business and Immigration law firm. Before my work in private practice, I worked for the state's highest criminal court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. As the court's Program Attorney, I supervised the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit, assisted with the court's ten million dollar grant for legal education, and served as the legislative liaison. I also served as a briefing attorney at the same court.

My primary practice of law is immigration, including family based petitions, U Visa, VAWA, DACA, TPS, and naturalization.. As attorneys helped my dad and grandma immigrate to the United States, I'm paying it forward and helping other immigrants achieve their dreams of gaining legal status in this wonderful country.  I am a participant in the State Bar of Texas's inaugural legal incubator program, Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator. Through this program I aim to bridge the justice gap and provide affordable legal services to low and modest income immigrants in the Austin and San Antonio communities.

Michael Ponder graduated from Tulane University in 1998 with a B.A. in Spanish. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern University Law Center in 2003 with a Juris Doctorate. He worked in the area of insurance defense litigation for two years before starting his immigration practice in 2005. He has had the pleasure of helping hundreds of new Americans get residency, citizenship, visas and many different forms of lawful immigration status in the U.S. Besides his work with clients, Mr. Ponder also does volunteer work for refugees and victims of crime through American Gateways and Casa Marianella.

Mehron P. Azarmehr obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of North Texas. After his master’s degree, he worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Later, he attended St. Mary’s University School of Law and the University of Texas Law School. During law school, he served at the Texas Supreme Court as briefing intern.. •       Mehron has been practicing law in Texas since 1992. He first served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Texas Attorney General’s office in Austin, Texas; then from 1996 to 1998, he practiced immigration law at Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P. in Dallas, Texas.. •       In 1999, he founded Azarmehr Law Group, an exclusively immigration-based practice. The law firm is based in Austin, Texas with affiliate offices in Monterrey, Mexico London, UK, and Shanghai, China.. •       Mehron is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas.. •       Mehron is multilingual and speaks English, Spanish, Farsi and French.. Professional Memberships:. •       State Bar of Texas. •       American Immigration Lawyers Association. Professional Bar Activities:. •       State Bar Foundation Fellow: membership is limited to 1/3 of 1% of licensed attorneys in Texas.. •       Past Chair, State Bar of Texas, Environmental Law Section. •       Past Associate Editor-in-Chief, State Bar of Texas, Environmental Law Journal. Publications:. •       Immigration Options and Procedures for Healthcare Workers, Business Immigration Law: Strategies for Employing Foreign Nationals (2010-12).. •       Natural Resources Damages Under CERCLA Sec. 107: How the Liability Rules Differ Between Actions for Natural Resource Damages and Response Costs, 21 Environmental Law Reporter No. 10 (1992).. •       Status of Joint and Several Liability Under CERCLA after Bell Petroleum; 24 Environmental No. 5 (1994).. •       CERCLA Joint and Several Liability in the Fifth Circuit After Bell Petroleum, State Bar of Texas, 25 Environmental Law Journal No. 1 (1994).

Lead attorney, Griselda Ponce is compassionate and a true advocate for immigrants both in front of Judges in Immigration Court and before Immigration Officials when processing visas.  She has built a reputation for winning complex immigration matters and never shying away from a legal challenge.  Attorney Ponce finds it important to thoroughly research a legal case and produce convincing legal arguments with supporting exhibits through every phase of the case to ensure her cases have the best possible opportunity at success.  At Ponce Law Firm, P.C., she leads her legal team of competent and diligent staff in an atmosphere that focuses on the client's needs with a goal of keeping families together and accomplishing the client's legal goal.  Attorney Ponce is from south Texas, graduated with a r in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin and a 2003 Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.  Her career has focused on immigration law since her early years as a student attorney in 2000 and since then, has released thousands from immigration detention, won comlex asylum cases, successfully litigated Immigration appeals before the Board of Immigration Review through the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and is pleased to have helped thousands achieve their legal goals!  Call Attorney Ponce to get a thorough review of your case and a road mad to legal residency or naturalization.

Kyle Farmer grew up in Dripping Springs, Texas. During high school, his primary interest was playing basketball, hunting, and fishing. To him, growing up in the country was an ideal way of life. After graduating high school, Kyle attended Texas A&M University, with a major in Political Science. During undergraduate, Kyle worked full-time in a variety of jobs. He interned for Congressman Michael McCaul and taught for Kaplan Test Prep. While working for Kaplan, he taught the LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT.

Kevin Lashus focuses his practice on corporate employment verification compliance and inbound business immigration.  Kevin has experience in providing uniquely tailored advice to assist clients in developing comprehensive employment authorization and immigration-related compliance systems--including full-scale or localized E-Verify implementation protocols.  Given his public-sector background and court-room experience, Kevin is able to prepare clients to minimize exposure during even the most complex regulatory, administrative, and civil litigation.  He is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch practices immigration law because she works with wonderful clients who are experiencing significant and emotional life changes.  Kate enjoys celebrating with her clients when they achieve their immigration goals, such as obtaining citizenship or the right to live and work in the US, and she also has great compassion for how hard and stressful it can be to face losing immigration status or being separated from loved ones.. Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch is a native of Austin, Texas, who found law after working in the technology sector.  Kate yearned for meaning in her work and chose law school hoping to find a way to incorporate service in her career.  While at the University of Texas School of Law, she joined the Immigration Clinic.  Her first assignment as a student attorney was to conduct an intake with a family of Iraqi citizens who were being detained at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas, as they sought asylum in the United States after suffering severe persecution in their home country.  Her clients were distraught to be in a prison with their infant daughter who had not been permitted to go outside in days.  At the conclusion of her meeting with the parents, the baby’s desperate mother asked Kate if she would sneak the baby out of the prison.  It was this moment when she decided on a career fighting for justice for immigrants.. Kate Lincoln-goldfinch was the recipient of an Equal Justice Works Fellowship, sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in 2008. She completed her fellowship at American Gateways (formerly the Political Asylum Project of Austin), a non-profit organization devoted to securing justice for low-income immigrants in the Central Texas area.  Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch fellowship project served the detainees at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center during which she provided representation and rights presentations to the immigrant women and families detained there.  She also served as the pro bono coordinator for American Gateways.. After her fellowship, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch entered private immigration practice.  Her practice encompasses a variety of immigration cases including temporary visas, adjustments of status, naturalization, and consular processing, as well as removal defense, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and crime victims’ visas.  Her firm offers high quality legal representation in an accessible and empathetic environment.. In 2010, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch received the Contribution to Minority Community Award from the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association.  Since the unfortunate resurgence of family detention in 2014, Kate has been active in providing and recruiting pro bono representation for the detained women and children at the Karnes Detention Center and she serves on the Advisory Committee for the Karnes Pro Bono Project. She has been engaged as a speaker at various forums in the field of immigration law. She is a fluent Spanish speaker. Her most important accomplishment of all is her family: her precious daughter Nora and her husband Josh.

Julie Sparks is a board-certified specialist in immigration and nationality law.  After more than a decade of practice exclusively in the field of immigration law, she has represented immigrants from more than 70 different countries.  She has helped hundreds of individuals and families achieve legal status in the U.S. in cases involving marriage, citizenship, domestic violence, torture, and charges of deportation/removal in immigration court.. A passion for aiding individuals from around the world led Julie to give up a teaching career and pursue a law degree.  The seed of this passion was planted when Julie met a Rwandan refugee in the ’90s through her work in a homeless shelter in Waco, Texas.  Her love for this area of law remains to this day.  Clients and potential clients often tell her that she is the first person to show true concern for their case and the first to help them thoroughly understand the complexities of the legal issues they face.. Julie is a former instructor in immigration law at the Pepperdine School of Law in Malibu, California as well as California State University – Los Angeles.  During her years in California, she also founded and managed a non-profit organization through which she supervised numerous law students in their representation of indigent immigrants seeking asylum and other relief.  Julie has served as a volunteer attorney for many community organizations at dozens of community events.  Prior to the creation of the DACA program, she served as a legal advisor to “Dreamers” in their struggle to pressure the Obama administration to provide relief to undocumented students.  As a volunteer Legal Coordinator for the 2003 Immigrant Workers' Freedom Ride, Julie assisted immigrants in joining together in a nationwide protest and call for meaningful immigration reform to protect the rights of undocumented workers in this country.. Julie earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Baylor University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from the University of Houston Law Center.  There she was a recipient of the University of Houston Law Center's Public Interest Fellowship. She has served as a pro bono attorney for numerous organizations over the years, including The National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, an agency funded in part by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.  She was the recipient of the 2010 Beacon of Justice Award from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.. Ms. Sparks is a member of the Texas Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Joseph Krebs Muller has focused on immigration matters since joining the Missouri Bar in the year 2012. He has dedicated nearly the entirety of his career to immigration law, whether through assisting individuals in applying for immigration benefits or defending them from removal.. Joseph has worked on a wide variety of immigration matters and has served thousands of clients in the following types of benefits:. The first step in any case is to schedule a consultation to determine the best options for you.

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Immigration attorney Kalani Hawks Villafranca has over a decade of experience as an attorney and served for several years as the managing attorney for the Texas Here to Stay/Texas No Nos Vamos coalition. She helped bring free legal clinics to communities throughout Texas and provided guidance to thousands of immigrants seeking to renew their DACA status or become U.S. citizens. Before founding Hawks Villafranca Law, Abogada Kalani worked as a Senior Immigration Attorney for the Equal Justice Center in Austin, TX where she helped hundreds of people get the work permits they needed to support themselves and their families. She appears regularly on Univision and is a trusted partner of the Mexican Consulate in Austin.

I received my law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2002.. I grew up in Brazil, Spain and The Netherlands. I am fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, and proficient in French and Dutch. Prior to attending law school, I was an Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.. Before founding Berner Law, I worked as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York City, and at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. in Austin, Texas. During this time, I obtained extensive experience working with international clients and U.S. clients on international matters and disputes.. I have long been interested in immigration matters. During law school, I  clerked at the Federal Defenders of San Diego, focusing primarily on the representation of undocumented immigrants. At Cleary Gottlieb, I was twice awarded Sanctuary for Families’ Above and Beyond Award, which recognized his pro bono advocacy on behalf of asylum and T-visa applicants.. Presently, I serve on the board of directors of the Workers Defense Project, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the working conditions of low-wage workers, primarily in the immigrant community.

I immigrated to the US along with my parents and sister from South Korea.  I have been both an entrepreneur and an attorney and use my extensive experience in running a global business with clients in Asia, Europe and the United States as CEO to counsel my clients on business immigration matters.  Understanding the goals, challenges and pitfalls of doing business in the US and globally, helps me connect to my clients as I advise them on both corporate and personal immigration matters.. I am also a big civic booster and serve on numerous boards and commissions as an appointee or volunteer.  I believe firmly in giving back to the community and being personally involved in making our community a better and more welcoming place for all.

I have been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since December 1997. Formerly, I  was the Chair of the Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico Chapter of the American Immgiration Lawyers Association.. I also was the Chair of the Advisory and the Chair of the Examinations Committees for Immigration and Nationality Law at the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.. I am a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. And I am an  Honors graduate of the Univeristy of Texas at Austin, School of Law and hold a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from Arizona State University.. I have been  recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association with its President's Award  "For Tremendous Advocacy on Behalf of Immigrants and Your Outstanding Contributions to the Association.” June 21, 1997

I came to the US as an international student and went through a variety of immigration statuses before becoming a lawyer. This means that I really understand what it is like to deal with the US immigration system as both an applicant and an attorney. I try to be the immigration attorney I wish I had had when I was going through it myself!. I start each case with a strategy consultation ($100) where I thoroughly explain the available options so the client can make the best decision for them. If they choose to hire me to help them with an application we then agree on a flat fee or hourly rate. I have been using technology to work remotely since I started the law firm and have helped clients in the US as well as in a variety of countries. Having grown up in Mexico I am fully bilingual in Spanish.

I am a Filipino attorney in Austin, Texas. My practice includes Family law and Estate Planning (Wills/Probate).

Experienced and compassionate immigration attorney based in Austin, TX specializing in marriage-based permanent residency and citizenship cases. Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Immigration Law Section of the Texas State Bar. Fluent in Urdu.