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Janay Farmer is an associate attorney practicing exclusively immigration law, with a focus on complex removal defense, humanitarian processes, and family-based immigration matters. Ms. Farmer practices before the Department of Homeland Security Executive Office of Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, USCIS, the Superior Court of Washington, and the Department of State. She is admitted to the bars of Washington State, New York State, and the Eastern District of New York.. Ms. Farmer graduated from the University of Washington School of Law. Following law school, Janay worked as an Assistant Professor of Law at Haramaya University School of Law in Ethiopia. Upon returning to the United States, Janay worked and volunteered at numerous human rights and immigration-focused nonprofit organizations in New York City, including MADRE, Girl Rising, Immigration Equality, and the NYC Housing Court, as well as the HIV Law Project at Housing works, where she provided direct immigration and public benefits representation to low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.. Ms. Farmer joined Hanis Irvine Prothero in June 2019 as an Associate Immigration attorney. She continues to represent French-speaking asylees Pro Bono for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and is a frequent volunteer with the King County Bar Association immigration clinics and Centro Rendu. Ms. Farmer is fluent in French and conversant in Spanish and American Sign Language.

I practice  exclusively in the  area of immigration law and I am  the head of the Immigration Department at Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC.  I am also a founding partner of my law firm.  My immigration practice assists individuals with family reunification and citizenship matters and supports the business immigration needs of local, national, and international corporations and non-profit organizations.  I regularly defends the rights of immigrants and their families and frequently handles complex immigration cases in areas of deportation defense, waiver applications, administrative and federal court appeals, and consular processing matters.. I am married and have two beautiful daughters and an aging cocker spaniel.  I enjoy playing tennis and soccer and spending time with my family.

I have been passionate about protecting the rights of immigrants since law school. I accept all types of immigration matters, and I specialize in finding solutions in complex cases.

I am passionate about the practice of Immigration Law because I have seen many lives transformed and families united once their immigration matters were solved. As an immigrant myself, I am able to relate to the fears and doubts connected to the immigration process. In addition, my 18 years of experience allow me to anticipate the questions and concerns my clients have.. The biggest reward of my practice: a grateful client.

I am passionate about immigration law as a first generation U.S. citizen and an attorney with an LLM in International Human Rights Law.  I passionately believe that everyone should have the right to freedom of movement throughout the world and to try to find better opportunities if your country of origin is not providing what you need, or posing a threat to your life or liberty.  Everyone should be able to live free from violence and persecution and to be able to have access to jobs, opportunities, to love who you want to love, and become the person we believe we are meant to be.. The immigration process is very long and scary for applicants, I believe that your immigration attorney should be your partner in your case and explain every step in detail so that you can understand your options and risks and know what you are getting into.. I practice family and humanitarian based immigration - from green card renewals to complex deportation defense in immigration court. I am a previous U.S. Army engineer officer, so I have done several PIPs and represented soldier's families.  On my free time I like to run, hike, swim, play with my kids and be outdoors as much as possible.. I am a native Spanish speaker (my family is from Uruguay) and I am also fluent in French, English, and Italian, and can get by with some Portunol.