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Prior to joining Gallagher, Villeneuve and DeGeer, PLLC in 2019 Jennifer practiced with Goeschl Law Corporation, a California-based Immigration firm serving entrepreneurs and corporations, where she continues to work on nonimmigrant business matters during peak periods. Jennifer also operated her own Immigration practice, the Law Office of Jennifer Atkinson, which concentrated on family-based immigration, citizenship, and asylum matters.. Jennifer lives with her husband and their teenage children in Damariscotta. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Maine State Bar Association, and the Lincoln County Bar Association. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the First Universalist Church of Rockland and is a member of the Pro Bono Panel of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Portland. In her spare time Jennifer enjoys creative pursuits as well as being outside raising chickens, landscaping, gardening, or exploring local trails.

I was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I attended the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse where I graduated with highest honors and received a B.A. in Economics and Spanish in 2007. After receiving my undergraduate degree, I became a small enterprise development Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin, West Africa. While in Benin I worked to establish microfinance associations with women’s groups in local villages.Following my service in the Peace Corps, I served as an AmeriCorps member at Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, a workforce development non-profit organization in Brooklyn, New York. I then moved to California and attended the University of California – Davis School of Law.. While in law school I continued pursuing my passion for social justice and developed a strong interest in immigration law. I participated in the school’s immigration law clinic, served as a board member of a non-profit organization, the King Hall Legal Foundation, and was co-chair of the Immigration Law Association. I also spent a summer interning at Tahirih Justice Center in Falls Church, Virginia, working with immigrant women fleeing gender based violence.. Upon graduation from law school in 2014, I received a UC Davis Public Interest Fellowship which I used to begin practicing immigration law.. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, biking, snowboarding, bowling and spending time with my family.

An associate attorney, Emily's interest in Immigration stems from her Argentine heritage, her work in Arizona, and her experience in law school serving clients from numerous Central and South American countries. Emily has clerked for the Honorable Judge David Sam at the United States District Court for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City, interned for the Ministry of Justice in Madrid, Spain, and clerked in immigration law in both Phoenix, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah. Emily has been with Stowell, Crayk, and Bown since 2019 where she began as a clerk and has since transitioned to attorney.

Miguel's practice focuses on immigration law. He has a diverse practice representing individuals and companies in various stages of the immigrant and non-immigrant process. His practice includes, family based petitions, removal defense, naturalization and non-immigrant visas. He has particular experience involving the immigration consequences of criminal offenses.. Both as an undergraduate and during law school, Miguel served as Co-Chair of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A.) at the University of Washington. He was President of the University of Washington Latino Law Student Association and an active member of the Farm Worker Rights Committee. He also served as the student representative to the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, which advises the state legislature on educational policy.