Firm: Ibrahim & Rao, LLP
Practice Areas: Immigration
Jama Ibrahim is a founding and co-managing partner of Ibrahim & Rao LLP. Mr. Ibrahim practices all aspects of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law. He assists individuals and families in deportation cases, green cards applications, temporary visas and naturalization/citizenship matters. Mr. Ibrahim is an expert in asylum law and represents clients with humanitarian applications, including U and S visas, as well as applications under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Mr. Ibrahim also assists employers and corporate clients with employment based visas including H1B, H2B, L, E, P, R1 visas, as well as with employment based labor certifications and applications for permanent residence, including EB-1, EB-2 and EB-5 applications.. As an experienced litigator, Mr. Ibrahim has handled complex deportation cases representing clients from all over the world in hundreds of trials before the U.S. Immigration Court around the country, including Atlanta and Stewart County (Georgia), Charlotte (NC), New York (NY), New Orleans (LA), Memphis (TN), Cleveland and Cincinnati (OH), Miami and Orlando (FL), Los Angeles (CA), Arlington (VA), Baltimore (MD), and El Paso (TX). Mr. Ibrahim also handles appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and assists in other federal immigration matters.. Mr. Ibrahim’s background as someone who has lived in several countries and traveled around the world before legally emigrating to the U.S. from Canada makes the perfect immigration lawyer with knowledge of the immigration needs of his clients and families. Mr. Ibrahim graduated with a Bachelor's degree in History with honors from Carleton University, located in Ottawa, Canada. He then went on to attend the University of Ottawa law school and graduated with an LLB (Juris Doctor). During his law school years Mr. Ibrahim worked with the University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic (a pro bono legal aide service) where he gained firsthand experience in client representation and court room exposure. After law school, Mr. Ibrahim moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he worked for a boutique Atlanta law firm as an associate immigration attorney following his admission to the New York State Bar. In October 2009, Mr. Ibrahim co-founded with Rathi Rao the Firm of Ibrahim & Rao LLP. Within five years Ibrahim & Rao grew from a single office to three full time offices in Atlanta, Gainesville (GA) and Greenville (SC).. Mr. Ibrahim speaks Arabic and Somali, and is currently learning Spanish. Mr. Ibrahim is admitted to the practice of law by the New York State Bar and the Supreme Court of New York. He is a long time member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Atlanta and Alabama AILA Chapter and the New York State Bar. He is an active participant in community activities and is regularly called on to speak on immigration issues in events organized by advocacy organizations.
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Firm: Vazquez & Servi, PC
Practice Areas: Immigration
Johanna Cochran was born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico. She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (magna cum laude), with a degree in Business Administration. She is a graduate of Emory University School of Law where she was a coach and competitor as an oralist and brief writer for the Emory Moot Court Society.. Johanna has worked in the field of immigration since before law school and has represented individuals in matters involving waivers of inadmissibility, family-based and humanitarian petitions, detention and bond proceedings, and federal court litigation. She has also offered advice on several media outlets (including Telemundo Atlanta, Mundo Hispanico, Fordham University Radio, CNN Español, and Periodico La Vision) and at several immigration forums and events throughout Georgia.. Johanna is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Associations (AILA) and the State Bar of Georgia. She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where she has successfully litigated and delivered oral arguments on a pro bono asylum appeal.. In her off time, Johanna enjoys traveling, writing, and running. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in French.
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Firm: Kembra L. Smith LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Sessoms Law Group, LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
Kamala W. Sessoms, Esq., a founding partner in Sessoms Law Group, LLC , a firm which is diverse in cultural background, education and professional experience.. Sessoms Law Group LLC, is a boutique law firm focusing on immigration, criminal law and personal injury. Ms. Kamala Sessoms focues her practice on deportation and removal defense, family immigration and criminal defense. Ms. Sessoms is diligent with her work and she strives on providing her immigration clients with the best legal defense to help them remain in the United States. Ms. Sessoms has successfully tried and helped numerous client's to remain in the United States after being faced with the possibility of removal for criminal offenses. Ms. Sessoms is also an experienced DUI/Drug attorney who has successfully represented hundreds of clients charged with DUI or drug charges.. Ms. Kamala Sessoms has recently been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Latino American Who’s Who. Ms. Kamala Sessoms is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.. While in law school, Ms. Sessoms served as Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Student Bar Association and President of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA). She also participated in the highly selective Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Program at MSU College of Law and worked at the Commission of Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. while in law school.. Ms. Sessoms is a graduate of Oberlin College where she was a Presidential Science Scholar and Michigan State University College of Law.
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Firm: The Moreno Law Firm LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
Attorney Moreno works out of Atlanta, Georgia but handles immigration cases throughout the U.S.
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Firm: Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Kuck Baxter Immigration
Practice Areas: Immigration
Mr. Gavilanes is an immigration attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia, representing clients world-wide. Mr. Gavilanes focuses on U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law, including: family, business, and investor visas; removal defense; and naturalization.
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Firm: Joseph Rosen, Immigration Law Group, P.C.
Practice Areas: Immigration
Honest. Effective. Responsive. Attorney Joseph Rosen opened his dedicated Immgiration Law Practice in June 2001. Prior to that, he had thirty years service with the U.S. government. Twenty of that was in federal law enforcement as an FBI and aU.S. Customs Special Agent.. Mr. Rosen's practice specializes in representing foreign athletes, foreign businessmen and professionals, and family based immigration.. Mr. Rosen is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at John Marsahll Law School, where he teaches Immigration Law and is a clinical instructor at JMLS' Immgiration Clinic.. Past President-North Fulton Bar Association 2005-2006
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Firm: The JW Law Firm LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Jean Padberg & Associates PC
Practice Areas: Immigration
Ms. Padberg completed her undergraduate education at Tufts University in Boston, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in International Relations. She also attended the Taipei Language Institute in Taipei, Taiwan and received a certificate in Chinese Language. She studied law at Georgia State University, and attained her J.D. degree in 1989. Ms. Padberg has been extremely active in Immigration issues both on the local and the national levels. Her memberships and titles have included:
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Firm: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: The Latin American Association
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Palumbo Law, LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Al-Amin Law Group, LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Alston & Bird LLP
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Gokare Law Firm
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Firm: Kuck Immigration Partners LLC
Practice Areas: Immigration
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Practice Areas: Immigration
Contact: 404-242-0622
Firm: Alston & Bird LLP
Practice Areas: Immigration
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