McLennan County Immigration Lawyers

Texas Attorney representing individuals and businesses in immigration matters, general civil litigation and insurance claims. I began my career as an attorney handling insurance, personal injury and employment law cases. I got into immigration law when my husband and I adopted a child from Russia. We were two lawyers, and we needed help to navigate the complex immigration process. After our experience with the adoption, I started receiving calls from other attorneys and individuals who knew of my experience. I began practicing immigration law beyond pro bono cases in 2003, and it is now where I spend the majority of...

Jason Finkelman is an Immigration Attorney working at the forefront of immigration law to assist international individuals with obtaining work visas, lawful permanent residence (“green cards”), and U.S. citizenship. He handles a variety of employment-based and family-based immigration matters for both U.S. and foreign companies, investors, startups, entrepreneurs, skilled workers, executives, families and students. Jason provides cutting-edge immigration legal services to clients across a wide-range of industries including high-tech, semiconductor, healthcare, higher education, energy, oil and gas, import/export, research, video game, as well as professional athletics, music, and entertainment to help them meet their immigration goals. Please...

Jered Dobbs is an experienced immigration lawyer based in Dallas, Texas. His practice covers all aspects of immigration law, including deportation defense, immigration appeals, marriage and family-based green cards, citizenship matters, and litigation of immigration cases in federal district court (mandamus, habeas corpus, etc.). Mr. Dobbs also handles all kinds of business and investor visas (TN, E-1, E-2, O, P, etc.).

When I started law school at the University of Texas, I wanted to work in the field of social justice. I decided to enroll in the Immigration Clinic as I knew I would be able to help because I could speak Spanish. My first assignment as a student at the Clinic was to visit the Hutto Immigrant Detention Center. It was here that I met with a detained family of asylum seekers who had a 5 month old baby girl, she was wearing a onesie issued by the prison. The girl's mom asked me if I would hold...

**Over 36 Years Criminal Defense Experience** ** Board Certified in Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 1989** Our law firm in Fort Worth Texas is driven with one simple goal in mind and that is to deliver the best possible result on every case we represent. We know that for every criminal case that we pursue, there is a human being that is dependent on us for defending his or her rights, freedom and future wellbeing. This type of an understanding is the foundation of any successful attorney-client relationship. Everyone should be deserving of a lawyer that they feel comfortable working...

Elissa I. Henry serves clients looking for auto accident and pedestrian injury representation, probate and wills, and family based immigration. She assists individuals and families with a wide away of immigration matters such as family based visa applications, fiance visas, and naturalization/citizenship.

Elissa primarily practices in Williamson and Travis counties. Her clients primarily come from Round Rock, Hutto, Cedar Park, and Pflugerville.

Elissa attended New York University where she received her B.A. Elissa then attended law school at Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. Elissa was admitted to the Texas Bar in 2016, and has served in various legal...

For the past 10 years, our practice has achieved over 10,000 approvals for our clients. Whether you are interested in marriage based immigration, asylum, a Green Card, or a business visa, we can help. We speak many languages, so call us today at (888) 902-9285 for a Free Consultation! We have offices in both California and New York, and we help clients in all 50 states and all over the world.

The attorneys and staff at John W. Lawit are dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services to ensure the rights and benefits of the immigrant community. We are also dedicated to protecting the rights of employers, by assisting with immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications, I-9 compliance and worksite enforcement. As a team of legal professionals, we provide comprehensive, innovative and competent legal services to our clients to promote opportunities for a meaningful quality of life. Firm History John W. Lawit began practicing immigration law in 1980. Over the course of 42 years, John and his staff successfully assisted tens of thousands...

Meet Jasmit Dhaliwal, a seasoned attorney specializing in divorce and custody matters in Dallas, Texas. With 14 years of experience, Jasmit has been a steadfast advocate for her clients, navigating the intricate legal terrain of family disputes. Her approach blends strategic legal expertise with a compassionate understanding of the emotional challenges that accompany divorce and custody battles. Known for her commitment to achieving fair resolutions, Jasmit has successfully guided numerous clients through complex divorce proceedings and custody negotiations. Her dedication to protecting the best interests of families sets her apart, making her a trusted ally for those facing the challenges...

Jessica graduated summa cum laude from Texas State with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Criminal Justice. She then attended Texas Tech University School of Law and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence with a concentration in Criminal Law and Innocence. Jessica attended Texas Tech University School of Law and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence with a concentration in Criminal Law and Innocence. While in law school Jessica was two-time President of the Criminal Law Association, President of Tech National Lawyers Guild, an Advisor on the Diversity Advisory Board, a research assistant, served in the Student...

Isaul Verdin, Esq. Like many of his clients, Isaul Verdin is a visionary who has been perfecting his craft since 1999. As the founding and managing attorney at Verdin Law, he has garnered a reputation as a leading authority on immigration matters. Attorney Verdin's extensive knowledge and experience in immigration law have made him a go-to resource for individuals and businesses seeking effective legal representation in the United States. Starting his legal career as a Captain and Trial Attorney in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps, Attorney Verdin quickly established himself as a skilled litigator during the Iraq War. He later...

David Swaim is a Board-Certified Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law and has been the Managing Partner of David Swaim & Associates, formerly Tidwell, Swaim & Associates, since 1991. The firm has represented over 45,000 cases with a 95% success rate on behalf of individuals, employers, companies, and families that covered all areas of immigration law. He has developed many of the most innovative techniques for H-1 and labor certification cases, as well as created immigration procedures at dozens of companies throughout the United States.

Mr. Swaim pursued Immigration Law because, “it is a practice in U.S. law that deals...

Lindsay Gray practices immigration law in Austin, TX. She primarily handles humanitarian immigration cases, include family-based petitions, adjustment of status, crime victim visas, VAWA petitions, asylum applications, removal defense, waivers, and appeals.

Texas Immigration & Estate Planning Attorney Lisa McBee works compassionately to advance social justice, fairness, and integrity and has practiced immigration law for over 16 years. “Reliability, efficiency, responsiveness, and consistency” predominate in Lisa’s representation of clients. Lisa‘s practice of law has recently expanded into new legal areas, including estate planning and business entity formation — although her passion remains focused on serving clients in the field of immigration law, including both employment-based and family-based. Admitted to the bar in Missouri and Texas, Lisa is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA), the TX chapter of AILA, the MO/KS chapter...

The Law Office of Emem O. Akpabio, PLLC is a full service law firm offering clients a wide range of legal services, including family law, personal injury, immigration, wills, guardianship, and business law. We are focused on providing effective, efficient, and accurate results for our clients.

Our firm differentiates from other law firms by putting our clients first. We take on few cases at a time so we can focus on our clients and be available to meet their needs.

To us, a client is not just a voice on the phone, but a life-long relationship.

Attorney Michael Presti is committed to providing people with honest legal services and strong advocacy for their rights. He has worked with clients from around the world who want to win immigration cases against the government, obtain green cards and visas and gain citizenship. For other clients, Michael has been a driving force for upholding client rights in personal injury and criminal law cases. He has an excellent background in law and extensive experience with negotiation and presenting winning cases in the courtroom.

EXPERIENCE: For nearly 13 years, I have focused on representing clients in a variety of complex cases involving immigration law, criminal defense and family law. I have successfully helped thousands of clients over the years with extremely difficult cases.

RESULTS DRIVEN: Our goal is always to get you the best result possible. We don't make guarantees of a particular outcome, but what we do guarantee is that we will aggressively pursue every legal avenue possible as we fight for you.

OUR DIFFERENCE: I take pride in every person that entrusts me with their legal matter. For that...

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Shahzeen Karim is an accomplished litigator, well-known for her fervent support of her clients and her authoritative presence in courtrooms. Her deep experience in immigration law and her passion for impactful advocacy shape her proactive approach to legal practice. Her journey began in Chicago, where Shahzeen made her mark by handling various criminal cases, ranging from misdemeanors to felonies, in the courts of Cook County. Upon her move to Texas, Shahzeen honed her focus on immigration law. She initially worked with family-related immigration cases, helping clients with VAWA benefits, U Visas, hardship waivers, adjustment of status, and naturalization processes. Subsequently, she transitioned...

Justin M. Jackson is a native Texan, spending his early childhood in Edinburg, Texas and later graduating from Round Rock High School.

Mr. Jackson received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and obtained his law degree from St. Mary’s Law School, graduating magna cum laude (top 3% of his class).

While in law school, he was a member of the Law Review and interned with the Hon. Judge Emilio Garza of the Federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ify Ononogbu is the principal attorney and the founder of Law Office of Ify Ononogbu in Dallas, Texas, where she practices immigration and family law and assists in reuniting families, custody and divorce. After working and studying law in several countries including the United States, Spain, Colombia and Peru, she opened her own boutique law firm. As an advocate for access to affordable justice as a first-generation American, she is passionate about helping families legally emigrate to the U.S.

Ify is also passionate about being a voice for the voiceless, or marginalized and underrepresented populations in the country, that is what...

My firm provides immigration services focused on achieving client's goals and providing a positive client experience. At my firm, you will always receive one-on-one guidance during every stage of your case. Unlike large law firms with an extensive staff, you will always work directly with me. Whether you wish to call, text or email, I will always remain accessible. My goal is to offer a superior level of attention to each individual I represent — simply because that’s what I would want.

Julie Sparks is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law. During her nearly 17 years of practice in this field, she has represented immigrants from more than 120 different countries. 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. Her love for this area of law remains to this day. Clients and potential clients often tell...

If you are seeking to bring a loved one to the United States and you live in the United States, you have come to the right place. Jessie M. Thomas is dedicated to immigration matters, especially those involving bringing couples and families together. Jessie graduated from the Touro Law Center in 2001. Since then she has represented hundreds of families and individuals in immigration, green card, permanent residence and citizenship cases. Jessie entered private practice after graduation where she continued to focus on family immigration. In 2008, Jessie founded the Law Office of Jessie M. Thomas where she...

Mr. Presti focuses his practice on litigation, primarily in the areas of personal injury, immigration, criminal and civil disputes. Mr. Presti has represented clients all over the great state of Texas. Mr. Presti has tried over 25 cases to jury verdict in counties such as Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, Denton, Harris, Hood, Lamar, and Titus. Mr. Presti is a champion for the underrepresented and underserved parts of the community. He has a track record of winning substantial recoveries for his clients and has successfully negotiated and resolved hundreds of cases for his clients.

Michael G. Murray, Esq. is a Miami native, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Florida. He earned his Masters Degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his J.D. from St.Thomas School of Law in Miami, Florida. While in law school, Mr. Murray received the Book Award in Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating, and the Immigration Law Clinic, where his thesis pertained to criminal waivers for aliens convicted of violent crimes. Mr. Murray has extensive experience in immigration law, representing clients seeking criminal waivers, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, asylum, and naturalization....

Waled Elsaban is the Managing Partner of the Elsaban Law Firm PLLC. Our practice primarily focuses on removal defense, family-sponsored, and humanitarian-based immigration law.
Notably, the Law Firm handles cancellation of removal, asylum, complex waivers, U visa, VAWA, TPS, naturalization, diversity (green card) lottery. Waled holds a comprehensive understanding of how a criminal conviction could adversely impact the immigrant’s admissibility.
Waled is a zealous advocate and a compassionate defender of foreign nationals who cannot speak for themselves. He has a solid grasp of the current challenges faced by the immigrants, and the intolerable social, economic and psychological toll endured by the immigrant’s...

Daniel Stewart is Board Certified in Immigration & Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters attorney rating service, for 2014 and 2015. For nine years he has focused his practice on deportation defense, family immigration, citizenship litigation in the US District Courts, asylum law, and assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence and crime obtain legal status. He also handles religious worker, investor, and other non-immigrant visas. Daniel has extensive experience discussing immigration issues on radio programs and speaking in community outreach events. He is...

Attorney Yovanna Vargas provides legal services in matters of immigration and nationality law. She earned her Master of Laws from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University in 2012, and received his first Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of Peru in 1989. She is originally from Lima, Peru, early in her career she specialized in tax law, public policy and international law for over 15 years.

Attorney Vargas contributed to the consolidation of improvements in quality of custom services to taxpayers to stimulate voluntary compliance, and strengthened tax auditing action. She was a legal counsel under the International Agreement...

I offer services in U.S. immigration law worldwide and divorce cases in Puerto Rico. In my immigration practice I dedicate my days to helping couples obtain K1 visas and their corresponding adjustment of status. Waivers (601A), removal of conditions petitions and naturalization procedures are also part of my daily work. I also have hands on experience with employment based immigration as for example, TN and H1B visas. Additionally, I have extensive experience handling U visa petitions. I have helped thousands of people worldwide in their cases in USCIS and U.S. Embassies and Consulates. In my practice in Puerto Rico I...

Karen-Lee Pollak leads the Immigration Practice Group. Her education has taken place literally worldwide and from coast to coast. She obtained her law degree in South Africa and is licensed by the State Bar of California and State Bar of Texas. As an immigrant herself and the former chair of the immigration practice of the Dallas office of a large international law firm, Ms. Pollak understands what a critical and life-changing decision it is moving family or employees to the United States. Karen-Lee focuses on both family and corporate based immigration representing athletes, spouses, authors, individuals and Fortune 500 corporations...

Loc Dang is the founder and managing partner of Dang Law Group, PLLC, a firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. He has years of experience and works tirelessly while representing his clients. Utilizing the highest ethical and professional standards, Loc is known for aggressively safeguarding the rights of his clients to ensure the highest probability of successful results. His firm focuses on personal injury and Immigration cases. Dang Law Group handles numerous personal injury cases such as automobile accidents, 18-wheeler collisions, wrongful deaths, and offshore injuries. He and his team have a vast intricate knowledge and understanding of how insurance companies evaluate,...

Yadira Zepeda is from the Rio Grande Valley where she earned a Bachelors degree in Political Science, a minor in Psychology, and a Social Studies Composite. Prior to practicing law, Yadira taught History in the South Texas public school system, and interned with the 13th District Court of Appeals and the 360th District Court Judge in Tarrant County. After graduating from law school near the top of her class, Yadira Zepeda went on to practice Immigration where she has since handled an extensive number of cases amounting to over 2000 and counting. Being a first...

Joseph Muller has years of immigration legal experience and is based in Austin, Texas. Attorney Muller has handled a wide range of immigration cases and has served thousands of clients in the following types of benefits:

Applications for U.S. Citizenship, naturalization, and U.S. Passports
Green card applications and I-485 adjustment of status applications
Consular processing for family seeking green cards from outside the U.S.
Benefits for victims of abuse and crime, such as VAWA, U-Visa, and T-Visa applications
Asylum applications before USCIS and in immigration court
Defense against deportation
Release from immigration detention with bond hearings and parole
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Work permits
Litigation in federal court for...

My firm provides comprehensive legal services and sound, reasoned advice. My wide range of experience, in state and federal courts, lets me deliver efficient and effective representation with your best interest always the primary goal. Litigation is about balancing risk; the art of law is balancing risk and cost to obtain the best possible result for the client. Common sense, excellent education and practical experience are combined with my personal desire to help each of my clients. You are important to me.

Even before founding The Ramos Law Firm, Guillermo Ramos has been devoted to advancing his client’s causes. First as a real estate agent then Real Estate Broker, Mr. Ramos, represented his clients in real estate transactions across North Texas. In 2004, he formed G R Realtors & Associates LLC a Texas real estate brokerage. He has taught agents in Texas the art of the real estate deal ever since. Desiring more out of his career he attended Texas A&M University School of Law. He graduated in December 2009 and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas as a...

Mr. Quintana grew up in an immigrant family and saw firsthand how difficult the immigration process can be on an immigrant’s entire family. Having parents who immigrated to the United States for a better life, Mr. Quintana was keenly aware of the various opportunities being a citizen of the United States provided and worked hard so that he could give back to the community that had provided him the motivation to succeed. Mr. Quintana was the first in his family to attend University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of New Mexico. After completing his undergraduate education, Mr....

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