Legal Clarity for Your Immigration Goals
Florida Bar Board Certified in Immigration & Nationality Law
Specializing in complex business, employment, and family-based cases
Attorney
Deborah J. Townsend has been practicing U.S. Immigration Law exclusively as a sole practitioner for over 25 years, after serving as partner in two prior law firms.
Our clientele comes from different industries that include information technology, telecommunications, research institutions, hospitality, retail, import/export, medical, and academic institutions, among others. Our full range of immigration law services include nonimmigrant visas, including B/E/H/L/O/P/TN and others, as well as employment-based and family-based cases for U.S. lawful permanent resident status (“green cards”), TPS (Temporary Protected Status), DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), affirmative asylum applications, naturalization, derivative citizenship, I-9 issues and employer sanctions. Two particular specialties of the firm are PERM (Permanent Employment Certification) and EB-1, “extraordinary ability” cases.
As a prospective client, you can be assured of the competence of the law firm. Deborah is only one of a limited number of attorneys who are Florida Bar board certified in the area of immigration and nationality law. She was chosen 9 times as one of Florida’s “Super Lawyers” in the area of immigration and nationality law. She was twice the recipient of the awards for "Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law" and "Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Immigration Law" from the Central Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.