Butts County Immigration Lawyers

Carolina Antonini received her law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law, where she is currently an adjunct professor of immigration law. She is a co-founding member of the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, serves on the Board of Georgia Law Related Education and has served on the board of AILA’s Atlanta Chapter. Ms. Antonini has appeared in a variety of media programs, hosts a weekly radio show and co-authored a high school textbook used to teach youth and continuing education adults about the law. In 2001, Ms. Antonini was named Judge Pro Hac Vice for the City Court...

Kathleen Hoyos is originally from New York. She was admitted to New York University as a Higher Education Opportunities Program Scholar and graduated in May of 2010 with a dual degree in Romance Languages and Economics.

Kathleen is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Italian. Her various language abilities afforded her the opportunity to volunteer as a translator and interpreter at the United Nations during the 2007 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Kathleen has worked full-time at Antonini & Cohen as a paralegal since June, 2010 while she pursued her Juris Doctor at Georgia State University. As a council member since 2013...

Attorney Seekie is a compassionate and assertive attorney, whose office is located in Middle GA. She is the founding owner of The Seekie Law Firm, LLC.

Nyonnohweah has always had a heart for helping people and guiding individuals through difficult situations. Prior to her legal pursuits, Ms. Seekie worked with children of domestic violence abuse. Her compassion led to her work with AmeriCorp, the national service program which aims to improve lives and foster civic engagement by addressing critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, and fighting poverty. She went on to become a counselor working at...

A native of Atlanta, Ron Smith earned his J.D. Degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1981 and first practiced law as a state prosecutor in central Florida. Mr. Smith's service to others includes his background as a Certified K-12 Teacher and Undergraduate through Graduate Instructor in several subject areas. Since 1965 he continues to work as a lay minister for various Christian and charitable ministries. His private law practice since 1984 has been an extension of these ministries so as to help people deal with a variety of legal matters. For several years Mr. Smith owned and managed a...

Chris has over 20 years of experience in the computer industry and holds a BS Computer Science from Rhodes University. Chris additionally holds a JD degree from Concord Law School and is admitted to the California Bar. Chris has held Director positions at publicly listed software companies and is also the founder of a consulting company. Chris has intimate experience with immigration matters. Most importantly, Chris is himself an immigrant and understands first-hand the range of emotions applicants go through on their path to making the United States home. Residing in Atlanta, GA, Chris serves clients in both Atlanta and...

Alicia Luncheon graduated law school in 2015, working first as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Chief Judge of the Newton/Walton superior court, then for another local immigration law firm. She first met Marshall Cohen in law school, when he spoke to her immigration law class. Majoring in Spanish, Alicia was drawn to the complexities of immigration law, feeling it would connect to her criminal defense work and allow her to help individuals and families.

After extensive court experience in her previous job, Alicia was ready to take on more. She emailed her immigration law professor, who re-introduced her to Marshall....

Clarke Law Office, LLC

Attorney Knights gives each client the personal attention that his or her case requires. She takes pride in handling each case personally, and is prompt and efficient in keeping her clients informed and returning client phone calls. Previously, Attorney Knights worked for firms that practiced civil litigation in the areas of local county government law and juvenile law. In addition to managing Knights Law Group, LLC, Attorney Knights also teaches legal courses on the university level in her fields of expertise.

Nisha K. Karnani was born in the United Kingdom to Indian parents and immigrated to the United States as a child. She earned her Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics from the University of North Carolina in 1998 and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2001.

Ms. Karnani has practiced immigration law exclusively since being admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2001. She was an Associate Attorney with Cohen & Associates beginning in 2001, a firm which merged and became the Antonini & Cohen Immigration Law Group in 2013. As a Partner at...

Originally from Puerto Rico, Liann started out as a passport official at the PR Department of State. After seven years, she decided she needed a change and pursued law school, obtaining her Juris Doctor in 2012. That same year, she was admitted to practice law in Puerto Rico. She then worked as a Judicial Law Clerk, helping judges behind the scenes and drafting more than 300 judgments over three-and-a-half years.

In 2016, Liann moved her family to the United States in order to pursue a Master of Laws (LLM) at Emory University and take classes in Immigration Law. “Immigration Law allows...

Marshall Cohen is one of the founding principals of Antonini & Cohen. Admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1989, he has practiced immigration law exclusively for over 20 years. Mr. Cohen practices all areas of immigration law including family and employment cases, temporary and permanent visas, naturalization, deportation defense, and federal litigation. He has taught immigration law as an adjunct professor at the Georgia State University Law School. In addition, Mr. Cohen has served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national liaison committee to the Executive Office for Immigration Review. He has also chaired the Georgia – Alabama AILA...

LL.B (Nig) 1990 B.L 1991 J.D. (Georgia) 2000

My law firm is is the Law Offices of DM Fairclough, and we are located in Snellville, Ga. We practice throughout the metro areas of Atlanta, and the rest of Georgia, in both federal and state jurisdictions. We are licensed in the U.S. Northern, Central and Southern Districts. The areas of focus are primarily Criminal Defense and Immigration. We handle prison matters, and post conviction issues on the trial and appellate level. Parole packages are also done. We also do Personal Injury, Divorce and Contract law. I have been practicing law for. 20 years....

Immigration

A life-long resident of Athens, Georgia, Samuel E. Thomas is a 2010 graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Political Science. He is also a 2012 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted into the practice of law in June of 2013. Samuel E. Thomas is a fourth-generation small business owner in the Athens, Georgia area. He is admitted to all State and Superior Courts throughout the state of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Samuel E. Thomas is the current Chair of...

Born in Beirut, Lebanon. Attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He then went on to receive his J.D. from John Marshall Law School, and an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri – Columbia Law School. Additionally, Mr. Elkhalil is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Fluent in Arabic, Mr. Elkhalil is extremely active in his community and participates in a variety of community, cultural, and civil rights organizations.

Patrick has a strong belief that people deserve justice who have suffered an injustice or injury as a result of someone's negligence, recklessness, or abuse of power. Because of this strong belief, he has devoted his career to serving individuals.

Over the course of his career he has represented those accused of crimes, those injured by other's negligence, those going through family law and child custody disputes, and immigrants before USCIS.

Patrick's personal injury practice includes representation of people who have been harmed as a result of the negligence of others. Many of his client's lives...

Tracie Klinke is the founder and managing attorney at Klinke Immigration, which she established in 2012. Tracie was born in Wichita, Kansas and spent much of her time in graduate school working in the International Student and Scholar Services Office. In 2004, she moved to Atlanta and grew a small Foreign Language Program of 20 students in a renowned course with over 200 students. During this time, she worked as an international student advisor and assisted students with complicated immigration issues. This work inspired her to pursue a career as an immigration attorney.
Tracy has spent many years working as an...

Lawyer and mediator in Marietta, Georgia who provides professional, client-focused, affordable and effective legal services in the areas of dispute resolution, civil, criminal, divorce, family law, immigration, and mediation.

NANCY J. MARTIN ESQ. was born in Syracuse, New York. She earned a BA in Education with emphasis on English as a Second Language at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (The Javeriana University), She moved to Georgia four (4) decades ago. Since that time, she has dedicated herself to the assistance of others. As a former paralegal, she provided legal assistance through Georgia Legal Services Migrant Farmworkers Division in Tifton, Georgia where she was trained in Administrative and Immigration Law. While in their employ, she was elected the National Co-Chairperson of WIC, the Special Supplemental...