Kuck Baxter’s immigration attorneys provide honest, detailed, and accurate advice and representation in all areas of immigration law. Our knowledge encompasses all types of business and investment immigration matters for both large and small businesses and investors, as well as immigration representation for students, families, and individuals seeking to create a better life in the United States.
Our decades of legal experience informs and guides every case that we take. We use our wealth of knowledge of immigration law and policy to structure these core values:
OUR STANDARDS OF CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS
OUR CASE PREPARATION METHODS
OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Yet, the primary focus of our law firm revolves around you, our client. Your priorities are our priorities. Our office staff, experienced paralegals, and immigration attorneys respond to emails and phone calls on the same day they are received because that is the level of service that our clients deserve. We have systemized the practice of immigration law to take advantage of efficiencies, technology, and experience to assemble the most persuasive and approvable immigration applications. By working in teams, we assure that all submissions are reviewed multiple times for accuracy, persuasiveness, and completeness. Our work product is our business card, and that is something in which we take great pride.
“In Pursuit of a Better Future” by Charles Kuck is a comprehensive guide to U.S. immigration. With over 35 years of experience, Kuck covers business visas, family reunification, asylum, and more. Gain insights into visa options and practical advice for navigating your immigration journey.
OUR PRACTICE AREAS
EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION
For the many courageous and motivated people around the globe, there are a variety of work opportunities in the United States. American businesses benefit when they can choose candidates from an international talent pool. Employment-based immigration, however, can is an extremely complex process, one that demands working with multiple government agencies as well as the prospective employee and employer. But when you choose Kuck Baxter to guide you through the process, you can know that you will start your career in the United States without worry or fear.
OUR PRACTICE AREAS
FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION
Whether you’re trying to keep your family together or reunite with them in the United States, family-based immigration presents unique challenges. It can be hard to know all of the regulations and laws without a guiding hand to assist you in the process. From helping you bring your fiancé or spouse to the United States, acquire a green card by petitioning for your parents or siblings, and everything in between–we are the leaders in immigration law. We have successfully completed tens of thousands of family-based petitions. With decades of experience and knowledge, we can help guide you throughout the entire immigration process so that you and your family can start your American dream together.
OUR PRACTICE AREAS
REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS
Unique among immigration law firms with expansive employment, investment, and family practices, the attorneys at Kuck Baxter know that being threatened with removal or deportation can be a fearful experience for anyone, especially for those who want to keep their families together. Immigration laws are extremely strict and complicated, and it so hard to know where to turn when you need solutions. We have successfully handled over 1,000 asylum cases from dozens of countries. When you’re at risk of deportation or removal, have issues with DACA or asylum, or whether you need assistance with an expired visa or are in need of legal representation in Immigration Court, the team at Kuck Baxter can explore every avenue of legal defence for your individual case and create an effective strategy for a successful resolution.
OUR PRACTICE AREAS
FEDERAL LITIGATION
Kuck Baxter has a long and storied background in fighting for their clients in Federal Court. With more than three hundred cases already litigated, and many more in process, including class actions helping thousands of immigrants, the experienced litigators at Kuck Baxter are ready to fight for you and your case. Unfortunately, the USCIS, ICE, the Immigration Courts, CBP, and the DOL have all become fortresses of inaction and legal errors. By bringing mandamus actions, declaratory judgement actions, and even habeas corpus petitions, the attorneys at Kuck Baxter have successfully fought for and won the benefits our clients need and deserve.
GUIDING YOUR IMMIGRATION PROCESS
The list of reasons to immigrate to the U.S. is long: you want to reunite with your family, create wealth through investment, bring your business ideas to fruition, resolve your immigration status, or are looking to advance your career. No matter your need, reason or circumstance, our multicultural team of attorneys is ready to address your concerns and lead you through the entire process from start to finish.
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EDUCATION
Mr. Kuck received his B.A. Degree from Brigham Young University in 1986. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University Law School in 1989. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia, Washington, D.C., and Arizona. He has been admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, nine Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and numerous Federal District Courts.
EXPERTISE
Mr. Kuck is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kuck Baxter Immigration and oversees its worldwide immigration practice. Mr. Kuck assists international immigrant investors, employers and employees with business and professional visas, labor certifications, immigrant visas, consular representation, and citizenship matters. Mr. Kuck also maintains an active Federal Court practice focusing on immigration issues. He has represented asylum seekers and others in more than 700 trials before the Immigration Courts.
Mr. Kuck’s clients include technology firms, manufacturers, multinational corporations, individual EB-5 investors and entrepreneurs, as well as families, individual immigrants and asylum seekers. He maintains a robust and rewarding pro bono practice and has been a professor for both survey and advanced immigration law classes at Emory University School of Law and The University of Georgia School of Law for the past 20 years.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Mr. Kuck was named one of the top 5 most Highly Regarded Corporate Immigration Lawyer in the World in 2020 by The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, as well as one of the top 5 Immigration Thought Leaders in 2020 by Who’s Who Legal, and as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite in 2020. Mr. Kuck has again been named by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of Immigration Law for 2020.
Mr. Kuck is listed in Who’s Who of International Corporate Immigration Attorneys, Chambers USA, and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global, and The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and in The Best Lawyers in America. He is the voice of the most listened to podcasts on Immigration in the United States (“The Immigration Hour”). His blog provides insightful analysis of cutting edge immigration and political topics relating to our broken immigration system. (www.musingsonimmigration.blogspot.com). Mr. Kuck, has written numerous law review articles and op-eds on various U.S. immigration law subjects, and has spoken at hundreds of legal, industry, business, and civic organizations on a broad range of immigration topics. Mr. Kuck was part of the group of attorneys that stopped a key provision of Georgia’s HB-87 anti-immigration law, he is currently representing and advocating for DACA recipients seeking to pay in-state tuition to attend Georgia Colleges and Universities.
Mr. Kuck is a former National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is a founding member and former president of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL). He currently serves as Co-Chair of the City of Atlanta’s Welcoming America Commission, and as a Board Member of the Georgia Restaurant Association. He was recently selected as the principal immigration attorney for the Andean Parliament, and gives frequent free community forums to churches, schools and community groups, educating immigrants on their rights and opportunities in the United States.
Mr. Kuck has testified in Congress on immigration issues, is frequently quoted in the press, and has appeared on broadcast stations such as CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Univision, Telemundo, Democracy Now, CNBC, National Public Radio, as well as in and written publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The National Journal, The Miami Herald, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Mr. Baxter is a partner with Kuck | Baxter Immigration LLC, practicing in all areas of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law. Mr. Baxter prepares immigrant (EB1, EB2, EB3 NIW) and non-immigrant (B, E, F, H, J, K, L, O, T, U) visa applications, PERM applications, and I-140 applications. Mr. Baxter also represents employers in I-9 and other worksite enforcement related matters. Mr. Baxter regularly represents clients before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services seeking both employment and family-based adjustment of status and naturalization.
Mr. Baxter regularly represents clients before the Executive Officer for Immigration Review, including immigration courts nationwide and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Baxter represents foreign nationals seeking asylum, cancellation of removal, NACARA, TPS, and adjustment of status before Immigration Judges. He also prepares appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and Federal Circuit Courts, and prepares writs of mandamus to the Federal District Court seeking adjudication of long-pending delayed applications.
Mr. Baxter has been quoted in the New York Times and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and has appeared on NBC, CBS and ABC news programs as an expert in immigration matters. In addition, his knowledge of the law and fluency in Spanish makes him one of the go-to experts for immigration related news on Univision, Telemundo and Mundo Hispanico where he makes regular appearances.
Prior to joining Kuck | Baxter Immigration, Mr. Baxter was an attorney advisor with the U.S. Department of Justice through the prestigious Attorney General’s Honors Program.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Baxter is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, the Oregon State Bar, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”).
Mr. Baxter is past chair of the Georgia-Alabama Chapter of AILA, and served on the AILA national Executive Office for Immigration Review Committee, working to resolve issues confronting foreign nationals and attorneys who are appearing before the nation’s Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Baxter has also chaired of the AILA Atlanta Chapter’s U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Committee.
Mr. Baxter is regularly invited to speak to different groups and organizations on immigration related topics such as: asylum law; immigrant rights; humanitarian parole; immigration consequences of criminal convictions; worksite enforcement of immigration laws; family-based immigration law; and non-immigrant visas.
EDUCATION
Mr. Baxter received his B.A. degree from the University of Oregon, graduating summa cum laude, in 2002. He then earned his J.D. degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2005. Mr. Baxter is admitted to practice law in both Georgia and Oregon. Mr. Baxter lived in Oaxaca, Mexico for two years during his undergraduate studies and as a result speaks, reads and writes fluent Spanish.
PUBLICATIONS
Overview of Humanitarian Immigration Parole and the 2008 GAO Report. LexisNexis Expert Commentaries (April 9, 2008).
Kuck and Baxter on the Social Security Administration’s “No-Match” Letters. LexisNexis Expert Commentaries (January 15, 2008).
MEET OUR ATTORNEYS
Our experienced team of dedicated attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals has a broad depth of knowledge throughout all aspects of immigration law, including obtaining work or immigration visas, resolving citizenship matters, representing clients in federal courts and agencies, and representing foreign nationals seeking asylum. Our attorneys and paralegals have decades of in-field experience, making us the leader in US immigration law.
MEET OUR ATTORNEYS
Our exceptional team of attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals has a broad depth of knowledge throughout many aspects of immigration law, including obtaining work or immigration visas, resolving citizenship matters, representing clients in federal courts and agencies, and representing foreign nationals seeking asylum. Moreover, our team has several decades of in-field experience, making us the leader in immigration for the Metro Atlanta Area.
EDUCATION
Mr. Kuck received his B.A. Degree from Brigham Young University in 1986. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Arizona State University Law School in 1989. He is admitted to practice law in Georgia, Washington, D.C., and Arizona. He has been admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, nine Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and numerous Federal District Courts.
EXPERTISE
Mr. Kuck is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kuck Baxter Immigration and oversees its worldwide immigration practice. Mr. Kuck assists international immigrant investors, employers and employees with business and professional visas, labor certifications, immigrant visas, consular representation, and citizenship matters. Mr. Kuck also maintains an active Federal Court practice focusing on immigration issues. He has represented asylum seekers and others in more than 700 trials before the Immigration Courts.
Mr. Kuck’s clients include technology firms, manufacturers, multinational corporations, individual EB-5 investors and entrepreneurs, as well as families, individual immigrants and asylum seekers. He maintains a robust and rewarding pro bono practice and has been a professor for both survey and advanced immigration law classes at Emory University School of Law and The University of Georgia School of Law for the past 20 years.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Mr. Kuck was named one of the top 5 most Highly Regarded Corporate Immigration Lawyer in the World in 2020 by The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, as well as one of the top 5 Immigration Thought Leaders in 2020 by Who’s Who Legal, and as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite in 2020. Mr. Kuck has again been named by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of Immigration Law for 2020.
Mr. Kuck is listed in Who’s Who of International Corporate Immigration Attorneys, Chambers USA, and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global, and The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and in The Best Lawyers in America. He is the voice of the most listened to podcasts on Immigration in the United States (“The Immigration Hour”). His blog provides insightful analysis of cutting edge immigration and political topics relating to our broken immigration system. (www.musingsonimmigration.blogspot.com). Mr. Kuck, has written numerous law review articles and op-eds on various U.S. immigration law subjects, and has spoken at hundreds of legal, industry, business, and civic organizations on a broad range of immigration topics. Mr. Kuck was part of the group of attorneys that stopped a key provision of Georgia’s HB-87 anti-immigration law, he is currently representing and advocating for DACA recipients seeking to pay in-state tuition to attend Georgia Colleges and Universities.
Mr. Kuck is a former National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is a founding member and former president of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL). He currently serves as Co-Chair of the City of Atlanta’s Welcoming America Commission, and as a Board Member of the Georgia Restaurant Association. He was recently selected as the principal immigration attorney for the Andean Parliament, and gives frequent free community forums to churches, schools and community groups, educating immigrants on their rights and opportunities in the United States.
Mr. Kuck has testified in Congress on immigration issues, is frequently quoted in the press, and has appeared on broadcast stations such as CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Univision, Telemundo, Democracy Now, CNBC, National Public Radio, as well as in and written publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The National Journal, The Miami Herald, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Mr. Baxter is a partner with Kuck | Baxter Immigration LLC, practicing in all areas of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law. Mr. Baxter prepares immigrant (EB1, EB2, EB3 NIW) and non-immigrant (B, E, F, H, J, K, L, O, T, U) visa applications, PERM applications, and I-140 applications. Mr. Baxter also represents employers in I-9 and other worksite enforcement related matters. Mr. Baxter regularly represents clients before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services seeking both employment and family-based adjustment of status and naturalization.
Mr. Baxter regularly represents clients before the Executive Officer for Immigration Review, including immigration courts nationwide and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Baxter represents foreign nationals seeking asylum, cancellation of removal, NACARA, TPS, and adjustment of status before Immigration Judges. He also prepares appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and Federal Circuit Courts, and prepares writs of mandamus to the Federal District Court seeking adjudication of long-pending delayed applications.
Mr. Baxter has been quoted in the New York Times and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and has appeared on NBC, CBS and ABC news programs as an expert in immigration matters. In addition, his knowledge of the law and fluency in Spanish makes him one of the go-to experts for immigration related news on Univision, Telemundo and Mundo Hispanico where he makes regular appearances.
Prior to joining Kuck | Baxter Immigration, Mr. Baxter was an attorney advisor with the U.S. Department of Justice through the prestigious Attorney General’s Honors Program.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Baxter is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, the Oregon State Bar, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”).
Mr. Baxter is past chair of the Georgia-Alabama Chapter of AILA, and served on the AILA national Executive Office for Immigration Review Committee, working to resolve issues confronting foreign nationals and attorneys who are appearing before the nation’s Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Baxter has also chaired of the AILA Atlanta Chapter’s U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Committee.
Mr. Baxter is regularly invited to speak to different groups and organizations on immigration related topics such as: asylum law; immigrant rights; humanitarian parole; immigration consequences of criminal convictions; worksite enforcement of immigration laws; family-based immigration law; and non-immigrant visas.
EDUCATION
Mr. Baxter received his B.A. degree from the University of Oregon, graduating summa cum laude, in 2002. He then earned his J.D. degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2005. Mr. Baxter is admitted to practice law in both Georgia and Oregon. Mr. Baxter lived in Oaxaca, Mexico for two years during his undergraduate studies and as a result speaks, reads and writes fluent Spanish.
PUBLICATIONS
Overview of Humanitarian Immigration Parole and the 2008 GAO Report. LexisNexis Expert Commentaries (April 9, 2008).
Kuck and Baxter on the Social Security Administration’s “No-Match” Letters. LexisNexis Expert Commentaries (January 15, 2008).
Ms. Claffey is a partner with Kuck | Baxter LLC, and she handles a wide array of U.S. immigration and nationality matters. She has more than 15 years of experience across a wide range of immigration matters. Specifically, she routinely handles business immigration cases which include immigrant and nonimmigrant visa processing, extraordinary ability petitions and national interest waivers. Ms. Claffey also practices family-based immigration which includes consular processing, adjustment of status application, family and preference petitions, and she has extensive experience with asylum, VAWA petitions, and visas for those who were victims of crimes or various forms of trafficking. Finally, Ms. Claffey has extensive experience in removal cases before the immigration courts, as well as litigating federal court actions (mandamus and declaratory actions) in the federal district and circuit courts across the country.
Mr. Jorge A. Gavilanes is an Associate Attorney with Kuck | Baxter Immigration. Mr. Gavilanes graduated with his Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management – Finance, from Brigham Young University.
Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Gavilanes served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Donald Eyre and James Brady of the Utah Fourth District Court. While in law school, Mr. Gavilanes interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and was the Executive Editor of BYU’s Education and Law Journal. Prior to law school, Mr. Gavilanes worked as a Financial Analyst for a multinational Fortune 500 corporation.
Mr. Gavilanes grew up in Ecuador and he is fluent in Spanish. He is a member of the Utah State Bar.
EDUCATION
Ms. Rosmarin received her B.A. Degree, cum laude, from Boston University in 1990. She earned her J.D. degree from Emory University Law School in 1993.
EXPERTISE
Laura has over twenty years of experience working with businesses and individuals in the field of immigration law. Laura assists multinational and domestic companies with U.S. immigration issues. Her clients include companies, academic institutions, hospitals, individuals, and families. She has successfully represented corporate executives, professional athletes, engineers, physicians, entertainers, international students, and many professionals in various fields. Laura’s specialties include all non-immigrant petitions with an emphasis on H-1B, L-1, O, P, and E visas; I-140 Employment-Based Petitions, Labor Certification, Applications for Permanent Residence and U.S. Citizenship.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Laura is admitted to practice in Georgia, New York, and New Jersey. She is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Ms. Wala Hijaz is an Associate Attorney at Kuck │ Baxter Immigration.
Wala holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Master of Science in Psychology from Auburn University at Montgomery.
Wala graduated with her Juris Doctor from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in 2022. During her time in law school, Wala served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Magistrate Judge, Jerusha T. Adams, where she wrote judicial recommendations, memorandums, and orders. Additionally, Wala was awarded the Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate and a Mediation Certificate for the hours she completed mediating civil cases in district court. While in law school, Wala took part in the Elder Law Clinic, where she worked one on one with clients to help with several legal needs, including wills and trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, property and financial needs, and government benefits. Wala was recognized as a Public Interest Society Fellow for her public interest and public service work.
Prior to relocating to Georgia, Wala lived in Alabama. She is a member in good standing of the Alabama State Bar.
Wala is of Palestinian descent and is fluent in Arabic. In her spare time, Wala enjoys catching up on the latest archeological news, listening to true crime podcasts, and spending time with her family.
ولاء حجاز هي محامية في مكتب محاماة للهجرة يسمى كوك باكستر.
ولاء أكملت شهادة البكالوريوس والماجستير في علم النفس في جامعة آبرون مونتجومري.
أكملت ولاء شهادة الدكتوراة في القانون من كلية تاومس جود جونز للقانون في جامعة فاكنور سنة ٢٠٢٢. اثناء دراستها، عملت ولاء في مكتب القاضية جروشة آدمز في المحاكم الفدرالية المحلية. حازت ولاء على شهادات للمداخلات القانونية المتعلقة في تحاكم المتخاصمين وكذلك للإصلاح بين المتنازعين قبل الوصول الى المحاكم. خلال فترة دراستها عملت ولاء عند مكاتب المسنين وكبار السن لمساعدتهم على كتابة وصاياهم وامورهم المالية والصحية والقانونية وكذلك حقوقهم المالية من الدولة. حصلت ولاء على جوائز عدة لجهودها في الاعمال الخيرية.
عاشت ولاء معظم حياتها في الاباما وحصلت على ليسانس الحقوق في الباما وهي عضو فاعل في نقابة المحامين في الاباما.
ترجع أصول ولاء الى قرية جميلة تقع ما بين نابلس ورام الله تدعى تر مسعيا. فولاء فلسطينية الأصل وقد زارت فلسطين مرات عديدة. تجيد ولاء اللغة العربية والإنجليزية.
عندنا يتاح لها الوقت، تمارس ولاء هوايتها في دراسة علم الاثار ودراسة الجرائم التي ما زالت بلا حل. والعائلة مهمة جدا لولاء فهي تحب قضاء الوقت مع العائلة.
