About Us

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.

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Deborah is one of the founding members of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA CFC) in which she has held the positions of Chapter Chair, Member, Board of Directors and Advocacy Committee Chair/Co-Chair. She has also served as the Orange County Bar Association Immigration and Naturalization Committee Chair; the Florida Bar International Law Section Immigration Committee Co-Chair and USCIS Texas Service Center Liaison Committee Co-Chair.


Deborah has a passion for legislative advocacy. She firmly believes that it is not enough to merely practice immigration law if one truly cares about clients. It is also necessary to advocate for them legislatively. For many years, she advocated on behalf of Comprehensive Immigration Reform by personally meeting with Congressional offices in Washington, D.C. and locally, as well as encouraging others to contact their Congresspersons and Senators. She has also spoken to many civic and political groups about the need for legislative reform and written op-ed articles on the topic.

She has been Florida Bar Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law since 1996, was chosen 9 times as a Florida “Super Lawyer” and twice received the American Immigration Lawyers Association Central Florida Chapter’s awards for “Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law” and “Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Immigration Law”.