Danielle L C Beach

Danielle L C Beach

4.8
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 34 years

Immigration Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Immigration, Litigation, Asylum

888 17th Street NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC

About Danielle

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Immigration 48%

Citizenship, Asylum, Appeals, Waivers of Inadmissibility, Immigration Through Employment, Immigration Through Family, Deportation & Removal, Temporary Visas, Nonimmigrant Business Visas & Religious Workers, Treaty Traders and Investors, Artists, Scientists, Entertainers, & Athletes, Victims of Violence and Trafficking

34 years

48%
Litigation 47%

Citizenship, Asylum, Appeals, Waivers of Inadmissibility, Immigration Through Employment, Immigration Through Family, Deportation & Removal, Temporary Visas, Nonimmigrant Business Visas & Religious Workers, Treaty Traders and Investors, Artists, Scientists, Entertainers, & Athletes, Victims of Violence and Trafficking

34 years

47%

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Licenses

Licensed in District of Columbia for 21 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 2004

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in Maryland for 34 years

State: Maryland

Acquired: 1991

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Danielle L C Beach

888 17th Street NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC, 20006

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Danielle L C Beach's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.8 /5.0

68 Client Reviews

5 star (65)
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1 star (3)

Posted by Dominic | March 20, 2024 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Job well done through due processes

My sister hired the services of Danielle Beach for her Asylum case in Maryland. When I read the original manuscript I knew it was going to be a difficult case. However the Danielle Beach firm systematically, deligently and professionally worked with my sister day and night, through Emails, phone cal...ls, text messages and office meetings to present her case in a manner beyond reasonable doubt. The process took years, during which all available necessary evidences were obtained, witnesses well-educated and due proccess was followed. Today Wednesday 20th March 2024, my sister was granted asylum. All praise, glory honor and adoration be onto Jesus Christ our Lord amen.

Posted by anonymous | February 5, 2024 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Ms Chika

I retained Ms. Danielle back in 2017 for my VAWA case and tirelessly through many hoops, RFEs and countless responses, my GC got approved in Feb 2024. Way to start the year. All through the process she literally carried through making sure we were addressing each concern so to not allow any room for ...multiple follow ups. I want to especially thank the paralegal Haroni for her extreme professionalism. The entire staff at Beach-Oswald ensures all my questions were answers and worried addressed. Can’t thank them enough for finally we got victory.

Posted by Hugues | December 13, 2023 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Great service

I highly recommend Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, PC for your immigration needs based on my highly positive personal experience. They are an incredible team who are providing very efficient & professional legal service. Her years of expertise and wisdom has made the process very easy a...nd stress free. I have been using their services for the last 2 years and they have always been on point & very dependable

Posted by Aghanwi | December 1, 2023 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Best and Understanding Lawyer in DC

My experience has been exceptional, I’ve been in the USA going on almost 9 years now, I would like to say Mrs Danielle Beach Oswald is the best and has been my one and only Lawyer , she goes above and beyond for all her clients, her team is exceptional , especially Haroni , if you have these two Amaz...ing women on your file I promise you everything will be fine. I am typing this today Dec 1st with tears of joy, yesterday on Nov 30th 2023 My I-485 was approved at 1:40pm EST. I will encourage any and all immigrants with immigration issues to use this amazing law firm. Thank you again Mrs Danielle Beach Oswald.

Posted by Jude A. Ozughen | October 26, 2022 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

Danielle Beach: An Antidote to Immigration Limbo

Basking in the glories of the recent silver linings of an endless array of untrammeled successes in unlocking thousands of Ambazonians embroiled in immigration limbo, I got a photo with Danielle Beach after one of those cases where I stood by as an expert witness. With a law firm strategically locate...d at the nerve center of Washington, DC, this indefatigable woman has been finding the pulse of immigration cases cast into the doldrum because of the backlog, resuscitating them and winning the most challenging to the incredulity of most of her colleagues who will dare not set an eye on those cases nine yards away. Thousands of Ambazonians now have within their reach a pie of the American dream, initially considered a forlorn hope by many, thanks to the astute intervention of this iconic legal luminary. And she has done that with exceeding finesse, style, and above all, an irreproachable work ethic, all desirable traits Ambazonians are enamored of considering the persecutions they suffered in the hands of a rapacious Cameroonian regime. She is much of a legend around the Washington DC metro area as she has devoted her career to searching for the most challenging immigration cases to be resolved and asylum granted to be gotten. The successes are in the zillion; some have pointed out that it would take a sophisticated computational system with a reliable storage capacity to hold the incalculable successes of this great woman in one place. I bet they can say that again! Unfazed by the inherent risks and distance yet emboldened by an unyielding passion for a pragmatics pursuit of justice, she has undertaken the labyrinthine journey to Cameroon on numerous occasions to have a firm grasp of the contextual reality the people of Ambazonia are contending with. Against this backdrop, she is supremely positioned to effusively speak to the issues affecting Ambazonians with a rare streak of mastery, honesty, and authenticity. This disposition invariably makes her interpretation of the law unmatched by many of her competitors, who are undoubtedly divorced from the issues at par and lack her intellectual sophistication, clairvoyance, and assiduousness. But even more, her irresistible propensity to keep up with recent developments and current immigration law scholarship is a bonus that Ambazonians continue to leverage to regularize their status in the United States. For example, she was the first Immigration Attorney to unravel the implications of the designation of Cameroon as a beneficiary of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the Department of Homeland Security to a needy Ambazonian populace. From the foregoing, describing this great woman as an antidote to immigration limbo is legally justified and supremely deserved! She deserves an induction to the Ambazonian Hall of Fame.

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Danielle L C Beach's Lawyer Endorsements

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Tatiana Kadetskaya

Unknown lawyer | Jul 04

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Excellent lawyer. Very well respected."

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Peter Acker

Immigration lawyer | Dec 29

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Danielle is a spectacular immigration attorney who deserves every point of that 10.0 rating. Her care for her clients and her respect for fellow counsel is nothing short of outstanding. She is thorough, knowledgeable, experienced, and makes time for her clients. The list of important decisions she has garnered is a testament to her dedication to the practice of immigration law and her care for immigrants and their familys. I unequivocally endorse her and recommend her to anyone seeking immigration counsel in DC (or elsewhere for that matter)."

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Naima Said

Immigration lawyer | Sep 06

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I've known Danielle professionally for many years. She has tirelessly represented immigrants from many parts of the world. She is well known among her peers and is a keen advocate for noncitizens who are in removal proceedings. I have associated with Danielle in legislative-related matters proving her concern is not only executing laws related to her clients, but shaping them as well. I have also worked with Danielle in Maryland driver's license policy issues. I would highly recommend her for your immigration needs."

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Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2012

SUPER LAWYERS Washington DC, WASHINGTON POST

2010

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell to Robert Leon Oswald

N/A

Certificate of Recognition, Customs and Border Patrol-MD, American Immigration Lawyers Association

N/A

Liaison to Office of Chief Counsel/DRO-Washington Office, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Work Experience

2006 - Present

Managing Partner, Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, PC

2003 - 2006

Senior Associate, The Employment Law Group, P.C.

1997 - 2003

Managing Associate, Noto and Oswald, P.C.

1992 - 1997

Associate, Noto and Oswald, P.C.

1985 - 1986

Adjunct Professor, San Bernardino State College

1982 - 1985

Adjunct Professor, Riverside Community College

1979 - 1985

English Teacher, Perris High School

Associations

2012 - Present

City of Alexandria HR Commission

Vice-Chair Commissioner

2011 - Present

Human Rights Commission

Commissioner

2011 - Present

Trial for Kalbian Hagerty LLP

Expert Immigration Witness

2010 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Co Chair- AILA for MSBA Legislature

2010 - Present

Committee for Adventist Lawyer's Association

Liaison

2010 - Present

Maryland State Bar Association

Legislative Chair for Immigration

2010 - Present

Daughter's of the American Revolution

Chairman of the Americanism Committee

2009 - Present

U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Member

2008 - Present

Bread for the City

Mentor

2005 - Present

Amnesty International

Member

1997 - Present

U.S. Circuit Courts; 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th

Member

1992 - Present

American Bar Association (Maryland chapter)

Member

1992 - Present

American Association of University Women

Member

University of Baltimore Law Student

Mentor

2010 - 2010

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Chair Liaison ICE/DRO

2009 - 2011

Home Owner's Association, Kings Rowe, Alexandria, VA

President

2008 - 2008

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Co-Chair Liaison CBP-MD

2008 - 2010

National ABA White Collar Crime Moot Court, Georgetown

Judge

Sample of Legal Cases

TASSI V. HOLDER 4th CIR

REMANDED

MBAH v. HOLDER, 4th Cir.

REMANDED

ITOE v. GONZALES, 4th Cir.

REMANDED

NGENGWE v. GONZALES, 8th Cir.

REMANDED

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Education

1991

University of Baltimore School of Law

Juris Doctorate

1981

University of California - Riverside

Master's of Art

1975

Loma Linda University

Bachelor of Arts

N/A

High School and Community College Teaching Licenses

Speaking Engagements

2011

Entrepreneurs in the U.S.

Panelist Speaker on Entrepreneurs in the U.S.

2010

IRC

Mentor on Immigration

2008

Rotary Club, Silver Spring MD

Guest Speaker on Immigration

2008

Multiple Conferences 2008-present

Humanitarian Law

2007

Bread for the City

Immmigration Mentor

2005

ILW Panel

Panelist Speaker on Asylum

2002

Immigration TV Panel in Dallas, TX

Presenter/ Guest Speaker

Publications

2011

Maryland Journal Where Have All the Children Gone

2011

Immigration Briefings Waivers of Inadmissibility: Off the Beaten Path

2010

Interpreter Releases 'Twas the Season to be Jolly - The Immigration Consequences of Excessive Libations

2010

Immigration Briefings Pecadillos of Persecut - Dire Immigration Consequences of Violence

2010

Immigration Briefings Naturalization: Tricks and Traps for the Unwary

2010

Maryland Bar Bulletin Raising the Bar - Arizona Debacle between Federal and State Authority

2010

Maryland Bar Bulletin Gender-Based Discrimination for U.S. Citizenship for Foreign-Born Children?

2010

Maryland Bar Bulletin Immigration's Definition of "Felony" Not Adopted by Supreme Court in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder

2010

Maryland Bar Bulletin "Material Support" Upheld as Terrorism in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

2009

Immigration Briefings Battlefield of Gendercide: Forced Marriages and Gender-based Grounds for Asylum Benefits and Related Relief

Languages

French

English

Spanish

German

Italian

Russian

Tagalog

Activity

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