Tara Leovna Kennedy

Tara Kennedy is an immigration attorney providing strategic, individualized representation in employment-based, family-based, and humanitarian matters. She began her career with a formative internship at Catholic Charities in Oklahoma City, where she gained broad experience in family immigration, removal defense, and humanitarian cases. She also assisted with physician immigration matters involving the Conrad J-1 Visa Waiver.

At Kennedy Law, she offers meticulous case development, rigorous trial and interview preparation, and tailored strategies for O-1, EB-1A, NIW, P and E-2 visas, J-1 waivers, Schedule A filings, family-based petitions (including SIJS), naturalization, waivers, student reinstatements, asylum, VAWA, removal defense, and motions to reopen.

Tara is known for exceptional legal writing, persuasive advocacy, and creative, out-of-the-box solutions - going the extra mile. Her accomplishments include developing a four-part argument to defend extortion victims against the terrorism bar, authoring an Asylum Testimony Guidebook, securing a rare judicial marriage order for an ICE detainee, achieving a landmark Maryland annulment, protecting due process in removal cases, and reopening long-closed removal orders.

Her practice reflects the core values of Kennedy Law: dedication, candor, rigorous preparation, and personalized client service.