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Karen Anne Winston
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Licensed in Florida for 15 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 2011
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Law Office of Karen Winston, LLC
4623 Park Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32205
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Posted by Patricia B | March 21, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Good lawyer
Está abogada me ayudo con un proceso en el cual pude encontrar justicia de no se despertada y permanece aquí U.S con mi hijo que era lo que más me preocupa tener que vivir sin el. Ella fue mi esperanza y fue cumplienda.
Posted by Tanya | July 17, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Karen Winston
Karen Winston handled my immigration case with the utmost profession and efficiency. She is the most caring lawyer I have encountered. Karen genuinely has compassion for her clients, something which is not common among lawyers these days. I highly recommend her and will without a doubt use her serv...
Posted by Irish | February 21, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Excellent Immigration Attorney
I highly recommend Atty. Karen Winston and her team of Law Office of Karen Winston, LLC and would love to give more than 5 stars if I could! She and her team are very thorough and efficient in their work. My case was very complex and difficult. God helped me and directed me to Atty. Karen Winston and...
Posted by Uffe Walderö | October 23, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Nice, helpful and professional
I married a US citizen, but I still needed help to apply for my green card, since it a big processes. So that’s why I needed the help from Law Office of Karen Winston with my case. And now I have my green card, so I would say that it was successful. I think they were very nice, helpful and profession...
Posted by Manjola.R | June 10, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Great lawyer!!
Ms Winston is a great attorney. Very helpful and very caring!! Because of her I got my citizenship that I had been dealing with for 10 years in matters of few months and her office staff is very professional and very attentive. I am very pleased and I will definitely recommend her because she is defi...
Karen Anne Winston's Lawyer Endorsements
"Attorney Winston is an honest, compassionate and professional attorney. She's definitely one of the best attorney's in Jacksonville."
"I endorse this lawyer. Karen is compassionate and diligent. Very knowledgeable"
"Karen Winston is a very knowledgeable and experienced immigration lawyer. She is compassionate, tenacious and for a client facing deportation proceedings you can do no better than Karen. I endorse this lawyer."
"A true professional. Incredibly knowledgeable, and result driven. Highly recommended. I endorse this lawyer."
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"Karen is an extremely knowledgeable and hardworking attorney. I fully endorse her."
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"Karen is a very experienced and extremely caring lawyer who has represented many clients in immigration proceedings. She is knowledgable and a great asset to anyone who needs immigration help."
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"I endorse this lawyer. Ms. Winston is a highly ethical and extremely competant immigration lawyer. She has dedicated her work to serving immigrants with serious and complex criminal issues."
"I endorse this lawyer. Karen is an amazing lawyer. I have had the luck and good fortune to know her as a colleague and a friend. She has impressed me with her dedication and fortitude. Her creative approach to cases, dedication to her clients, and confidence in her knowledge and abilities are second only to her compassion and conviction that everyone, and she does mean everyone, deserves justice. I have learned far more from her than I could ever hope to give back. She has made huge waves in her field already and positively impacted countless lives when others had given up on them - this is because Karen's greatest conviction is doing what she believes is right and what her knowledge and experience tell her is justice. I am thrilled to endorse this amazing lawyer."
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Experience
Honors
2018
Exceptional Pro Bono Service in 2017, The Supreme Court of Florida
2016
AILA Central Florida Chapter Pro Bono Champion, American Immigration Lawyers Association
2010
Jerome Kermit Coble Award for Distinguished Public Service, Florida Coastal School of Law
2010
Scholarship for Outstanding Public Service Commitment, Florida Coastal Association for Public Interest Law
Work Experience
2014 - Present
Owner, Law Office of Karen Winston, LLC
2014 - 2014
Of Counsel, The Ruiz Law Firm, LLC
2013 - 2013
Attorney/Director of the Baker Defense Project, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid., Inc.
2012 - 2012
Professor, Immigrant Rights Clinic, Florida Coastal School Of Law
2010 - 2012
Equal Justice Works Fellow, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid., Inc.
Associations
2013 - Present
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitAdmitted to Practice
2013 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Central Florida chapter)Co-chair of the ICE liaison committee
2011 - Present
Florida BarMember
2011 - Present
United States District Court for the Middle District of FloridaAdmitted to Practice
2011 - Present
National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration ProjectMember
2010 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AsssociationMember
2010 - Present
Detention Watch NetworkMember
Education
2010
Florida Coastal School of Law
2001
University of Colorado - Boulder
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2020
Domestic Violence Awareness
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and the U-Visa for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
2018
Practice Management Conference
Running an Immigration Law Firm
2018
Immigration Panel
Immigration Update
2018
DACA Informational Panel
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
2017
Immigration Presentation for Advocates
Immigration Options for Victims of Domestic Violence
2017
AILA Asylum Seminar
Asylum
2017
1st Annual CIL Conference
The U.N. Convention Against Torture
2014
American Immigration Lawyers Association (Central Florida chapter) CLE at Florida Coastal School of Law
Surviving the "rocket docket" - strategies for representing detained clients
2013
Veterans of the Court IV
Immigration Consequences
2013
Northeast Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Immigration Consequences
2013
Advocate Training
Introduction to Relief for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Other Crime
2012
Immigration Law Crossroads
Immigration related public interest law careers
2012
Deferred Action for Dreamers Community Forum
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
2012
"Lunch and Learn"
Getting Your Client Releaed from Detention (Humanitarian Parole, Bond, and Deferred Action)
Publications
2012
The report on Baker was co-authored by Karen Winston of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and Romy Lerner of Americans for Immigrant Justice, and published by Detention Watch Network (DWN).
Expose and Close (Baker County Jail)
Languages
Spanish
Creole
Activity
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Q&A
Can I quailify for a u visa if I have a deportation and a felony?
29 Apr 2017
Q&A
Is there a chance my cousin gets deported
22 Feb 2017
Q&A
Can i obtain a driver license or id card with my EAD (employment authorization document)
21 Feb 2017