Carola Villavicencio

Carola Villavicencio

4.9
Rating: 6.8

Licensed for 13 years

Immigration Lawyer at Boca Raton, FL
Practice Areas: Immigration, Family, Marriage & Prenuptials, Divorce & Separation

621 NW 53rd Street, Suite 125, Boca Raton, FL

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 13 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 2012

Member in Good Standing

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Carola Villavicencio, P.A.

621 NW 53rd Street, Suite 125, Boca Raton, FL, 33487

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Carola Villavicencio's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

15 Client Reviews

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Posted by Luisa | November 22, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Obtaining my father's permanent residency in the US

Working with Carola was a wonderful experience. She is extremely knowledgeable. She is on track, on time and on point! My father received his Permanent Resident card just 4 months after completing the process with Carola! She was extremely accommodating and made the process very simple. She made he...rself available every time I called with questions. I highly recommend her!

Posted by anonymous | September 07, 2015 | Hired Attorney

Order of removal

I had an old case of removal in absentia for almost 20 years, I was detained and put into a monitoring program by ICE. I hired 2 lawyers who did terrible jobs, leading to a reject by the immigration court to reopen my case. Luckily, I was referred to Carola by one of her former classmates in law sch...ool, who told me how great she was. He was right! She was able to show the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that I deserved to have my case reopened and have my day in court!...

Posted by Martine | April 13, 2015

Obtaining my Green Card

At our first meeting, I was a little disappointed by the information obtained because it was not what I had been told previously by another lawyer. It wasn't clear to me what I was to be expected on the procedures, the documents to provide, what I should expect next, the time frame etc. I wanted to k...now the possible outcomes and what could be done under different scenarios. I didn't feel totally confident at first. However over time and throughout the whole procedure, Carola answered my questions and emails and brought back my trust. It took longer than expected but nothing she could have done about it. Overall, it went well and I am satisfied with her service. I would recommend her.

Posted by Mariangel | April 12, 2015

Very Grateful

I wanted to thank you for the outstanding work you did for me. Your work was invaluable in helping me understand my naturalization process and paperwork. You walked me through every detail and made the process very easy. You kept me well informed and up to date with every detail while being very effi...cient and professional. Thanks to your help I can finally say that I am a US Citizen.

Posted by DoraH | April 12, 2015

Reliable Attorney, keeps on top of all small and big details. Easy to reach!!

We use Carola for my Citizenship process. She was on top of the process from beginning to end. We were always able to reach her at any time by email and phone. Very knowledgeable, and trustworthy lawyer. I highly recommended Carola to all my family and friends. Currently two other family members are ...working with Carola for their papers.

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Experience

Rating:  6.8 (Good)

Honors

2011

Staff Editor, St. Thomas Law Review Staff Editor

2010

Book Award, Legal Research and Writing

2004

Book Award, Protection of Refugees

2004

Book Award, European System of Protection of Human Rights

2002

Top 5, Top 5 LLM in Intercultural Human Right

Work Experience

2015 - Present

President/Immigration Attorney, Carola Villavicencio, P.A.

2013 - 2015

Immigration Attorney, Morano International, P.A.

2011 - 2011

Law Clerk, Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather, Keen & Littky-Rubin

2010 - 2010

Judicial Clerk, Eleventh Judicial Circuit In & For Miami Dade County, Fl

2006 - 2009

Latino Immigrant Integration Project Coordinator, Latino Immigrant and Refugee Organization

2005 - 2006

Legal Intern, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center

2004 - 2004

Legal Intern, Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Tetzeli, P.A

1997 - 1999

Venezuelan Associate Attorney, Villavicencio Navas Law Firm

Associations

2012 - Present

Florida Bar Association

Member

1997 - Present

Venezuelan Bar Association

Member

Education

2011

St. Thomas University School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor

2004

University of Miami School of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

2002

St. Thomas University School of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

1996

Catholic Andres Bello University

JD - Juris Doctor

Languages

English

Spanish

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