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Kathryn Patricia Russell

Immigration Attorney at Cleveland, OH

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She is the BEST!!!!!! 100% recommended!!

I had consultation with Attorney Kathryn Russell about my fiancé visa case and inadmissibility issue via phone internationally. I found her really patient, caring, kind and fast responder. Being outside the US I had trouble paying for international calling and I could not make call to her at the scheduled time, however she was really patient and kind that she gave me an alternative to connect via video calling on an app. She is very friendly, and she answered all of my questions. She provided me the guidance to proceed in a right direction. She relieved all my stress which I had before about my case. She is beautiful human being inside-out and an excellent immigration attorney. She is the best lawyer to work with. You will be in good hands if she takes your case. I highly recommended her!!!!!

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My husband and I really enjoyed working with Attorney Russell and her team. Their communication was pretty consistent and I never waited longer than a week for their response. When I had questions about my case, Attorney Russell would always do her best to find out the most accurate info for me. Attorney Russell had a schedule conflict and was not able to attend one of my appointments; her and her team made sure that someone was there to cover our case. She also took time to review our case with us thoroughly. She is also very friendly and professional.

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Kathryn (Katie) P. Russell received her Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio. Katie graduated from John Carroll University Magna Cum Laude with a double major in History: Latin American Studies Concentration and Spanish. She is fluent in Spanish and has studied at the Universidad Centroamericana with the Casa de la Solidaridad Program in El Salvador and at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru. Prior to pursuing her legal career, Katie served as a Jesuit Volunteer at YMCA International Services in Houston, Texas while specializing in Central American Victim of Human Trafficking and refugee resettlement cases. Katie has been with Robert Brown, LLC since 2009 and is experienced in family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, removal defense, and citizenship

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Posted by Beant | April 2, 2020

She is the BEST!!!!!! 100% recommended!!

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Posted by anonymous | February 20, 2020

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Posted by Marija | February 5, 2020

Prepared, Pleasant and Excellent Attorney

My husband and I are greatly satisfied and glad that we chose Brown immigration to help us with our case, especially attorney Kathryn Russell! She and her assistant Alexis Loucks were on top of the assignment through the whole journey and always there to help us with our concerns and to answer all of our questions. Katie is a dedicated attorney and very detailed in her work and she always had the best advice for us. We are very thankful for their help and for making it a lot easier and much more pleasant for us to go through the whole process. It was such a relief when we found out that our I-485 application was approved and they were big and indispensable part of everything to make it possible and real! We cannot recommend enough Katie and Alexis to work with! And we'll definitely contact them again for any kind of future cooperation regarding immigration law!

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Posted by Shivani Gohil | January 17, 2020

Beyond Excellent!

Kathryn Russell has exceeded not only my expectations, but my husband and family as well. She is very friendly, and she answers all and any questions you may have. I know I do not have to worry when she is working on my case. She is the best lawyer to work with. I highly recommended!!

Posted by Anagha | November 7, 2019

Excellent lawyer team!

My husband and I had an absolutely great experience with Kathryn Russell and her team. We availed their services for my green card application. Right from our first communication, they were very helpful, addressed all our concerns, answered all our questions, and made the entire process very smooth. We had to worry about nothing, all our paperwork was taken care of by the team, and Kathryn prepared us for the interview really well. I would highly recommend Attorney Russell and her staff.

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Posted by Muhammad | July 30, 2019

EXCEPTIONAL ATTORNEY KATHYRN RUSSELL.

I was recommended by my few friends to hire the services of Robert Brown law firm for filing my assylum case , and when this law firm was recommended to me I was also told that this law firm has brilliant and committed team of legal experts but they have one truly exceptional Attorney and her name is Attorney Kathyrn Russel. I hired the services of this law firm because of their raputable name and exceptional Attorney Kathyrn Russel. The learned Attorney K Russell is truly a professional attorney.In past few months Attorney complied all the documents and prepared my case by putting in lots of efforts hard work and professional honesty.The worthy Attorney has full command over the legal matters.I personally feel and I as the client it is my conviction if Attorney K Russell was not my counsel may be I would not be standing in a position where I am today. My success all credit goes to the Attorney for her noble and professional approach. The law firm is fortunate to have such honest , committed, hard working and professionally colorful legal experts on their panel. May God Bless learned Kathyran Russell AMEEN.

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Posted by Iman | May 3, 2019

More than excellent

Attorney Kathryn Russell is a wonderful example of how a great honest successful lawyer should be. Through my case, I found her to be sharp, smart, considerate, rapid responder, kind, caring, and hard worker. I highly recommend her as a very skillful immigrant lawyer. I was told one thing before dealing with her ( you are in good hands) and here I am repeating the same words for anyone who decides to use her services , you are in good hands. No matter how hard your case is, one thing for sure, Attorney Kathryn will do more than her best. I would also like to thank her excellent assistant Alexis, she is simply great paying a lot of attention to every detail, she was very quickly aware of every angle of the case, very smart, hard worker and cooperative. I am sure she has a great future ahead of her.

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Posted by Sarah | April 24, 2019

She is the best!

Kathryn Russell and her staff provided excellent service, demonstrating professionalism and personal attention to all details of my case. I would like to thank her for taking my case. She was very polite. She even took the time to explain everything to me. She responded on every email i sent to her. And for the final interview Kathryn made herself accessible and told me i can contact her for any questions or concerns. Thank you once again on doing a great job. I would highly recommend Kathryn Russell and her office.

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Posted by Armando | April 17, 2019

Competent and Caring

It is comforting to have knowledgeable and supportive legal help on your side when you are going through the immigration process. Thank you to Attorney Katie Russell and paralegal Tiana Ortiz for helping us achieve our goals. Highly recommended.

Posted by Dozie | March 14, 2019

She is the best in this line of job!

She is an outstanding immigration attorney and I highly recommend her legal services to everyone who is trying to relieve immigration stress from him/her. I got my case approved because she did her job excellently well.

Posted by Tiffany | January 18, 2019

Best Attorney around!!!!

My husband and I highly recommend Robert Brown LLC for any immigration matters. Kelsey Sprenger and Attorney Russell handle my husband's adjustment of status. Their guidance and knowledge made the process go very smoothly. My husband and I are very thankful for all they have done. Look forward to continuing this partnership with any other immigration matters we might have.

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Posted by Melinda | January 15, 2019

Amazing job

Attorney Russell is great. She always took her time explaining the process, listened to any questions and did an excellent job of handling our case. She was always on time with a smile on her face and I really cannot thank her enough for doing such an amazing job along with Tiana Ortiz. She is very knowledgeable and I highly recommend her. Thank you again for all of your hard work, we couldn't have done it without you!! Melinda

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Posted by Juan Carlos | January 9, 2019

Es un Angel

Si algo debo decir de la abogada Russell, es que es una gran persona y una gran prefesional, muy comprometida con sus funsiones de abogado de inmigracion que la hace ser una profesional de alto nivel. Me siento muy contento de haber conocido a la abogada, pues siempre y de manera perseverante estubo alfrente de mi caso. Siempre accesible a todo comunicacion verbal y por escrito, detallandome paso a paso lo que tenia que hacer . Siempre positiva. Su asistente Kelsey Sprenger tambien demostro ser una gran profesional , Estoy convencido que la Licenciad Kathryn ha demostrado ser una gran abogada con las caracteristiscas y las espectativas que esperaria encontrar cualquier extrangero en este pais que desee resolver cualquier caso de inmigracion. Gracias Licenciada por toda su ayuda le estare muy agradecido. Atentamente Juan

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Posted by Sanni | January 2, 2019

Super efficient lawyer. Helped with my vawa application.

I was in a terrible relationship and saw a great review for Katie on google. My friend contacted her. After meeting with her and she heard how difficult my situation was she took my case pro bono. You would never believe that it was because she was thorough, kind and I felt like a paying client. Eventually I was approved and I hired her (why wouldn’t I?) and she worked very diligently to get my my permanent resident card. She was more than an attorney to me. She is literally a life saver! Katie and her team (the other Katherine, Kristen amd Tina) were all very easy to talk to and I would definitely recommend Kathryn. Side note***most of our consultations and communicating was done with me in another state.

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Posted by Bassem | August 21, 2018

Help with I-130

Katie and her paralegal assistant Tiana, are beyond amazing. They worked quickly and were very detailed when rebuttaling my case, after leaving the office and reading thier response, to USCIS, for notice of denial of my change of status. I felt a huge relief that I finally had a professional caring lawyer on my team. Who had my best interest at heart. I highly recommended her and her assistant to handle any matters relating to immigration matters. They helped me win my case and I am truly greatful to them.

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Posted by Basma | June 15, 2018

Best attorney office ever!

Best consultation and best hired attorneys with a very good experience we got our immigrant visas for my old parents and they are here now. I have never imagin this will happen but with Robbert Brown office we have this dream comes true. Thank you very much!

Posted by Robert | May 13, 2018

Experienced, Helpful and Cares

I cannot thank Kathryn Russell enough for ending my wife's immigration problem. I highly recommend working with Kathryn and all the staff at Robert Brown LLC They did a Great Job!

Posted by Song | May 5, 2018

Real expert committed to deliver success

Katie is a real expert! Immigration attorney is not an easy job. I started my petition application in the most difficult time last year with many challenges and uncertainties. It was not surprised to be asked for RFE at that time but was truly surprised to be asked for everything again. That made all people upset very much. Katie is the one who stood out to encourage everyone and spent tons of time to response word by word and to explain page by page. Finally, we made it and we know it is she who made it. That is the expertise to know what to do. That is the commitment to success for customers. That is the dedication to the professionalism. That is the kind of attorney you truly want to work with and will never let you down. Thank you! Look forward to working with you again in the future.

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Posted by Bi Alzandre | April 5, 2018

Very excellent and hard working attorney

In just 3 months she helped me my green card. That was so amazing. I will encourage anyone faced with major immigration issues to seek her legal help. She is a true professional

Posted by Millie | November 10, 2017

N-400 Denial/Appeal/Approved

Our nightmare started after my fiancé attended his N-400 interview. Weeks later after been told that his decision couldn't be decided at the time of the interview, we received a letter asking for other documents that were provided but the case was denied.(Failure to provide consistent information). At this point we had done all the process with out any legal help or advise (which in the future I will never recommend doing) I had called several lawyers for advise but none of them gave me the confidence of taking the case for an appeal. Then I heard about Robert Brown Immigration radio advertisement and I decided to give them a call, Kathryn Russell was our last option, she did not hesitate to take on the case. Very understanding, Katheryn and her Assistant were both very communicative through the whole process. Kathryn prepared my fiancé very well for the case, that he felt very confident at the time of his appeal interview. Long story short his case was approved for citizenship and all thanks to Lawyer Kathryn Russell.

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Work Experience

Attorney
Robert Brown, LLC
2014 - Present

Law Clerk
United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio
2014 - 2014

Judicial Extern for Honorable Judge Donald C. Nugent
United States Federal Court, Northern District of Ohio
2013 - 2013

Immigration Law Clerk
Robert Brown, LLC
2009 - 2014

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Education

Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2014

John Carroll University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2008

Associations

Federal Bar Association
Member
2014 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member
2014 - Present

The Cleveland Bar Association
Member
2011 - Present

InterReligious Task Force on Central America
Board of Trustees
2010 - 2016

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Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Honors and Awards

Clients' Choice Award 2019
AVVO
2019

2020 Ohio Rising Stars
Super Lawyers
2019

Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyers in America
2018

Clients' Choice Award 2018
Avvo
2018

Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
2018

Clients' Choice Award 2017
Avvo
2017

Clients' Choice Award 2015
Avvo
2015

CALI Award for Excellence in Juvenile Law
CALI
2013

CALI Award for Excellence in Computers and Law: Criminal
CALI
2013

CALI Award for Excellence in Employment Law
CALI
2013

ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in Labor & Employment Law
ABA-BNA
2013

CALI Award for Excellence in Contracts
CALI
2012

Frank L. Bartak Memorial Fund Award
Cleveland Marshall College of Law
2012

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Publications

Attorney At Law Magazine
Federal Court Strikes Down Proclamation Restricting Asylum Seekers
2019

El Vocero Latino
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Policy Changes Will Expose Applicants to New Risks
2018

Attorney At Law Magazine
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Policy Changes Will Expose Applicants to New Risks
2018

Attorney at Law Magazine
Immigration Options for Victims of Domestic Violence
2018

El Vocero Latino
Immigration Options for Victims of Domestic Violence
2018

Attorney at Law Magazine
Terminating TPS for Salvadorans: The Urgent Need for U.S. Immigration Reform
2018

Vocero Latino Cleveland
Trump Immigration Policies Focus on Enforcement
2017

Attorney at Law Magazine
The End of DACA as an Opportunity for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
2017

La Mega
President Trump’s Immigration Reform
2017

La Mega
Our Shifting Immigration Enforcement Policies
2017

Attorney at Law Magazine
The Trump Administration’s Immigration Enforcement Policies
2017

Attorney at Law Magazine
Performance Metrics for Immigration Judges – A Matter of Judicial Efficiency or an Erosion of Independent Judiciary?
2017

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Speaking Engagements

Ignatian Solidarity Network
U.S. Immigration Law and Policy
2018

Lunch & Learn Series
Practicing U.S. Immigration Law
2017

Consulate General of Ecuador - Mobile Consulate in Columbus, Ohio
Know Your Rights Presentation
2017

Social Justice Teach-In
Social Justice Workshop
2015

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Michael Fortney

Immigration Attorney | Oct 02
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I don't know many attorneys in Cleveland, let alone the world, who care more about what they do than Katie. She loves her work. She loves to make a difference. She also produces amazing results for her clients and her community, and I am happy to know her."

Kathleen Fish

Immigration Attorney | Sep 28
Relationship: Co-worker

"Kathryn is an outstanding immigration attorney. She is skilled in all U.S. immigration matters, and I highly recommend her. She is well-respected by her colleagues and other members of the community. I endorse this lawyer."

Namita Agarwal

Unknown Attorney | Feb 22
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. She is very thoughtful and knowledgable in her area of expertise."

Erin Brown

Immigration Attorney | May 17
Relationship: Co-worker

"Kathryn Russell is an outstanding lawyer. She is very knowledgeable in the immigration field, particularly in areas of family, business and removal defense. She is well respected by clients and colleagues. I endorse this lawyer."

Robert Brown

Immigration Attorney | Apr 18
Relationship: Co-worker

"Kathryn "Katie" Russell has devoted her professional career to becoming one of the top immigration practitioners. After working directly with those fleeing oppression, finishing in the top of her law school class coupled with fluency in the Spanish language Katie is a gifted communicator both with clients and in her writings. Katie has applied her indepth knowledge of immigration law and her abilities to become a leading practitioner and advocate for her clients. I highly recommend Katie for any and all immigration matters."

Aleksandar Cuic

Immigration Attorney | Apr 18
Relationship: Co-worker

"Attorney Katie Russell is highly skilled in the area of Immigration Law particularly in Family based and representation before Immigration Courts throughout the United States. I have personally witnessed the compassion Ms. Russell has towards her clients which is evidenced by the positive outcomes in their cases."

Rishi Oza

Immigration Attorney | Apr 18
Relationship: Co-worker

"Kathryn is an excellent attorney. She is intuitive and pays excellent attention to detail. I strongly recommend her for any of your immigration matters."

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