Paul Choquette

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Paul Choquette

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Rating: 9.7

Licensed for 33 years

Immigration Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Immigration

121 Lakeside Avenue, #100B, Seattle, WA

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About Paul

Biography

Practice Areas

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Practice Area

Immigration 100%

Choquette Law Group assists both individuals and companies successfully navigate a complex and rather daunting immigration system.

34 years | 5,000 cases

100%

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Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
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Platinum Client Champion

Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 33 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1992

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Paul Choquette

121 Lakeside Avenue, #100B, Seattle, WA, 98122-6587

choquettelaw.com

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Paul Choquette's Reviews

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Posted by Linh | May 29, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Marriage-based green card

Working with Paul was honestly such a great experience. As a college student going through the marriage-based green card process, I was super overwhelmed at first, but Paul made everything feel a lot more manageable. From our first meeting, he explained the whole process clearly—what the timeline ...looked like, what documents we needed, and what steps to expect. He always responded quickly (usually within a day), answered all my random questions, and made sure we felt prepared every step of the way. He was super organized, kept us updated with any changes from USCIS, and really helped ease the stress of the whole thing. I’m really thankful we had Paul on our side and would totally recommend him to anyone going through the immigration process.

Posted by Max | May 24, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Highly recommend

We had an excellent experience with Paul Choquette as our immigration lawyer. During our initial consultation meeting, Paul clearly laid out the timeline in a marriage-based green card application, what his and our roles are in the procedure, and the documents we would need to gather, etc. After ...retaining his services he continued to provide clear and detailed instructions throughout the process, filed all forms in a timely manner, kept us updated about all changes and communication from the government, and typically responded within 24 hours or faster to all our clarifying questions. We are particularly thankful to Paul for striving at all points in the process (including the USCIS interview itself) to maintain a low stress atmosphere while remaining serious about ensuring the application was a success. We would happily retain Paul again for his services and recommend him without reservation.

Posted by Chris | April 19, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Highly recommend.

I highly recommend Paul. Over the past 2 years he has skillfully and successfully navigated my wife and me through our complex immigration journey. He always promptly and patiently responded to my (many) email questions and met with us on several occasions via video chat to prepare us for the next st...ep in the process. Paul’s presence at our interview was helpful and reassuring.

Posted by Tyson | April 14, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Expert Immigration Lawyer and Fast Communications

I hired attorney Paul Choquette from Choquette Immigration Law Group to support us with my wife’s US immigration visa application. We were married and living overseas; I am a US citizen, and she is an EU citizen. We had met with six immigration attorneys and spent countless hours researching befor...e hiring Choquette Immigration Law Group. It was clear Paul was the right choice after our initial consultation. Paul was a no-nonsense, candid, and straight talker from the start. He was able to clearly and concisely articulate the laws and process in language we understood. He broke down the three steps of the visa process and told us exactly what was needed from us, including documentation and government fees. We didn’t run into any surprises throughout the process. Paul’s crisp instructions meant we were thoroughly prepared for every step, including the final interview. Any time we got stressed and had questions, Paul had immediate answers and was able to calm our nerves with simple and reassuring answers. Rules, timelines, and even the Embassy/Consulate we were assigned to changed throughout the process, but Paul always knew about it before we did and made sure to keep us updated with any changes and what those changes meant to our specific case. He’s a true artist of his craft, and we are thankful we chose him. Paul was extremely fast with all email responses and made himself available for calls any time it was needed to talk through questions or the current/next phase in depth. Paul was truly a pleasure to work with, and we would never hesitate to use him again. Our case was approved (within the timeline originally given), and we immigrated to the United States in April 2025. The border process to validate the visa and provide my wife’s entry stamp was smooth and simple, with border police being kind and welcoming. The entire process was well organized. Paul was truly a pleasure to work with, and we would never hesitate to use him again. We highly recommend Paul to anyone navigating the US Immigration of a partner/spouse and are grateful for his leadership in taking us through the challenging process of immigration. Paul can support your immigration needs anywhere in the United States, you don't need to be in immigrating to Seattle. He supported us while both being overseas and moving to the South of the United States.

Posted by PKN | April 13, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Highly recommend! 10/10

I highly recommend Mr. Choquette and their team. From the very start of the process Mr. Choquette was knowledgeable, friendly yet professional, accessible, prompt and thorough. He guided me through each & every phase and provided highly detailed steps. He was always available to answer any questions ...that I had. The very best part about working with him was his ability to put me at ease always. If you are looking for a knowledgeable, accessible, immigration lawyer with a wide variety of experience, then please look no further & go with with Mr. Choquette, I can not recommend him enough! For any future immigration needs or questions I will always return to him.

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Paul Choquette's Lawyer Endorsements

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Robert Franco

Immigration lawyer | Apr 06

Relationship: Other

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Leisa Wolf

Immigration lawyer | Feb 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse Paul Choquette for his level of professionalism and dedication to the legal needs of his clients. Paul demonstrates tremendous expertise with legal research and writing projects. His exceptional research skills and ability to write compelling arguments serves his clients well."

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Taranjeet Buttar

Immigration lawyer | Feb 10

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. I have known Paul for almost 20 years, ever since I became a lawyer myself. He has vast amount of knowledge and experience in business/work visas, an area that I do not handle. I have referred many people to him, and not one has ever been dissatisfied. He is honest and energetic. You can trust him with your legal matters."

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Patrick Cantor

Immigration lawyer | Feb 10

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Paul is an excellent lawyer. He is very honest and reasonable in his fees and he is very knowledgeable in the areas of immigration law that is always changing. He really knows his stuff. But what sets him apart is that he truly cares for his clients. When people call me for a matter that I do not usually handle, Paul is one of only 2 or 3 lawyers that I refer to who I have complete trust and confidence."

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Lisa Gilmore

Immigration lawyer | Feb 09

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Paul Choquette is a great immigration attorney. He listens to his clients' problems and finds creative ways to get them the help that they need. I have personally met several of his clients who were very happy with the way he handled their cases. I would certainly recommend him to my clients."

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Erin Fairley

Immigration lawyer | Feb 09

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I highly recommend Paul for any immigration matter. Paul is very experienced and understands the changing complexities of immigration law. He has a great personality and works tirelessly for his clients."

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Seema Anil

Immigration lawyer | Jan 31

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Paul Choquette is a "brilliant lawyer" and a "great mentor". I wholeheartedly endorse this lawyer."

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David Warwick

Immigration lawyer | Jan 29

Relationship: Friend

"I strongly endorse Paul Choquette. I am a Washington State Attorney and have known and worked with Paul for many years. He has a great breadth of experience and is very personable."

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Jennifer Kurzon

Immigration lawyer | Jan 29

Relationship: Other

"I am an attorney colleague of Mr. Choquette's. I highly endorse this lawyer, and would recommend him for any immigration matter. He is excellent attorney who really knows his subject matter."

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William Gibson

Immigration lawyer | Jan 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Paul is smart, hard working, and very effective at what he does. I refer prospective immigration cases for friends and acquaintances to Paul because I know they will be in good hands."

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Bradley Wolf

Immigration lawyer | Jan 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Paul Choquette has a strong reputation in the legal community as a man of knowledge, hard work and integrity."

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Christopher Mason

Immigration lawyer | Jan 28

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Paul Choquette is a skilled, responsive and experienced immigration lawyer whom I wholeheartedly endorse. I recommend him whenever my clients need immigration services for themselves or their employees. They are never disappointed. He is an excellent choice."

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Christine Bauman

Immigration lawyer | Jul 15

Relationship: Friend

"I have known Paul for many years. He is very knowledgable and I would highly recommend him as an attorney. I have worked with Paul on several immigration cases, have relied upon his advice when dealing with my own clients, and he assisted my family with our immigration matters. He is an excellant attorney that is dedicated to his practice."

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Susan Larrance

Immigration lawyer | Jun 27

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Paul Choquette is an excellent, experienced immigration attorney. He is knowledgeable, thorough, and detail-oriented. He establishes a good relationship with his clients and follows through cases to the end. I highly recommend him as an immigration attorney."

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John Holmes

Immigration lawyer | Jun 24

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Paul Choquette is a results oriented Immigration Attorney. He takes a realistic and honest approach with clients when dealing with their matters. I highly endorse Paul for Immigration issues."

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Sylvia Miller

Immigration lawyer | Jun 21

Relationship: Worked for lawyer

"I worked as an associate attorney for Paul Choquette. He is a very intelligent attorney. He has so many years of experience that he has special knowledge that one could only really gain by experience, which really counts in complex cases. Because of his expertise I rely on him as a mentor. I highly recommend him and often refer clients to his office particularly in the area of business based immigration."

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Taranjeet Buttar

Immigration lawyer

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Patrick Cantor

Immigration lawyer

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Lisa Gilmore

Family lawyer

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Erin Fairley

Estate planning lawyer

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Seema Anil

Immigration lawyer

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Christopher Mason

Litigation lawyer

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Sylvia Miller

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.7 (Superb)

Honors

2023

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2015

Client's Choice Award, Avvo

2015

Client Distinction Award, Martindale-Hubbell

2015

Best of Yelp, Yelp

2015

Top 3 Immigration Lawyers in Seattle, WA, ThreeBestRated.com

2014

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2014

Client's Choice Award, Avvo

2014

Best of Yelp, Yelp

2013

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2013

Top Contributor, Avvo

2012

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell

2012

Client's Choice Award, Avvo

Work Experience

1992 - Present

Managing Partner, Choquette Law Group, P.S.

1992 - 1998

Pro Bono Attorney, NWIRP

Associations

1995 - Present

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Member

1993 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Member

1993 - Present

U.S District Court, Western District of WA

Member

1992 - Present

Washington State Bar Association

Member

2015 - 2016

USCIS Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington State chapter)

Member

2015 - 2016

Consulate Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington State chapter)

Co-chair

1995 - 1997

Franco-Canadienne Association of Washington

Co-chair

1993 - 1994

Immigration Association

Founding Member

1993 - 1998

Immigration Association

Director

1993 - 1998

Immigration Association

President

Education

1989

UOP - McGeorge School of Law

J.D.

1985

Union College

B.A.

N/A

New York University

M.A. Candidate

Speaking Engagements

1997

Criteria for Naturalization

Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship

1996

Criteria for Naturalization

Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship

1995

Criteria for Naturalization

Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship

1994

Criteria for Naturalization

Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship

1993

Criteria for Naturalization

Naturalization & U.S. Citizenship

Languages

French

English

Activity

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