Elizabeth Guckes Heetderks
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About me
Elizabeth Heetderks received her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law and spent her third year at the Georgetown University Law Center as a visiting student in Washington, D.C. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Pennsylvania State University. She began her legal career under the U.S. Attorney General Honor Program as a trial attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Atlanta, Georgia. She later gained experience in business and family immigration while working part time in private practice in San Antonio, Texas and Raleigh, North Carolina. Ms. Heetderks represented clients before the Immigration Court while working at the N.C. Justice Center. Ms. Heetderks speaks French and is learning Spanish.
Languages spoken: French
Practice areas
Licensed
- Immigration: 100%
Payment
Fees:
Fixed (sometimes)
Payment types:
Cash, Check, Credit card
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Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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| MD | Active | 1997 | 09/20/2015 |
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| Attorney | Brenman Law Firm | 2010 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attorney | N.C. Justice Center | 2009 - 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attorney | Law Offices of Dayna Kelly | 2008 - 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attorney | Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart | 2007 - 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attorney | Shivers & Shivers, Immigration & Nationality Law (San Antonio, TX) | 1998 - 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Attorney | U.S. Department Of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service (Atlanta, GA) | 1996 - 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legal Intern | U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Office of the General Counsel (Washington, D.C.) | 1995 - 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legal Intern | U.S. Department Of Justice, Executive Office For Immigration Review (Miami, FL) | 1994 - 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| American Immigration Lawyers Association | N/A | 2010 - Present |
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| Individual Merits Hearing | Asylum/Withholding Granted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual Merits Hearing-601/Adjustment | Granted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual Merits Hearing | Withholding granted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
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| University of Miami School of Law | Law | JD - Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) | 1996 |
| Pennsylvania State University | N/A | BS - Bachelor of Science (Phi Beta Kappa) | 1993 |
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| Iglesia Cristiana Renacer | Family Immigration | 2015 |
| Compass Center for Women and Children | Immigration Options for Survivors of Domestic Violence | 2014 |