About

Lynn Garfinkel, Esq., is an experienced immigration lawyer in Bethesda, Maryland, offering a wide range of services to clients seeking green cards, visas, deportation defense, and more.

Immigration Lawyer Lynn Garfinkel, Esq., has been dedicated to helping clients with their immigration needs for over eight years. Recently, she established Garfinkel Immigration Law, LLC to provide even better service to her clients. Lynn Garfinkel specializes in representing clients in various immigration matters, including green cards, temporary and permanent visas, family and work petitions, deportation defense, naturalization, and asylum cases based on religious, political, and gender-related issues. She also assists clients in obtaining benefits under the Violence Against Women Act.

Ms. Garfinkel has extensive experience handling a wide range of employment-based petitions, such as intracompany transferees, specialty occupations, professionals, researchers, and more. She has a proven track record of successfully representing clients at consulates worldwide.

Currently serving as the Chair of the Asylum Office Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Lynn Garfinkel is a member of both the Maryland Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. She previously held the position of Vice Chair for the AILA Washington Immigration Court Liaison Committee.

Before pursuing a career in law, Lynn Garfinkel completed her undergraduate studies at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She designed her own international development degree after studying abroad in France and South Korea. Following her work at national organizations advocating for low-income families, she obtained her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Massachusetts.

During her time in law school, Ms. Garfinkel served as a teaching assistant and participated in clinics focusing on prisoner's rights and the death penalty. She interned at prestigious institutions such as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and the Office of the Federal Public Defender for DC.

Furthermore, Lynn Garfinkel dedicated her time to volunteer human rights advocacy work at Amnesty International's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office and served as the Representative to the Special Initiatives Grant Committee for five years.

Legal Issues

Immigration Law

Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas

International Law

Human Rights, Imports & Exports

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