Immigration Law
United States · Worldwide
Williams Law represents individuals, families and businesses in matters of U.S. immigration.
Whatever stage, wherever it sits
Before USCIS, in immigration court, in ICE detention, or at a United States consulate abroad. A first petition, an interview, a hearing already on the calendar, a denial that needs an appeal. Consultations by video, telephone or email, in the time zone that suits you.
Cases abroad
Consular processing and immigrant visa pathways for clients outside the United States: the petition, the National Visa Center, the interview and the waivers a case may need. The practice is remote by design, so where you live is not an obstacle.
The border corridor
El Paso, Otero County and southern New Mexico hold a concentration of courts, detention facilities and enforcement unlike anywhere else.
Cases in that corridor
Background
From the other side of the curtain
Before founding Williams Law I was an Asylum Officer with the Department of Homeland Security, a legal intern with the Office of Chief Counsel at ICE in Boston, and part of the Jones Day Laredo Project, a pro bono program serving people detained at ICE and CBP facilities near the southern border.
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Practice areas
What each one involves
Practice areas
What I handle, and what it involves
My legal practice covers United States immigration matters generally, from a first petition to a case already in court. If your situation is not listed here, contact me regardless.
Asylum
Affirmative applications before USCIS and defensive claims in immigration court, including withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Preparation of the declaration, country conditions evidence, and the interview or hearing itself.
Removal defense
Representation in immigration court from the master calendar hearing forward: cancellation of removal, adjustment of status in proceedings, waivers, prosecutorial discretion, motions to reopen, and appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Bond and custody
For families of people held at Otero, the El Paso Service Processing Center, and nearby facilities. Locating the person, assessing eligibility for bond, assembling the release package, and arguing the hearing.
Humanitarian relief
U visas for victims of certain crimes, T visas for survivors of trafficking, VAWA self-petitions, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for children who cannot safely return to a parent.
Consular processing
Immigrant and nonimmigrant visa cases for clients living outside the United States: the petition, the National Visa Center stage, the civil documents, the consular interview, and waivers where a ground of inadmissibility applies. Consultations by video, telephone or email.
Family petitions
Petitions for spouses, children, parents and siblings; adjustment of status inside the United States; consular processing abroad; and the waivers that unlawful presence and other bars often require.
Employment, visas and citizenship
Work-based petitions, student and visitor visas, and naturalization, including cases where an old record or a long absence complicates the application.
Not sure which of these describes your case? That is a normal place to start.
Request a consultationEl Paso & Southern New Mexico
Cases along this stretch of the border
The region runs together across the state line. A family in East Montana or Horizon City may have a relative held in Chaparral, a hearing docketed in El Paso, and a filing sitting at a service center two time zones away. Distance and paperwork are most of what goes wrong, and both are manageable if someone is watching them.
I take cases out of the El Paso immigration court and the detention facilities in Otero County and El Paso County, and I work with families on both sides of the line. Consultations are by phone, video, or in person when a case calls for it.
Areas served
El Paso · East Montana · Horizon City · Socorro · San Elizario · Fabens · Anthony · Chaparral · Sunland Park · Las Cruces · Alamogordo · Otero and Doña Ana Counties
About
Jeremy Williams
Attorney and founder
I practice U.S. immigration law remotely, for clients across the country and abroad. Before founding Williams Law I worked on the government's side of these cases, as an Asylum Officer with the Department of Homeland Security and as a legal intern with the Office of Chief Counsel at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That experience shapes how I prepare a case now: I know how a file is read, where it is decided, and what a record needs to contain before it gets there. The practice covers immigration matters broadly — petitions before USCIS, proceedings in immigration court, detention and bond, and consular cases abroad — and whatever brought you to this page, the first step is the same conversation.
Experience
Current immigration attorney and founder of Williams Law
Former Asylum Officer with the Department of Homeland Security
Former legal intern with Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) ICE, Boston
Jones Day Laredo Project — pro bono program offering legal assistance to individuals detained at ICE/CBP facilities near the U.S. southern border
University of Maine School of Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic
Education
University of Maine School of Law, J.D.
Georgia Southern University, B.A. Political Science
Georgia Southern University, B.A. Spanish
Bar admissions
Missouri Bar, No. 76876
Contact
Start with a message
Send your name, a way to reach you, and a short description of your situation, in whichever language you are most comfortable writing. I will be in touch with next steps.
Phone 912-677-1015
Email jeremy@williams.law
Please do not include confidential details until we have spoken.
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I read every message myself and will be in touch with next steps. If the matter is urgent — a hearing date, a detention, a filing deadline — call 912-677-1015.
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