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Daniel J. Roemer
Law Office of Daniel Roemer PC
1301 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Suite 110
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 941-1550 | Fax: (925) 941-1551
http://www.roemerlaw.com
Legal Topic
Immigration
Preferred New Clients
All types of family and business clients.
Sub-Categories
Immigration
- Citizenship or Naturalization
- Employer Work Visas
- Permanent Resident (Green Card)
- Political Asylum & Refugees
- Undocumented Workers
- Visas
Bar Admissions
CA, Dec 1994
Bar Number: 173004
Specialty Certifications
Board Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law
Other Court Admissions
Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Association Memberships
State Bar of California
Continuing Education
I was recognized as a Board Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law in 1998 and have renewed that status since. (This designation is held by approximately 135 of the thousands of attorneys practicing immigration law in California.)
Papers and Publications
Update author, U.S. Immigration Made Easy and How to Get a Green Card (Nolo Press, 1998)
Example Cases
I recently won political asylum at the immigration court for a Colombian social worker who was persecuted by the militias; had an immigrant visa waiver application approved at the consulate abroad after having fought a five-year battle via administrative appeals and federal court litigation.
Education
Degree:
J.D.
School:
Golden Gate University
City:
San Francisco
State:
CA
Year:
1993
Focus and Accomplishments:
Family Law Award for Academic Excellence
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
School:
U.C. Berkeley
City:
Berkeley
State:
CA
Year:
1983
Honors:
Graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship
Focus and Accomplishments:
History major
Number of Attorneys
1
State Licensed In
California
Firm Focus and History
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Law Offices of Daniel Roemer is a boutique law firm with exclusive focus on immigration and nationality law. The firm provides visa processing services to employers and individuals in the preparation of employment-based temporary worker and immigrant visas, asylum and deportation defense litigation, as well as consular processing, citizenship, and family immigration. The firm's hallmark is providing personalized service that is professional, highly responsive, and directed by the client's immigration goals.
Previous Employment Summary
Worked with non-profit immigration services organization prior to law school. Clerked for one of San Francisco's most prestigious immigration law firms, Simmon & Ungar, while going to law school. Specialized in business and family immigration law as an associate attorney at two San Francisco firms for five years before establishing my own firm.
Activities and Awards
I am active as a pro bono supervising attorney and mentor with the San Francisco Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, representing asylum applicants and mentoring volunteer attorneys in immigration litigation before the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, for which I received the Wiley P. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services from the State Bar of California (2001). I address immigration matters at forums such as the Australian-American Chamber of Commerce, and the International Diplomacy Council.
What is your opinion regarding clients educating themselves on legal issues?
It is absolutely essential, and is necessary whether the client is representing him or herself or intends to retain an attorney. I strongly believe in the self-help legal movement and was the update author for the popular immigration reference works, U.S. Immigration Made Easy and How to Get a Green Card (Nolo Press, 1998). I am active as a pro bono supervising attorney with the San Francisco Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and as a volunteer attorney representing Central American asylum applicants before the Immigration Court, through its emergency representation program, and for which I received the Wiley P. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services from the State Bar of California (2001). I participate in other pro bono and reduced fee programs as well.
Are you willing to review documents prepared by clients?
Unfortunately, the current "zero tolerance" policy of the Department of Homeland Security makes this a dangerous thing for both the attorney and client. The law is very complicated and the government is looking for a reason to deny most cases, so it is hard enough for an attorney to make sure that a case is prepared as best it can be. The participation by non-attorney clients usually increases the risk of problems.
Are you willing to coach clients who want to represent themselves?
I do if I have prepared the initial filing and feel that the client does not have issues that require an attorney.
Why did you decide to be a lawyer?
I worked as a Volunteer Coordinator and Community Organizer during the 1986 Amnesty and witnessed how important legal representation and information was in the field of immigration law.
What work experience and education helps you be a better lawyer?
Immigration law is a field that one learns by doing and by understanding world conditions and culture. I had studied and traveled in Brazil and Mexico, Peru, and have worked as an immigrant advocate and attorney since 1987.
Why did you decide on your primary area of practice?
I decided to go to law school because I was already working with immigrants at Catholic Charities in Oakland, and wanted to be able represent them in court and before the INS, for which I needed to be a lawyer. In more general terms, I like meeting people from other cultures and helping them.
What do you like best about your career?
I like meeting with and talking to my clients, who are some of the most interesting and dynamic people I know.
Tell us about your law firm:
It is a small personable office where we are able to give individualized attention to our clients.
What are your strengths and style?
Immigration law practice is basically a combination of social work, law and business. I love problem solving and helping and each immigration case requires me to put on my thinking hat and apply these three areas.
Informal inside the office but professional and a stickler for details on the outside.
Personal Interests:
I coach youth soccer for my children and play in an over-30 league myself. I love indie and foreign films, including thrillers, film noir and documentaries. I enjoy folk and blue grass music.
Office Manager/Assistant
Lina Collazo - Paralegal
Fax
(925) 941-1551
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Emergency After Hours
No
Foreign Languages
The staff is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and works through interpreters
Fixed-Price Services and Fees
Office consult fee is $100 - 150. Average flat fee is $2000.
Range is $500 - 3000+.
Hourly Rates
$250
Free Initial Consultation?
No, but I will credit the office consultation fee towards the flat or
hourly case fee if I am retained within 30 days of the consultation.
Typical Retainer
$1,500 - $2,500 flat fee for family based adjustment or employment-based
non-immigrant visa petition (H-1B).
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