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Memphis and Nashville immigration lawyers and professional staff
The Frager Law Firm, P.C. focuses its practice on immigration law and provides services to clients in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Our Tennessee immigration lawyers offer comprehensive legal services in all areas of immigration, including temporary visas, family and employment-based immigration, permanent residency, naturalization and citizenship, deportation, and a variety of other immigration-related areas.
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The Frager Law firm is immigration naturalization lawyers in Memphis and Nashville Tennessee with nearly two decades of experience helping clients obtain U.S. citizenship. For Memphis immigration naturalization attorneys, call 901-763-3188. For Nashville immigration naturalization attorneys, call 615-366-1000. Call our Tennessee immigration and naturalization law firm toll free 888-889-VISA (8472) or contact us online.
Barry L. Frager
Memphis Immigration Lawyers
Email: bfrager@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
The Frager Law Firm, P.C. comprises a team of Tennessee immigration law attorneys and professional staff serving the needs in the tri-state area of TN, AR and MS, as well as servicing individuals and businesses throughout the United States. Barry L. Frager, managing partner, has been practicing immigration law since 1990 and has previously served as a trial attorney for the Immigration & Naturalization Service in Los Angeles, California through the Honors Law Graduate Program of the U.S. Department of Justice.
From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Frager served as the national chair of the Federal Bar Association's Immigration Law Section. For his service, he received recognition in September 2007 with the Outstanding Section Chair award by the FBA. Mr. Frager has successfully planned CLEs for the FBA to offer training to other lawyers in the immigration law field and holds an annual immigration CLE in Memphis in May each year.
Mr. Frager has experience handling matters not only in the Mid-South, but also in the following jurisdictions: Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Newark, Oakdale, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Harlingen and other DOJ immigration courts across the United States. He returned to his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to establish his immigration and general law firm there in 1994. In 2003, he opened a second office in Nashville, Tennessee which was expanded in 2007.
The Frager Law Firm assists clients in certain criminal matters due to the important immigration consequences that certain criminal convictions may have on an individual's ability to remain in the United States instead of facing removal or deportation from the United States. Our Memphis immigration attorneys handle family immigration matters, such as marriage petitions and immediate family members sponsoring other immediate relatives. Our immigration lawyers in Memphis also represent people who appear before an immigration judge in removal or deportation proceedings when the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) has determined that the INS believes an individual(s) should be removed or deported from the United States. At this hearing before an immigration judge, an individual has a right to retain legal counsel at his or her own expense (so long as it is not at the expense of the U.S. government). When individuals want to apply for asylum in the United States, the Frager Law Firm can assist them in evaluating their eligibility for asylum or refugee status in the United States.
Our Tennessee immigration attorneys at the Frager Law Firm can also assist clients in obtaining employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant visas. The firm assists professionals in obtaining H-1B visas as well as other skilled and unskilled workers who need to apply for their green cards through the labor certification process.
The Frager Law Firm prides itself on advising clients through a private consultation, for a minimal consultation fee, in order to evaluate whether there are any benefits available for non-U.S. citizens who are either living in the United States or abroad.
Areas of PracticeImmigration Law Litigation Percentage25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Bar AdmissionsTennessee, 1990 District of Columbia, 1991 |
EducationUniversity of Memphis School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, 1989 J.D. Past Employment PositionsImmigration & Naturalization Service, Los Angeles, California, Attorney |
Kimberly Ogden Sutton
Memphis, Tennessee immigration attorneys
Email: ksutton@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Kimberly Ogden Sutton is a native of Louisiana, where she attended high school at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. She earned an M.A. in Speech-Theatre (Administration) cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1999. She earned a B.A. in Speech-Theatre cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 1997, where she was a National Merit Scholar.
Ms. Sutton earned a J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2006. At the University of Memphis, she was the recipient of the Herbert Herff Law Scholarship and Cecil C. Humphreys Law Fellowship. She participated in the Freshman Moot Court Competition and the Family Law Clinic. In addition, she wrote for the Tennessee Journal of Practice and Procedure, and was also awarded the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Method (Best Appellate Brief).
Ms. Sutton has been a Memphis resident since 1999. She is married and has a beautiful five-year-old daughter. She remains passionate about the arts (especially theatre), and hopes to become more involved with the incredible artistic community in the Memphis area.
Ms. Sutton is admitted to the practice of law in Tennessee since 2006. As one of our Memphis immigration law attorneys at the Frager Law Firm, she currently focuses on employment-based immigration. She can be reached at ksutton@fragerlaw.com
Bar AdmissionsTennessee, 2006 EducationCecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006 J.D. |
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 1999 M.A. |
Agnieszka M. Haupt
Nashville immigration attorneys
Email: ahaupt@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 615-366-1000/888-889-VISA (8472) (Toll Free) | Fax: 615-366-1444
Agnieszka (Aga) Haupt is a 2005 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law. She is a naturalized citizen, and her interests in immigration law stem from living in three different countries before turning ten. She is a native of Krakow, Poland, and has lived in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Strasbourg, France. She is fluent in Polish and French.
Ms. Haupt graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University where she majored in international relations, French language and literature, as well as newspaper journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. She minored in anthropology. She wrote an undergraduate honors thesis on American immigration policy vis- à-vis Eastern/Central Europe, focusing on Polish émigr és during the 1980s.
While in law school, Ms. Haupt was very active with the University of Mississippi School of Law's consumer, domestic violence and child advocacy civil legal clinics. She is currently one of our Nashville immigration law attorneys at the Frager Law Firm.
Ms. Haupt lives with her husband and German Shepherd dog in Nashville, Tennessee. She is an avid globetrotter whose travels have taken her from Bedouin camps in the Negev Desert to running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Areas of PracticeImmigration Law Bar AdmissionsMississippi, 2005 |
EducationUniversity of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 2005 J.D. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2002 B.A., B.S. |
Russell Shane Mainord
Memphis immigration attorneys
Email: rmainord@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Russell Shane Mainord was born and raised in Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee. Russell earned his J.D. from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2008. While studying at the University of Memphis, Russell was awarded a Humphreys Fellowship (2007-2008), served as president of the International Law Students Association (2007-2008), and received a Dean’s Award of Excellency for Best Oral Advocate (2006).
Russell has also received a master's degree in Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management from the University of South Carolina in 2004, where he served as a graduate assistant with the University of South Carolina football team in equipment management (2002-2004).
Russell received a Bachelor of Arts in History with an emphasis in American History from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 2001. While at Sewanee, Russell was a member of the Order of Gownsmen Honor Society (2000-2001), served as a student representative for student government (1998-1999), and served as a student equipment manager (1997-2001).
Russell has a love for sports and the outdoors. He has served as a high school teacher and girls volleyball coach (2004-2005), a ranger’s aid at the South Cumberland Recreation Area (2001), a volunteer baseball coach for Dixie Boys Baseball at the Gruetli-Laager Recreation Area (2001-2002), and has stayed active in community sports.
Russell is married and lives in Memphis.
Mr. Mainord has been admitted to the practice of law in Tennessee since 2008. One of our Memphis immigration lawyers, he currently focuses on family-based immigration needs at the Frager Law Firm, P.C., serving as the family-based team leader.
Katina Hicks
Email: khicks@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Katina S. Hicks is a native of Oakland, California where she attended Fremont High School. Ms. Hicks studied computer science at California State University-Hayward before moving to Memphis, TN in August of 2002 to attend the University of Memphis, where she ultimately received her Bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies. Ms. Hicks interned for the Office of Legal Counsel at the University of Memphis before joining the Frager Law Firm, P.C. in September 2007, where she has worked as a family- and employment-based paralegal, providing valuable assistance to our Tennessee immigration attorneys.
Ms. Hicks is happily married and has an adorable three-year-old son. She enjoys family outings and reading.
Andrew Johnson
Paralegal
Nashville, Tennessee
Email: ajohnson@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 615-366-1000/ 888-889-VISA (8472) (Toll Free) | Fax: 615-366-1444
Andrew Johnson, son of Larry Johnson and an immigration attorney who practices in Wheaton, MD, grew up and went to high school in Bethesda, MD. He graduated in December of 2006 with a B.A. in Journalism from Middle Tennessee State University, located in Murfreesboro, TN. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Nashville, TN and began working for the Frager Law Firm, P.C. as a paralegal in March of 2007. He took private Spanish tutoring at coffee shops in Nashville to relearn the Spanish he learned in high school. He enjoys playing guitar, playing soccer, doing freelance writing and going to concerts in his spare time. He is known around the office as a "really useful guy".
Shamsuddin Lodhi
Paralegal
Nashville, Tennessee
Email: slodhi@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 615-366-1000/ 888-889-VISA (8472) (Toll Free) | Fax: 615-366-1444
Shamsuddin Lodhi is a paralegal whose experience in immigration law began in 1992. Mr. Lodhi is a native of Pakistan and is fluent in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. Also, he can communicate in Arabic and Farsi. Mr. Lodhi completed his formal education in Pakistan.
Mr. Lodhi specializes in asylum law and assists clients with family-based immigration cases, as well as removal proceedings before the immigration judge. His knowledge and competence helps our Nashville immigration attorneys resolve immigration issues for countless clients. Mr. Lodhi lives with his wife and six children in Nashville, Tennessee and currently works in the Frager Law Firm's Nashville office. Mr. Lodhi can be reached by email.
Peggy Mahoney
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: pmahoney@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Peggy Mahoney joined the Frager Law Firm in April 2005. Working with our Memphis immigration lawyers, she serves as the senior paralegal of the court-based team in the firm. Ms. Mahoney is a native of Pensacola, Florida and has resided in Cordova, Tennessee since 1998.
Ms. Mahoney graduated from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Primary and Elementary Education. She received her Paralegal Certification from the University of Memphis in 2004.
Ms. Mahoney has taught elementary school in both Pensacola, FL and Olive Branch, MS. She has worked for Addison Wesley Publishing as a customer service representative for the Schools Division in Reading, MA. Ms. Mahoney also worked for Third Party Solutions as a verifications customer service representative in Memphis, TN.
Ms. Mahoney lives in Cordova, TN with her family and three dogs. She is an avid traveler, as well as a Mississippi Riverkings fan.
Cate Majors
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: cmajors@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Cate Majors joined the Frager Law Firm in June of 2009. She began working with our immigration attorneys in Memphis as a family-based paralegal and transferred to the court team after her first month at the firm. Cate grew up in Gulf Shores, AL and relocated to Memphis in 2003.
Miss Majors earned her B.A. in Spanish and minored in anthropology and sociology at Rhodes College, where she graduated in 2007. During her time at Rhodes, Cate participated in an intensive language study and cultural immersion program in Madrid, Spain in the spring and summer of 2006. Here she achieved fluency in Spanish while studying language, literature, art, theatre and current events at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija.
After graduation, Cate began work as an AmeriCorps VISTA for Hands On Memphis, a local volunteer agency, where she helped to promote and maintain volunteerism in the Mid-South area. Her major role at this agency was organizing the 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service. After her time in the AmeriCorps program, Cate maintained her focus in the service sector as the international accounts manager at Thomas & Betts Corporation where she assisted customers throughout Mexico, Europe and Central and South America.
Cate has traveled extensively in Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Aside from traveling both domestically and abroad, she enjoys art, music and practicing yoga. She also enjoys spending as much time as possible with her family in her hometown in South Alabama. Cate will be married in October of 2009 and plans to settle in Memphis with her fiancé, Paul, and two pets, Sampson and Shorty.
Zulema Montanez-Colunga
Paralegal
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: zmontanez@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Zulema Montanez-Colunga is a native of Mexico where she completed her professional education. Ms. Montanez-Colunga moved to the U.S. upon being granted permanent residence. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1998. She began her legal career in the immigration field in 1997 when she accepted a paralegal position with our firm, working with our Tennessee immigration attorneys. Ms. Montanez-Colunga serves as the primary liaison to our Hispanic clients, as she is well-known in the Hispanic community. Ms. Montanez-Colunga is fluent in Spanish and English. She specializes in assisting clients with family-based immigration cases, asylum cases, and naturalization applications. Ms. Montanez-Colunga has proven to be a valuable asset for our immigration lawyers in Memphis and the clients we serve.
Paul Peng
Executive Assistant
Memphis, Tennessee
Email: ppeng@fragerlaw.com | Phone: 901-763-3188 | Fax: 901-763-3475
Paul Peng is a native of China. He started to work for Mr. Barry Frager on many Chinese exclusion and deportation cases in Los Angeles and Texas in the early 1990s. Mr. Peng specializes in asylum law and assists clients with family-based immigration cases, as well as removal proceedings before an immigration judge.
Mr. Peng completed his formal education in China. Mr. Peng worked for the Frager Law Firm as office manager and case manager, offering vital assistance to our Memphis immigration lawyers, and currently serves as Mr. Frager's executive assistant.
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