Thursday, April 7, 2011

Immigration Law Workshops coming to Lao Assistance Center

A very big thanks to L. Elizabeth Tolzmann of Tozmann and Nordell LLP (www.tolzmannlaw.com) who will be joining us in May for a trial series of interactive community workshops to discuss current immigration law and how families and individuals can get naturalized, sponsor relatives for work or study, and what proposed immigration reform would mean for our community.

Tolzmann and Nordell, LLP is a full-service law firm with experienced and licensed attorneys in the U.S. providing legal consultation and representation exclusively on U.S. immigration law and worldwide consular-based visa services. They represent clients before U.S Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) officers, service centers, embassies/consulates around the world, and before immigration judges at the local immigration court.

L. Elizabeth Tolzmann has been practicing law of over six years, particularly in the field of immigration. She has extensive and well-rounded experience in employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, consular-based processing, and deportation defense. She has represented clients before U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services, the local immigration courts, and U.S. embassies/consulates worldwide.

She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of St. Thomas School of Law and Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She is licensed in the states of Minnesota and Nevada. Tolzmann is a 2009 recipient of the University of St. Thomas School of Law Alumni Living the Mission Award and has attained St. Thomas' Society of the Arches Socius Approbtus status for her contributions of time and talent to the university community.

Elizabeth is also a Board Member of Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a nonprofit and non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC, whose mission is to clear the remnants of armed conflict from some of the world's poorest nations; educate and employ local people; and help provide solutions for those trapped by poverty and economic devastation through no fault of their own. She has volunteered for the Tubman Safety Program and served as a legal advocate for domestic abuse victims in Hennepin County.

Stay tuned for more details!

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