Nationwide Representation
A Tennessee Attorney, Authorized to Help You Anywhere in the U.S.
Immigration law is federal. That means a Tennessee-licensed attorney can represent clients before USCIS no matter what state — or country — they’re calling from. We handle affirmative immigration matters: family-based petitions, employment and business visas, green cards, and naturalization. We do not take removal defense or courtroom litigation.
Why a Tennessee License Is Enough
Most areas of law are governed by state rules, and an attorney generally can only practice where they’re licensed. Immigration law is different — it’s federal, administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the federal immigration courts, not by any individual state.
Under 8 C.F.R. §§ 1.2 and 292.1(a)(1), an attorney in good standing with the bar of any U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia is authorized to represent clients before USCIS and the immigration courts, regardless of which state they’re licensed in. Our attorney is licensed in Tennessee and represents clients on federal immigration and naturalization matters in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
What This Does — and Doesn’t — Cover
Two different limits are at work here, and it’s worth keeping them separate. The federal authorization itself is specific to immigration matters — it doesn’t extend to state-law matters, like family law, criminal defense, or business law, in a state where the attorney isn’t separately licensed. If your situation involves both an immigration matter and a state-law issue, we can usually still help with the immigration side and point you toward the right kind of local counsel for the rest.
Separately, our own practice is narrower than what the license would technically allow. We take affirmative matters only — petitions and applications filed proactively with USCIS. We do not represent clients in removal (deportation) proceedings or other immigration court litigation, regardless of what state they’re calling from.
How Out-of-State and International Clients Work With Us
Virtually, from start to finish in most cases. Your free intake call and your consultation with the attorney both happen by video or phone, and most case work doesn’t require an in-person visit to our Nashville office. This is the same process whether you’re down the road in Franklin, across the country in Seattle, or the U.S.-based petitioner for a family member currently living abroad — see our guide to consular processing for a relative abroad for what that looks like on their end.
One important limit
We focus exclusively on affirmative immigration matters filed proactively with USCIS. We do not represent clients in removal (deportation) proceedings or other immigration court litigation — see our removal defense pageif that’s your situation.
Questions About Working With Us Remotely
You're licensed in Tennessee — can you actually help me in another state?
Yes. Immigration law is federal, not state law. Under 8 C.F.R. §§ 1.2 and 292.1(a)(1), an attorney in good standing with the bar of any U.S. state may represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services nationwide. Our attorney is licensed in Tennessee and represents clients in all 50 states and U.S. territories on affirmative immigration matters — petitions and applications filed with USCIS. We do not take removal defense or immigration court litigation.
Does this cover every kind of legal help, or just immigration?
Just federal immigration and naturalization matters. The federal authorization that lets a Tennessee-licensed attorney appear before USCIS nationwide does not extend to state-law advice — like family law, criminal defense, or business law — in a state where the attorney is not separately licensed.
How does a virtual consultation actually work?
By video or phone, on your schedule. Most of our work with out-of-state and international clients happens this way from the free intake call through the consultation, and often through the whole case.
I live outside the U.S. but have a family member here — can you still help?
Often, yes. Many of our family-based cases involve a petitioner in the U.S. and a beneficiary abroad. We represent the U.S.-based client, and we can talk through how the process works for the family member overseas during a consultation.
Wherever you’re starting from, the first call is free.
Call 615-899-2866 or start online — both work the same for out-of-state and international clients.