Boca Raton office. Statewide practice. Roberta represents immigration clients across all 67 Florida counties — in person where the case calls for it, remotely where the case does not.
Why a Florida-licensed immigration attorney matters
Federal immigration law applies the same way in Miami as it does in Jacksonville or Pensacola, but where your case is filed and where your interview happens are tied to where you live. The USCIS field office, the Immigration Court, and the local consular practices that affect timing and outcome all vary by region. A Florida-licensed immigration attorney with experience across the state knows the rhythm of each field office and the patterns that move cases faster or slower in each.
Roberta has been a Florida Bar member since 1988 (FL Bar #743828, In Good Standing) and has worked with clients across the state for 30+ years. The office is in Boca Raton, but the practice itself is statewide.
Where Roberta works across Florida
South Florida — the primary practice area
The firm's office is in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County. Roberta attends in-person USCIS interviews and Immigration Court appearances across Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties, which together cover the great majority of South Florida's immigrant population. See the dedicated county pages:
- Palm Beach County — Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Jupiter
- Broward County — Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach
- Miami-Dade County — Miami, Hialeah, Homestead, Aventura, Coral Gables
Central Florida — Orlando, Tampa, and the I-4 corridor
Roberta travels for in-person matters in Central Florida when retained for them — Immigration Court appearances in Orlando, USCIS interviews at the Tampa Field Office, and consular-processing preparation for clients in Orange, Hillsborough, Seminole, Osceola, Polk, and Lake Counties. For Central Florida clients, the work is typically a mix of remote case-building (filings, evidence review, RFE responses) and travel for the actual hearing or interview.
North Florida — Jacksonville and the Panhandle
Roberta represents clients in North Florida and the Panhandle on a case-by-case basis, with most work handled remotely from Boca Raton. Travel for in-person matters at the Jacksonville Field Office or other North Florida venues is part of the engagement when the case requires it.
When statewide Florida representation makes sense
Some immigration matters do not benefit from purely local representation. Cases that often justify retaining a Florida-wide attorney:
- Consular processing. Once the immigrant visa petition is approved by USCIS, the interview happens at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad — not in Florida. The strategic work happens before the interview, and that work is the same whether you live in Boca Raton or Tallahassee.
- Complex cases requiring an experienced immigration attorney. Multi-issue cases — criminal-history grounds, waiver layering, removal-defense cases with affirmative relief — benefit from the depth of experience that 30+ years of immigration practice brings, regardless of geography.
- VAWA self-petitioning and asylum cases. These are paper-heavy filings driven by the strength of documentation. The work is the same in any Florida county; what matters is the quality of the evidentiary package.
- Federal appeals. Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals or to a federal Circuit Court are filed by mail and decided on the paper record. Local presence is largely irrelevant.
How the practice handles statewide clients
The workflow for a Florida client outside South Florida is straightforward:
- Free initial phone call. We talk about your situation, I tell you what the law says, you decide whether to engage me.
- In-person consultation — $375 for the hour at the office in Boca Raton, or by phone/video for clients outside South Florida who prefer not to travel for the consult. If you retain me during the consultation, the $375 fee is credited against your retainer.
- Document review and filing — handled remotely. Documents come in by mail, scan, or secure upload; we build the file together over email and calls.
- In-person appearances — I travel for hearings, interviews, and oath ceremonies when the case is in Central or North Florida. For South Florida matters, I attend in person as a matter of course.
The 30-year practice, in two sentences
I have been in continuous practice in Florida since 1988, and have narrowed the work to immigration only over the last decade because it is the most rewarding work I do. In 30 years, I have never had a client fail the civics test. Past results do not guarantee similar outcomes, but the preparation method is what produces them — and it works the same way for a client in Boca Raton, Orlando, or Tallahassee.
Yes. Immigration is federal law, and a Florida-licensed attorney can represent clients in immigration matters anywhere in the state. The practical question is whether the case requires in-person appearances at a local USCIS field office or Immigration Court — and if so, whether the attorney will travel for them. Roberta handles in-person matters across Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade as a matter of course, and travels for Central and North Florida matters when retained for them.
Not for an initial phone call — that's free and we can have it from anywhere. For the in-person consultation ($375 for the hour), most clients in South Florida come to the Boca Raton office, but clients outside the tri-county area can do the consultation by phone or video if travel is impractical. The work itself is largely document-driven, and most of it happens remotely once we're engaged.
USCIS assigns cases by your address. Palm Beach County residents are typically scheduled at the West Palm Beach Field Office. Broward residents go to the Oakland Park Field Office. Miami-Dade goes to the Miami Field Office. Central Florida residents are scheduled at the Tampa Field Office or Orlando. The assignment is not negotiable, but knowing the local field office's rhythm — what tends to draw RFEs, what wait times look like — is part of the strategy.
Yes, on immigration matters. Federal appeals from Immigration Court decisions, mandamus actions against USCIS delays, and certain district-court matters are within scope. Federal-court representation is a different workflow than agency-level USCIS practice — the timelines, deadlines, and evidentiary rules differ, and the work happens primarily on paper.
Initial phone call is free. In-person or remote consultation is $375 for the hour, credited against the retainer if you engage me. Beyond that, retainers vary by case type — a clean naturalization case has a different fee structure than a multi-issue waiver-and-AOS case. We talk about cost honestly in the first conversation, before any work begins.