Nicholas Allbright
Skidompha Library Chats with Champions is very pleased to present Attorney Jennifer Atkinson on Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Assembly Corridor of Skidompha Library. Atkinson will speak about immigration regulation.
Folks generally categorical shock when they discover an immigration attorney practising in Damariscotta. Other reactions usually consist of either worry or curiosity about a discipline that is usually in the news but at times men and women are just exasperated with the immigration circumstance nowadays. Jennifer will talk about what it is like to exercise immigration law and share her ideas on the ideas, policies and developments that shape this discipline, both of those in Maine and the country. She will also touch on the regulation alone, to share a feeling of its complexities, surprises, and benefits.
Jennifer is just one of a handful of attorneys training immigration north of Portland. She initially moved to Maine just after legislation university to start a career in environmental law. Obtaining designed the Midcoast her house, her choice to change into immigration regulation 10 decades ago was not a selection to leave the space. She freely admits that creating a practice below has been additional demanding than it would have been in Portland or Boston, but with a family deeply rooted in this spot, her observe experienced to be below or not at all. Jennifer life with her household in Damariscotta and has been a Midcoast resident for 30 a long time. Lifted in Harvard, Massachusetts, she has also lived as an immigrant in Newfoundland, Canada, and used prolonged intervals of time in Jordan, Kenya, the U.K., India, and Guatemala.
As an lawyer at Gallagher, Villeneuve and DeGeer, PLLC Jennifer’s immigration practice concentrates on family-based mostly and humanitarian issues as nicely as naturalization. She serves clients domestically and across Maine. Some are overseas nationals while many others are US citizens or permanent residents sponsoring foreign nationals. In addition, she handles company, estate arranging and relatives matters at this agency, for each location residents and Maine immigrants. Jennifer also provides enterprise immigration assist to Goeschl Legislation Company, a west coastline business (with Maine ties) serving the immigration demands of business people and organizations.
Jennifer lives with her spouse Mike Tatro, owner of Gammage Shipyard, and their youngsters in Damariscotta. She is a member of the American Immigration Legal professionals Affiliation, the Maine Condition Bar Association, and the Lincoln County Bar Association.
Chats with Champions is a totally free neighborhood supplying from Skidompha Library at 184 Primary St., Damariscotta. Sherman’s Maine Coastline Guide Outlets generously sponsors this plan. For extra facts, please get in touch with the library at 207-887-0919.
