About KLF

Since 2000, KLF has delivered immigration expertise with a high rate of success to exceptional individuals across the globe.

Kennedy Law Firm has honorably represented a wide range of talented & exceptional individuals in their journey to either temporary status or permanent residency in the United States.

KLF has successfully provided immigration solutions in deportation defense, visa processing, citizenship, motions, appeals, and consular processing across the globe.

Practical & Effective Solutions for Complex Cases

Since 2000, KLF has delivered immigration expertise with a high rate of success to exceptional individuals across the globe.

KLF is committed to delivering practical & innovative solutions to the increasingly complex issues facing individuals, families, businesses, & organizations.

KLF assists families, musicians, performers, researchers, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physical therapists, scientists, entrepreneurs, & other exceptional professionals in obtaining visas and permanent residency status.

Comprehensive Help to Qualify You for & Maintain Your Target Status as well as to Navigate Future Options

Since 2000, KLF has delivered immigration expertise with a high rate of success to exceptional individuals across the globe.

Comprehensive Help to Qualify You for & Maintain Your Target Status as well as to Navigate Future Options

KLF can help you qualify for your target visa be it an EB-1 alien of extraordinary ability, an EB-2 national interest waiver, or a nonimmigrant visa. Once your target status is achieved, we help you maintain and navigate future changes such as a new employer.

KLF can also help with removal and inadmissibility issues. KLF began with a focus on removal defense and has a strong background in defending clients in challenging proceedin

Advantages of Hiring KLF

Correct Filings & Higher Approval Rates

Personal Representation Rather Than Delegation

Correct Filings & Higher Approval Rates

Standard of Excellence to be Diligent, Thorough, Focused, Organized, Accurate, Complete, & Consistent
With any immigration case, it is easier to proceed correctly initially as opposed to having to clean up unnecessary delays, denials, mistakes, unwanted impressions, or other negative results. Professional attorneys know how to properly draft, exhibit, and support a case. Statistically, approval rates are significantly higher for applications and petitions submitted with an attorney. A thorough attorney will cite the proper regulations supporting the benefits sought so that an inexperienced examining officer will have a tougher time making a mistake.

Communications Free of Charge

Personal Representation Rather Than Delegation

Correct Filings & Higher Approval Rates

KLF is committed to providing attorney-client communications without charge.

Anyone who has a pending immigration matter bears unique stress and deserves to speak with a knowledgeable professional who knows their specific circumstances.

Clients awaiting employment status, reunification with family, or defense from removal need privacy and to receive answers responsively.

Cost-free responsiveness sets KLF apart positively and has resulted in enduring relationships.

Personal Representation Rather Than Delegation

Your attorney will personally handle your case. You will enjoy one attorney being involved in, familiar with, and responsible for every stage of a case to catch the finest of details to ensure correctness and consistency.
You as a client will never see an hourly charge for a new attorney or caseworker inefficiently spending time gathering data and reviewing your case.
You will know who is responding to you and drafting your case. Most importantly, your attorney will know you.

Professional Responsibility

Attorney-Client Solidarity and Mutual Involvement

Personal Representation Rather Than Delegation

Abundant reasons exist for making use of an experienced attorney. Using an Attorney incorporates professional responsibility for your case. At KLF, you enjoy the convenience of a detail-oriented, experienced professional who assumes responsibility for the legal drafting and who keeps up with ever-changing legal requirements.

Credibility to Your Matter

Attorney-Client Solidarity and Mutual Involvement

Much of immigration approval depends upon your ability to appeal to the adjudicator's discretion and establish credibility. For this reason, I take only cases that I can represent with integrity. As an established and prepared attorney who maintains a solid reputation for ethics, sound legal arguments, and organized preparations, I am positioned to favorably influence an adjudicator's first impression of your case.

Attorney-Client Solidarity and Mutual Involvement

Clients are fully advised as to all necessary initial steps in a formal letter that is sent following payment of the retainer. KLF will provide an outline of the process and then update you as we go along with further instructions. I will maintain regular personal contact with you as your case progresses. You will have a responsive and personal attorney personally providing thorough explanations so that you understand the nature of your case and are involved in the process.

Comprehensive Advice

Preservation of Record

Comprehensive Advice

A step by step, professional review and quality advice that considers both your present and long-term goals.

Consistency

Preservation of Record

Comprehensive Advice

An attorney brings experience and guards for consistency. I will review your immigration and, when applicable, tax history before proceeding in your current matter.

Preservation of Record

Kennedy Law Firm's priority in your case will be to ensure your evidence will be properly exhibited and preserved on record. KLF will maintain a scanned record of your file for a minimum of 10 years. Assured access to your records will allow you to submit consistent applications avoiding unnecessary misrepresentations and corrections.

Attorney Profile

Tara Kennedy brings over nineteen years of experience in the field of immigration law. She has represented clients in matters before state and federal courts, U.S. immigration courts, and on appeal.

Admitted:

Maryland; U.S. District Court for Maryland;
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Biography:

Experienced before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court), & Board of Immigration Appeals
Legal counsel, Middle Eastern American Association Immigration Service
Legal counsel (in addition to KLF), a private firm in Baltimore
International Division, Federal Aviation Administration
Legal Intern, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Education

Selected Achievements:

Obtained various forms of post-conviction relief
Secured writ of habeas release of indefinite detainees in federal court
Successfully sued a detention center to enforce a detainee’s right to marry
Obtained an annulment in a marriage fraud case from the Circuit Court for Howard County (annulments are rarely granted in Maryland)

Member:

Baltimore County Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
Maryland State Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington D.C. Chapter

Academic & Cross Cultural Background:

Ms. Kennedy appreciates what it takes to transplant oneself abroad.

BA in International Area Studies with an emphasis in Economics with focus on international trade, economic development, and international finance
BA in French Civilization and Literature
Focused learning in cross cultural communication among high vs. low-context cultures
JD University of Oklahoma with additional law study at Jagiellonian Universitet in Krakow, Poland and Seattle University School of Law
Liaison to foreign delegations to the University of Oklahoma and the International Department of the Federal Aviation Administration
Experience residing & working in France and Kazakhstan
Exchange student in the former Soviet Union

Pro Bono Contributions

Kennedy Law Firm participates in various immigrant outreach programs across faiths and communities. KLF has provided pro bono assistance for the Maryland Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention Assistance Program. She has also worked with Catholic Charities and the Hebrew Bet Tzedek legal charity.