Deborah P. Volk is a partner in the Burlington, Vermont firm of Bothfeld & Volk. Her practice is limited to immigration and nationality issues. She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1990. Ms. Volk served on the Board of Directors for the Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and she currently advises many of the Association’s members regarding immigration consequences of criminal actions. She has addressed Canadian Members of Parliament, justice officials, members of the judiciary and other government policy-makers at the National Forum on Criminal Records, sponsored by the Honourable Senator Serge Joyal. Ms. Volk has lectured extensively on immigration law at attorney conferences with the Montreal criminal defense bar, Montreal legal aid and juvenile defense bar, the Quebec bar and the Vermont state and federal public defenders associations. She was a presenter at the annual judicial seminar for the Montreal Municipal Court. Ms. Volk has been an annual presenter at a post-graduation issues workshop for international students at Middlebury College and she has participated in similar workshops for the University of Vermont. Her range of clients have included immigrant and non-immigrant professionals, entertainers, priority workers, employers, relatives of U.S. citizens, students, schools and colleges, people who have violated their status, people whose vehicles have been seized, battered men and women, people facing criminal or immigration proceedings, businesses facing sanctions, treaty traders and investors, and intracompany transferees. Ms. Volk received her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Boston University.
1990
Law School
Northeastern University School of Law
Bar Admissions
- Vermont
Types of Cases Handled
- Business & Employment
- Consular Processing
- Employer Sanctions
- Family
- General
- Investor
- Naturalization
- Waivers
