Kevin D. Slattery
Kevin D. Slattery, P.A.KEVIN D SLATTERY obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in both Political Science and French from the University of Notre Dame in 1997. While at the University of Notre Dame, he was an active member of both the Notre Dame Council on International Business Development and the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha. During his time at Notre Dame, he also studied abroad for one academic year at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest in Angers, France. In 1998, Mr. Slattery participated in the NAFTA Leaders Internship Program at the Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars in Washington, DC, partaking in a series of lectures and seminars designed to address the policy implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 2003, he obtained his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was an active member of both Florida Law Review and the international legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi. While in law school, Mr. Slattery was the recipient of the International Human Rights Law Book Award as well as the Legal Drafting Book Award. He also spent an academic summer abroad through the university’s law program at the Université de Montpellier in Montpellier, France. Following completion of his legal studies, Mr. Slattery served as a judicial law clerk at the Connecticut Appellate Court. In 2006, Mr. Slattery opened Kevin D. Slattery, P.A., a law firm dedicated to the practice of immigration law. The firm is located in Tampa, FL, and offers assistance in family-based and employment-based immigration matters as well as in removal defense. Mr. Slattery is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Connecticut
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Florida
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- 11th Circuit
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- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
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- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken, Written
- Immigration Attorney
- Kevin D. Slattery, P.A.
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- University of Florida
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: J.D., Cum Laude; Legal Drafting Book Award, Fall 2002; International Human Rights Law Book Award, Spring 2003
- Activities: Law Review; Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity), Philanthropy Officer; American Bar Association (student member); American Immigration Lawyers Association (student member); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (student member); John Marshall Bar Association (student bar association - member); Summer Law Program in Montpellier, France
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- University of Notre Dame
- B.A. | Government & International Relations; French
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- Honors: B.A., Cum Laude; Pi Sigma Alpha (national political science honor society)
- Activities: Notre Dame Council on International Business Development; Stage Universite Notre-Dame en France (SUNDEF) XXIX
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- l'Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France
- Certificat de Langue Française; Certificat de Langue et de Civilisation Françaises (1995) | General undergraduate studies during academic year abroad
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- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay
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- French American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- Employment Discrimination Law, 4th Ed., Vol. 1, Chapter 23 - Employment Agencies (Contributor)
- BNA Books
- Immigration Law, OUT of the Closet and IN Your Office, Stetson University College of Law
- Florida Association of LGBT Lawyers & Allies, Inc., LGBT Bar Association of Tampa Bay, Inc.
- What’s it really like being an immigrant?, St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, USF St. Petersburg
- Here’s a tweet: build that wall and make them pay., St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, USF St. Petersburg
- Citizens of God's Kingdom: Immigration and our Christian Faith, St. Jerome Catholic Church, Largo, FL
- Family Law Bootcamp, 28th Annual American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Central Florida Chapter (CFC) Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Central Florida Chapter (CFC)
- Website
- Slattery Immigration Law
Family Based #immigration
- Q. I just went to my immigration interview in cd juarez and was denied due to 212A6CII & 212A9Ci. what can i do?
- A: Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate the facts of your case to offer an opinion on whether the consular officer's determination was correct. If the determination was incorrect, an attorney could try on your behalf to get the visa unit to reconsider its decision. Many attorneys offer online video consultations.
- Q. can a Cuban who enters the usa and is given an I220A, apply for an I485 and I130 without being sponsored by US citizen
- A: Part of your question implies that you are asking about adjustment of status through the Cuban Adjustment Act. Notwithstanding a recent Board of Immigration Appeals case saying otherwise, there is ongoing federal litigation about whether issuance of an I-220A might constitute a grant of "parole" such that a Cuban Citizen might, after a year of physical presence, such that he or she could apply for adjustment of status under the CAA. Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who has knowledge about both the CAA and the ongoing federal litigation involving that law as it relates to those Cubans issued I-220A forms. Many attorneys offer ... Read More
- Q. My British husband is in the US on a travel visa. I'd like to sponsor him for a green card as my spouse.
- A: Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Whether your husband had the intent to immigrate when he entered the United States as a visitor, presumably as a U.K. Citizen through the Visa Waiver Program; this could affect the method by which he should approach his case (adjustment of status vs. consular processing). Although overstay of Visa Waiver Program visitor status may be "forgiven" in the context of an immediate relative (spouse of U.S. Citizen) adjustment of status case, if he has overstayed or does overstay, he should also be aware that a condition of using the VWP program is that one cannot challenge his or her removal from the ... Read More
