Daniele Volfe
Daniele Volfe focuses her law practice on matters exclusively related to immigration law. She has successfully represented businesses and employers in applying for several non-immigrant and immigrant visas. She also represented several foreign nationals who were applying for a variety immigration benefits such as family-based petitions, naturalization and citizenship, and humanitarian visas. In addition, she represented clients who were in removal proceedings.
Daniele Volfe attended law school in Brazil at Universidade Estadual de Maringa. In Brazil, she worked along a State Prosecutor on civil cases involving State matters by drafting motions and briefs for state trial courts. She graduated from Southern Methodist University where she obtained her LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law.
Daniele Volfe is originally from Brazil and, as an immigrant herself, she understands the struggles of dealing with the American immigration legal system. Her own immigration challenges moved her to become a passionate immigration law advocate.
Bar Admission
- New York and Texas
Education
- SMU - Dedman School of Law. LL.M., Master of Laws in Comparative and International Law, May 2010
- UEM - Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Parana, Brazil (Maringa State University). Bachelor of Laws (J.D. equivalent), 2001
Admission and Membership
- Dallas Bar Association
- DBA - Immigration Law Section (former Committee Member)
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- New York Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association of Young Lawyers
- Brazilian Bar Association – Subsection Parana
Languages
- Portuguese, English and Spanish
Speaking Engagements
- Panelist: "Current Trends in Family-Based and Employment-Based Immigration and Prosecutorial Discretion before ICE." Dallas Bar Association – International Law Section (2021).
- Moderator of a panel of attorneys discussing the topic: “H-1B Electronic Registration FY 2021 - Exploring the Unknown.” Dallas Bar Association – Immigration Law Section (2020).
- Panelist: Non-Immigrant Visas – “Alphabet Soup.” Dallas Bar Association – Immigration Law Section (2020).
- Presenter: Know Your Rights, Brazilian Itinerant Consulate, Irving (2019).
- Panelist: “Immigration Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence.” sponsored by the General Consulate of Brazil in Dallas (2019).
- Committee Member of the Immigration Law Section – Dallas Bar Association.
- Panelist at the Citizenship Information Workshop, Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable (2019).
- Panelist at the Citizenship Information Workshop, Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable (2018).
- Citizenship Workshop, St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Dallas (2018).
- Presenter: “President Trump’s Executive Orders and Their Immigration Consequences. Texas State Law SB-4.” Dallas Bar Association, Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, DVAP (2017).
- Presenter: “Current Immigration Trends and Immigrants: Know Your Rights.” Workers Defense Project, Dallas (2017).
- “Current Immigration Trends and Immigrants: Know Your Rights.” Brazilian Itinerant Consulate, Irving (2017).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, First Sagrada Familia Lutheran Church, Garland (2017).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, Advent Lutheran Church, Arlington (2017).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, Casa Linda United Methodist Church, Dallas (2017).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, Pleasant Mount United Methodist Church, Dallas (2017).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, Brazilian Baptist Church, Bedford (2017).
- Presenter: Immigration 101, Sunday School at First United Methodist Church of Plano (2017).
- Dallas Community Event – The Future of Immigration After Trump, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library (2016).
- Keynote Speaker, Justice for Our Neighbors, 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Award Dinner (2016).
- Speaker: Radio Católica Cristo Rey, Dallas (2015).
- Immigrants: Know Your Rights, Cockrell Hill United Methodist Church, Dallas (2014).
- Speaker: Radio La Bonita FM, Irving (2014).
A Reputation of Excellence Our Success
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Wow, what an amazing experience I had with Akula & Associates. Kavitha Akula and her assistant Christie were 100% top-notch with everything they did from start to finish on my employment-based Green Card. I would HIGHLY recommend this law firm, they are the best!- Reddy
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We are very grateful for the help we always receive from the Akula Law Associates. At any time we need them they are always available to help quickly and a high level of professionalism. Thank you so much for all the staff members for their exceptional services. You guys Rock….:)- HR Devansh Lab Werks
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Thank you for all your help and patience with my H1B. You made a difficult time a little easier and less stressful, which I greatly appreciate. Ambreen was very helpful in our immigration process and her efforts and work helped us to achieve our most important goal, which is a future for ourselves and our child in the United States. It was a great experience to work with such a professional. We always felt that she was reachable either by e-mail or by phone. We were very impressed with her way of doing business and how she tracked and controlled every issue such that our immigration process went well. She was very responsive, constantly reviewing and checking for the documents needed to carry on the process. They handle the legal process in a professional way, and the treatment is friendly with the clients, which makes it easier and more enjoyable. They always follow up with all the steps throughout the process and kept me informed of the outcomes and further documents needed for the next steps, which made me stay one step ahead of the process to help ensure the desired outcome. Really glad to have her and Akula associates as my attorney in our successful visa applications. We look forward to working with her again for our future legal needs.- Priya
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Great and quick service, thank you all ladies.- Maria V.
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I just want to take a moment and personally thanks Kavitha & Akula Law Firm for helping me out and getting through my complicated I140 case. It was a impossible case which Kavitha made it possible. As usual Kavitha's expertise has been phenomenal. I am very grateful to her. Because of her experience and professionalism in filing the I-485 it didn't even trigger an RFE or an interview request, it was a direct approval. And having Ambreen and other expert counsel members are really great to work with. They are prompt and very helpful. Ambreen, is so wonderful and have dealt so patiently and promptly with me during my I485 and the efforts she have put towards my application was at par. I was fortunate to work with Ambreen during this filing period. Highly recommended and great law firm.- Mohmmed K.
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We have recently started working with Akula & Associates, they are amazing at work, very helpful, very professional, good analytical skills, good personal skills... Thank you to their team for excellent & quick service!!- Neha B.
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Kavitha is the best immigration attorney in the entire country. We chose Kavitha to represent us after I met her and realized how very knowledgeable she is. She and the firm provided great service, were very professional and used technology very well. I just wanted to say, THANK YOU for a job well done; you are great Kavitha!!!- Sateesh
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I want to thank all the Akula and Associates team that contribute with my immigration process. This process can be very stressful and confusing, but with your advice and support you make it very simple for me. I'm very pleased for the result of course but also with your professionalism and customer service, I never felt alone and you answered all my doubt very fast. Thank you and I wish you success and see you in a few years for my citizenship!- Jorge R.