Toki Olowo
Senior Supervising Attorney
Overview
Prior to joining Akula & Associates, Toki Olowo was a supervising attorney at Badmus Law Firm, PLLC. Her practice consisted primarily of employment and business related immigration matters, representing employers and their employees before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Labor, Department of State, and various state and federal agencies with immigration oversight.
Ms. Olowo has experience with employment-related temporary worker petitions for H-1B professional worker visas, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, and others. She has processed countless two year foreign residency waiver applications for physicians, and permanent residence (green card) applications based upon labor certification, extraordinary ability, national interest waiver, and outstanding researcher.
Her clients included universities, hospitals, hospitalist groups, and other business entities. Ms. Olowo also has experience is processing permanent family-based immigration petitions, Naturalization, and DACA applications.
While in law school, Ms. Olowo held various positions which included an internship with Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, Waxahachie where she handled landlord/tenant disputes, and family law cases. In addition, Ms. Olowo was a Research Assistant to a distinguished professor where she researched national and international laws of different countries such as Canada, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Ms. Olowo’s background and work experience encouraged her to enter the field of immigration law.
Professional Affiliations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association “AILA”
- Member State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- J.L. Turner Legal Association
- Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Speaking Engagements
- "US Employment Options for Foreign Students and Immigration Updates" at University of Texas Arlington, November 05, 2021
- Jupiter Gardens Events Center, Immigration Workshop/Proposed Path to Citizenship- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Advance Parole, March 27, 2013
- Immigration Reform-Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Advance Parole, March 23, 2013
- DREAMers Immigration Workshop-Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Advance Parole and Legalization, February 20, 2013
- DREAMers Immigration Workshop-Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), October 20, 2012
A Reputation of Excellence Our Success
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"Throughout the process they kept me informed on the filing’s updates."Communication was prompt, and I felt well-served by the team- Karthik
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"I received valuable advice and insights in a single call"Thank you for taking the time to understand the issue in detail and your timely and professional help- Anuradha S.
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"Great Law firm competent and professional"We are glad to be their clients and hope to continue the relationship as we grow.- Arun S.
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"Akula & Associates law firm has provided an excellent immigration service to our firm filing H1B for our employees."Akula & Associates law firm has provided an excellent immigration service to our firm filing H1B for our employees. We working with Toki Olowo and Shamira Hamid who have done splendid job in filing the petition on time ahead of estimated scheduled time. Toki patiently addressed all our concerns and also guided us making right decisions in our very first initial consultation.They have guided us step by step documentation such a way that overall process was very smooth. We being California based company had initial concerns on working with Texas based Law firm on overall paperwork and cost but the firm made the process so easy with document upload process. We would love to take this firm guidance and help for all our future immigration service.- Affine Tech Systems L.
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"Very professional and efficient team who actually know what they are doing!"Very professional and efficient team who actually know what they are doing! I have had very positive experiences with Akula & Associates, and highly recommend them!- Ehsan Z.
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"Prompt and quick in response"I recently worked with Akula & Associates on H1 & H4 application. I worked with Toki; She is very knowledgeable and experienced in her field. Also worked with Ansreen Ali; Professional, Prompt and quick in response and Follwup’s. I recommend them Highly.- Saradhi C.
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"They handle the legal process in a professional way."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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"Kavitha is the best immigration attorney in the entire country."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
