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
Case Types:
- EB5
- Employment-based visas
Expedited/Emergency appointment requests please email Inella.coleman@akulalaw.com
A Reputation of Excellence Our Success
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"Thank you and your team for all your good work."I have been filing cases with Akula & Associates since 2016 and since our first call with attorney Toki- when she heard what i said and accepted our first case; They have been gracious, competent and very patient in all process of immigarion-H1B, L1, TN, I140 etc. Thank you and your team for all your good work.- Sindhoora M.
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"I highly recommend to work with these 2 amazing professionals."shout out to Attorney Shirin Rahmani and Christie Savivanh for working on my case and getting it through. I highly recommend to work with these 2 amazing professionals. They guided me on every step of my case for employment based GC.- Usman S.
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"Five stars are not enough to represent the excellent work"I recommend it to everyone, especially the Brazilian community.- Fernando M.
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"This is the best immigration law firm in Dallas"This is the best immigration law firm in Dallas in my opinion. Ms. Kate Brady provided awesome and prompt service in my case. She is very knowledgeable and experienced in the field and her expertise gave me immense confidence!! I will recommend this firm to everyone looking for immigration services :)- Vega B.
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"Thank you to their team for excellent & quick service!"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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"Toki Olowo, It was a pleasure working with you!"You were helpful, you have great knowledge and was always warm, guiding, encouraging me, always with your big smile- Claudia F.
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"I have nothing but good things to say about our experience with your firm."Just a quick note to let you know how pleased we were with the services we received from your law firm. Akula & Associates provided us with an amazing, valuable resource and experience. I have worked with numerous law firms in my 10 year as a business owner but the experience with your firm was professional and personal. Frankly speaking, you and your staff were available, down to earth, and cut through a lot of the B.S. lines. I have nothing but good things to say about our experience with your firm.- Ramesh M, President – Vertucom Inc.
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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
