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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"Incredibly attentive and their knowledge of immigration is vast"Akula & Associates, team of lawyers dedicated to helping with all areas of immigration, are incredibly attentive and their knowledge of immigration is vast. I honestly thank you from the bottom of my heart, thank you Akula & Associates team.- Sravanthi J.
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"This firm was the ONLY firm that gave me hope"I want to thank Akula & Associates for helping me adjust my status. After seeing many law firms in the Dallas area, this firm was the ONLY firm that gave me hope. I was able to adjust my status in record time. I want to especially thank lawyer Kathy Brady for working hard on my case. She was very patient and hard working. She was the only one that gave me hope when many other lawyers didn’t. Thank you again!- Hilda M.
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"I am consistently impressed by Ms. Akula’s knowledge"I recommend Akula & Associates, P.C. to information technology companies needing diligent immigration services. Whether it be an Department of Labor investigation, ICE investigation or a site visit from USCIS they have always come through with excellent representation for our company. Unlike other immigration law firm merely doing visa processing, Akula & Associates offer many other services to IT companies such as debt collection, litigation, patents and trademark fillings. I am consistently impressed by Ms. Akula’s knowledge of immigration law and her prompt follow through.- Satish Eleti, President, Enternet Business Systems, Inc
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"They are very helpful and reasonable"They are very helpful and reasonable. They have done my E2 visa and renewals for 3 times without any problem and they go out of the way to help you. Thank you team of Akula associates.- Faisal F.
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"One aspect that stood out to me was their personalized approach."Thank you, all the team working in Akula & Associates, P.C office for your outstanding service and for helping me achieve this important milestone.- Andre & Marie M.
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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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"Timely response, dedication towards the work"
We are an IT consulting firm. Kavitha helped us to get critical H1 case approvals and saved employees from running out of status which leads them to travel to their home country permanently. Timely response, dedication towards the work, having proper immigration knowledge, solving cases with logical thoughts, and the best team are the positives. Thanks!- Zuven Technologies
