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Deborah J. Townsend is an Of Counsel Attorney with Urban Thier & Federer, P.A. She is based out of the Orlando office.

Ms. Townsend's practice focuses primarily on immigration and nationality law. She represents broad range of clients including investors, entrepreneurs, large and small corporations, foreign national employees, families and students in all areas of immigration law.

Ms. Townsend provides a full range of immigration law services including nonimmigrant visas – B/E/H/L/O/P/TN and others, as well as employment-based, investment-based and family-based cases for U.S. lawful permanent resident status (“green cards”), student visas, asylum, naturalization, derivative citizenship, I-9 issues, employer sanctions, representation before U.S. Consulates abroad and limited representation in Immigration Court for non-criminal aliens.

Ms. Townsend is a member of the Florida Bar and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

• Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, N.Y.
• Juris Doctor conferred in May 1979
• Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
• B.A. (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science) conferred in May 1976
• AILA’s CFC award for “Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law” May 2011
• Chosen as one of Florida’s “Super Lawyers” from 2006-2009
• Florida Bar Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law since 1996