Karen Winston
Law Office of Karen Winston
Karen is an immigration and deportation defense attorney in Jacksonville, Florida. Upon graduating from law school, Karen was awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship sponsored by the Florida Bar and the Florida Bar Foundation. Through the Fellowship Karen created the Baker Defense Project of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, providing “Know Your Rights” presentations and free representation to foreign nationals facing deportation and detained at the Baker County Jail.
Now owner and President of The Law Office of Karen Winston, LLC, Karen’s practice focuses on family based immigration applications, asylum, removal defense, and humanitarian relief. Karen is an American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) member currently serving on behalf of the Central Florida Chapter as the co-chair liaison to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)/ Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). She is licensed by the Supreme Court of Florida, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Karen received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Florida Coastal School of Law.
- Florida Coastal School of Law
- J.D.
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- University of Colorado - Boulder
- B.S. (2001)
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- Director of the Baker Defense Project
- Jacksonville Area Legal Aid
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- Through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship, self-authored and implemented the Baker Defense Project to bring aggressive and compassionate deportation defense to foreign nationals detained at the Baker County Jail in MacClenny, Florida.
- Expose and Close (Baker County Jail)
- Detention Watch Network
- Pro Bono Champion
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Karen is committed to making pro bono representation a critical component of her legal practice and was honored to be named a 2016 Pro Bono Champion for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for her work on behalf of crime victims, asylum seekers, survivors of domestic violence, and trafficking victims detained at the Baker County Jail.
- Jerome Kermit Coble Award for Distinguished Public Service
- Florida Coastal School of Law
- 2010-2012 Equal Justice Works Fellow
- Equal Justice Works
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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- American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
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- Florida
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- 11th Circuit
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Call 904-723-4570 to schedule an in-person consultation.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas