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Navigating Complex Immigration Law and Keeping Families Together

Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law

About Shelley Hennessee

Biography

Ms. Shelley Hennessee earned her degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish.  Before attending law school, she was a teacher at both the secondary and primary grade levels.  She graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas where she was an editor on the Law Review.   Upon graduation, she began practicing in Dallas, Texas at a full-service immigration law firm.  She is the founder and managing attorney of Law Office of Shelley Hennessee, located in Irving, Texas, with clients around the world.  She has practiced exclusively in the area of immigration and nationality law since 2006.


Ms. Hennessee is married and has two sons, Luca and Alex.  She is fluent in Spanish and enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family.  When she is not at her office, she can be found cheering on her boys from the basketball, soccer, football, and lacrosse sidelines.  

Experience

Since 2006, Ms. Hennessee’s practice has focused on family-based immigration, humanitarian relief, nationality law, and waivers.  She has extensive experience in consular processing, adjustment of status, citizenship and naturalization, K visas, waivers (fraud, crime, health, prior deportation), self-petitions under the Violence Against Women Act, U visas for victims of crime, humanitarian parole, NACARA, custody redetermination hearings, TPS claims, DACA, and cancellation of removal.    

Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law

Ms. Hennessee is admitted to practice in Texas and is board certified in immigration and nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Dallas Bar Association.

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