Allison Kranz

Allison Kranz is the managing partner of Lodestone Legal, LLC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and practices exclusively in US immigration and nationality law. She advises professionals, startups, experts, international students, families, and companies on temporary and permanent immigration strategies. Her work includes nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, permanent residence, adjustment of status, citizenship, waivers, fiancée visas, and options for crime victims. She places particular emphasis on strategic planning and self-sponsored immigration pathways when available.

Allison earned a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and an LL.M. in Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law. She also earned a B.S. from Grand Valley State University, where her undergraduate studies included sociology and public administration. She is licensed in Michigan and Florida. Her legal and academic background supports a focused immigration practice involving employment, family unity, permanent residence, humanitarian concerns, and long-term planning for individuals and organizations.

Allison has advised Fortune 500 companies on immigration matters and works with professionals, startups, experts, and international students pursuing temporary and permanent immigration options. Her experience includes nonimmigrant visas, immigrant visas, green card petitions, adjustment of status applications, citizenship, waivers, and family-based matters. She helps clients evaluate available routes, organize immigration strategies around professional or personal goals, and address changing circumstances that can affect work authorization, residence, or family unity in the United States.

Allison Kranz was recognized as an Elite Lawyer for immigration law in 2022 and 2023 and received a Women in the Law Award from Lawyer Monthly Magazine in 2019. Her practice combines business immigration, family-based matters, humanitarian options, and self-sponsored strategies. She works with clients at different stages of the immigration process, helping them assess requirements, prepare filings, and pursue practical routes toward employment authorization, permanent residence, or citizenship under US immigration law.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Lodestone Legal, LLC
• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Member, The Florida Bar

Licensed State

• Michigan
• Florida

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