Danuta “Danka” Villarreal

Danuta “Danka” Villarreal is a Bellaire-area attorney whose practice covers U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law, estate planning, and probate. She is board certified in both Estate Planning and Probate Law and Immigration and Nationality Law. Her clients include U.S. citizens and foreign nationals addressing immigration applications, estate administration, or related cross-border concerns. She also works with estates involving foreign-language wills and property located in more than one country.

Danka earned an M.A. in English Studies and Conference Interpreting from Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza in Poland in 1997. She later received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2004. During law school, she participated in the university’s Immigration Clinic and served as articles editor for the Houston Journal of International Law. Her language and legal studies are especially relevant to matters involving international documentation and foreign nationals.

Danka handles immigrant and nonimmigrant visa matters, including family- and employment-based petitions, labor certifications, permanent residence applications, consular processing, and waivers of inadmissibility. She also advises on naturalization and derivative citizenship. In estate matters, her experience extends to probate administration, taxable estates, estates with or without wills, and assets inside and outside the United States. Her practice also considers how immigration status can affect estate planning and family law matters.

Danuta “Danka” Villarreal was admitted in Texas in 2004 and participates in professional groups focused on immigration, probate, and trusts. Her affiliations include the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar College, and the Texas Probate Law American Inn of Court. She has published and presented on immigration topics, including issues affecting asylum-seeking children and university students. Her dual certifications support a practice addressing the connection between immigration and estate-related legal needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bellaire Probate
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Sections on: Immigration Law, State Bar of Texas
• Member, The Texas Probate Law American Inn of Court
• Member, Sections on: Probate, Trust and Estate, Houston Bar Association
• Member, Houston CBP Working Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Texas Chapter
• Member, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
• Member, Texas Probate System Committee
• Member, Houston Estate and Financial Forum

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• University of Houston Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poland
  M.A. (masters of English Studies & Conference Interpreting)

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