Deborah P. Volk

Deborah P. Volk is a Burlington, Vermont immigration lawyer who represents clients in immigration and nationality matters. Her practice includes family petitions, citizenship, visas, asylum, status violations, vehicle seizure issues, employer sanctions, and immigration consequences connected to criminal proceedings. She works with individuals, families, employers, schools, colleges, professionals, entertainers, investors, and multinational executives. Clients rely on her guidance when immigration decisions affect work, travel, family, safety, business, and future stability.

Deborah earned a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. She earned a B.A. from Boston University, graduating cum laude. Her education supports a practice that requires careful writing, fact development, advocacy, and attention to complex immigration rules. This foundation helps her prepare filings, explain options, and present client histories to immigration authorities. It supports practical judgment, organized documentation, clear communication, and filing strategy through each stage of a matter.

Deborah serves clients across the United States and abroad, including spouses, children, and fiances of US citizens and permanent residents. Her experience includes naturalization, professional visas, student and faculty matters, treaty trader and investor issues, multinational executive filings, and cases involving battered men and women. She also advises people facing immigration proceedings or criminal charges, helping them understand risks and pursue available protection relief before agencies through structured legal advocacy.

Deborah P. Volk has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1990 and has advised attorneys, judges, agencies, elected officials, universities, and community groups on immigration issues. She served on Vermont human trafficking and immigration task forces and has supported Give Way to Freedom. Her work reflects strong advocacy, public service, steady guidance, and focused client service for clients facing high stakes immigration choices and government processes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bothfeld & Volk, P.C.
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• Northeastern University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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