Helen M. Burnett

Helen M. Burnett is an attorney with the Law Office of Malvern C. Burnett in New Orleans and was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 2017. Burnett practices in a firm devoted to immigration and nationality law, helping clients navigate legal processes that affect families, workers, and individuals seeking immigration benefits or solutions. Her background also includes exposure to federal practice and civil litigation before she entered full-time legal practice.

Burnett graduated magna cum laude from the University of Kentucky in 2013, where she studied political science and history with Islamic studies coursework. She earned her J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2017. While in law school, she was a member of the Maritime Law Journal and served as a student practitioner in the immigration section of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice.

During law school, Burnett also worked in the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana and at Gunty & McCarthy in Chicago, where her work focused on civil litigation. Those experiences exposed her to federal court practice, client advocacy, and contested legal matters. Her clinical immigration work provided direct experience serving clients while learning how immigration rules, procedural requirements, and individual circumstances interact in real cases.

Helen M. Burnett is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association. Burnett’s education, clinic work, federal-office experience, and civil litigation background support a practice focused on careful legal analysis and client communication. She helps immigration clients understand available options, prepare for procedural requirements, and move through legal matters with guidance grounded in current immigration practice and professional service.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Law Offices of Malvern C Burnett, APLC
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Loyola Law University New Orleans
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Kentucky
  Degree in Political Science

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