Sandra Lackmann

Sandra Lackmann is an associate attorney at Haynes Novick Kohn Immigration in Washington, DC. Her practice is dedicated to removal defense, federal litigation, humanitarian relief, and ability-based immigrant visas. She litigates removal cases in immigration court, including asylum and non-LPR cancellation of removal, and has pursued habeas petitions for detained clients. She also handles affirmative immigration matters, including an approved EB-1A extraordinary ability petition for a neurosurgeon.

Sandra earned a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, graduating cum laude with a focus on Immigration, Asylum, and Citizenship Law. She received a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from The Ohio State University, graduating magna cum laude. Her academic honors included recognition as a Miami Public Interest Scholar and a CALI Award for Immigration Clinic. Her education directly supports a practice centered on immigration procedure, federal litigation, and humanitarian relief.

Sandra has nearly a decade of immigration-law experience through multiple roles. She worked as a student intern and later clinical fellow at the University of Miami School of Law Immigration Clinic, representing people in removal proceedings before the Miami and Orlando immigration courts. She also clerked with Catholic Charities Legal Services of Miami and a boutique employment-immigration firm. Her current federal litigation includes habeas matters in Virginia and other cases challenging detention and immigration-related government action.

Sandra Lackmann is admitted in Virginia and in several federal district courts, as well as the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She is fluent in Spanish and has participated in American Immigration Lawyers Association pro bono work providing consultations to people in ICE detention. Her practice combines removal defense, federal court litigation, humanitarian matters, and ability-based immigration. That mix of courtroom, clinic, and pro bono experience supports representation in urgent and procedurally complex immigration cases.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Haynes Novick Kohn Immigration
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, National Immigration Project

Licensed State

• Virginia

Education

• University of Miami School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) in Immigration, Asylum, and Citizenship Law (Cum Laude)
• The Ohio State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies and Spanish (Magna Cum Laude)

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