Sarah D’Souza

Sarah D’Souza is an associate attorney at Haynes Novick Kohn Immigration in Washington, DC. Her practice focuses on removal defense, family-based immigration, and affirmative immigration filings. Before joining the firm in 2026, she worked at a small Washington, DC immigration practice representing clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review and US Citizenship and Immigration Services. She has served as lead counsel during interviews, ICE check-ins, and final merits hearings.

Sarah earned a J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and a B.S. in Management from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her law-school honors included a CALI Excellence for the Future Award for the Immigration Clinic, the Rose Zetzer Fellowship for Women, Leadership & Equality, and a Maryland Law Scholars Award. Her education included substantial practical immigration training through clinic work and internships before she entered full-time practice.

Sarah has secured termination of removal proceedings, stopped an attempted ICE detention of a client, persuaded the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw evidence, and negotiated alternatives to electronic monitoring. During law school, she worked for two years as a legal intern at a boutique immigration firm and practiced as a student attorney in the University of Maryland Immigration Clinic. In that clinic, she led her team in obtaining asylum for a family of five.

Sarah D’Souza is admitted in Maryland and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She also speaks Spanish. Her practice combines removal defense with family-based and affirmative immigration filings, giving her experience in both contested proceedings and application-based matters. Her background includes direct advocacy before immigration agencies, courtroom work, client interviews, detention-related issues, and asylum representation. She approaches immigration cases with experience developed through clinical, internship, and private-practice roles.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Haynes Novick Kohn Immigration
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• Maryland

Education

• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maryland, College Park
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Management

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