Navjot (Nav) is an attorney licensed to practice law in both the United States and Canada. Prior to joining Van Der Hout LLP, Nav was an Associate at an immigration law firm. There, she represented immigrants in removal proceedings in San Francisco and Los Angeles immigration courts, with a focus on asylum applications. She also represented immigrants in front of USCIS.
At Van Der Hout LLP, Nav specializes in cases involving complex legal or factual histories and novel legal claims. Her practice focuses on complex immigration cases involving criminal convictions, contested removal proceedings, waivers of inadmissibility, family-based applications, including adjustment of status and consular processing, naturalization, humanitarian forms of relief, including asylum, VAWA, and U Visa, as well as other applications. In addition to immigration, Nav also has experience in criminal court, having represented criminal defendants in county and circuit court in Florida.
Nav believes in zealous representation, which is both aggressive and compassionate. She is committed to justice, especially for those who come from underserved communities.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Immigration
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Florida
- Ontario
EDUCATION
- Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida
- J.D., Juris Doctorate | 2014
- University of Alberta
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts | 2011
- Major: Psychology
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member
- National Lawyers Guild, National Immigration Project (NLGNIP), Member
LANGUAGES
- English
- Punjabi