Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, PC

Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates is a multilingual law firm located in Washington, DC. We handle all types of immigration and visa needs and we genuinely care to achieve success for each and every client. Our clients win legal status and we will walk you through every step of the way.
Meet our highly experienced staff members, pictured below. Click on the individual?s name to read a detailed bio. We look forward to working with you!
Attorneys at Beach-Oswald
Danielle Beach-Oswald
Danielle Beach-Oswald
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Staff/Legal Assistants
Colleen Torralba
Colleen Torralba
Finance Manager
Danielle Beach-Oswald
Danielle Beach-Oswald
Managing Partner
Ms. Danielle Beach-Oswald, JD is President and Managing Partner at Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates. She has used her 25 years of experience in immigration law to help individuals immigrate to the United States for humanitarian reasons. Born in Brussels, Belgium, Ms. Beach-Oswald has lived in England, Belgium, Italy and Ivory Coast and has traveled extensively to many countries. She is fluent in French with limited expertise. She advocates for clients from around the world who seek freedom from torture in their country, or who are victims of domestic violence and trafficking. Ms. Beach-Oswald has litigated for family reunification and presenting employment-based petitions for professionals who qualify as having an extraordinary ability and whose work in the U.S. is considered to be in the national interest. She has worked with numerous expert witnesses who have testified on her cases for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), forced marriage, illegal organ transplants, female genital mutilation, and political country experts for various countries all over the world.
Ms. Beach-Oswald has represented clients from over eighty countries. With her extensive experience in family-based and employment-based immigration law, she not only assists her clients in obtaining a better standard of living in the United States; she also helps employers obtain professional visas and petition for family members. As such, Ms. Beach-Oswald handles many complex naturalization issues and numerous waivers for non-immigrant and immigrant visas.

Ms. Beach-Oswald has unique expertise representing clients in immigration matters pending before the Federal District Courts, Circuit Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Courts. She has won over 1,000 humanitarian cases in the United States.Ms. Beach-Oswald is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Maryland, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia and Maryland, and five of the U.S. Circuit Courts.
Professional Activities and Memberships
Member, American Bar Association (1992-Present)
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) (1992-Present)
Sustaining Member, DC Women?s Bar Association (WBA) (2011-Present)
Section Counsel At-Large for Maryland State Bar Association (2016-2019)
AILA Washington Executive Office of Immigration Review Chair (2012-2013 and 2015-2016)
AILA State Legislation Co-Chair? MD (2011-Present)
Co-Chair and Editor of Raising the Bar for DC Women?s Bar Association ( 2011-2012)
Expert Immigration Witness at Trial for Kalbian Hagerty, LLP (2011)
Legislative Chair for Immigration: Maryland State Bar Association to Maryland General Assembly (2010-Present); 2011 Maryland Dream Act
Committee member for American Immigration Lawyers Association to Maryland Motor Vehicles Association (2010-Present)
President, Home Owners Association, Kings Rowe, Alexandria, VA (2009-2012)
Judge, National ABA Moot Court on White Collar Crime; Georgetown Law Center Moot Court Trials (2007-2014)
Chair, AILA Liaison for Washington DC area to: Office of Chief Counsel; Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( OI and DRO); Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) (2007-2008)
Legal Clerk with Maryland State Bar Teacher?s Association, Baltimore, MD (1991-1992)
Legal Internship with Governor Schaefer?s Office in Baltimore, MD (1991-1992)
Judicial Internship with Circuit Court Judge Leonard Ruben, Rockville, MD (1990)
Adjunct Professor of writing and literature classes California State University, San Bernardino, CA; Riverside Community College, CA
Community Involvement
Vice-Chair, Alexandria Human Rights Commission (2014-Present)
Commissioner, Alexandria Human Rights Commission (2011-Present)
Member, Daughters of the American Revolution (2001-Present)
Co-President, Alexandria Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW) (2013-2018)
Member, American Association of University Women (1999-Present)
Mentor, University of Baltimore Law Student Mentor Programs (2010-2011)
Mentor, International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Washington, DC area (2009-2011)
Mentor on Immigration for Bread for the City (2008-2009)
Legal advisor volunteer for Homeless Women Shelters in Maryland (1991-1992)
Educational Background
1991 ? Juris Doctor, University of Baltimore School of Law
1981 ? Master?s of Art in Comparative Literature, University of California, Riverside
1975 ? Bachelor of Arts in English, Loma Linda University, California
1971-73 ? Newbold College, Berkshire, England
Awards
Nominated as Superlawyer in Washington Post and DC Magazine (Top 5% of lawyers) for 2012 through 2016
AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rated, 5.0 out of 5.0 on client reviews
Certificate of Recognition, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Avvo rates her 10 out of 10. View her listing at https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/20006-dc-danielle-beach-634276.html.
Areas of Concentration
Humanitarian-based immigration (Asylum)
Waivers of inadmissibility
Family-based immigration
Employment-based Immigration
Citizenship
Removal proceedings
Federal litigation
Consular processing

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Washington, DC	1

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Immigration	5
Litigation	1