Gardiner Immigration - Plantation, FL
Gardiner Immigration provides comprehensive immigration and naturalization advocacy for individuals, families, and businesses across Plantation, Tampa, and throughout South Florida. Established in 1998 by founding attorney Grace Gardiner, a former prosecutor and public defender admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the firm delivers personalized bilingual representation in deportation defense, visas, and lawful permanent residency.
Comprehensive Immigration Law and Removal Advocacy in Plantation
Navigating the changing landscape of American immigration requires dedicated legal counsel equipped with both courtroom trial experience and deep administrative knowledge. Gardiner Immigration serves families, workers, and investors across South Florida seeking lawful status, protection from deportation, or permanent residency. When you need a lawyer immediately to protect your status, respond to government enforcement, or reunite with family members, founding attorney Grace Gardiner provides steadfast guidance. With over twenty-five years of legal experience and more than twenty-one years as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Attorney Gardiner fights tirelessly to protect immigrant rights.
Strategic Deportation Defense and Courtroom Trial Representation
Facing removal from the United States can be devastating for foreign nationals and their families. With background experience as both a prosecutor and a public defender, Grace Gardiner brings rare courtroom insight to deportation defense lawyers proceedings. She understands how government attorneys construct allegations and leverages this knowledge to challenge charging documents, suppress improperly gathered evidence, and request relief from removal. If you are seeking to hire an attorney to represent you before the immigration court, the firm assists with:
- Courtroom removal defense before the Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Master calendar hearings, individual merits hearings, and emergency bond redeterminations
- Cancellation of removal for lawful permanent residents and non-permanent residents
- Asylum claims, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture
- Appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and motions to reopen prior final orders
- Waivers of inadmissibility and deportability for criminal or immigration violations
Family-Based Immigration, Green Cards, and Citizenship
Achieving lawful status through family relationships is one of the most reliable avenues to security in the United States, yet administrative delays and procedural hurdles can complicate the process. When you find a lawyer through Gardiner Immigration, you receive thorough legal analysis from the initial application through the final interview. The practice guides clients through every phase of family immigration lawyers matters, including:
- Adjustment of status filings for spouses, children, and parents of United States citizens
- Consular processing for overseas family members through the National Visa Center
- Fiancé and fiancée visas, including petition filing and consular interview preparation
- Petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and U visa protection for crime victims
- Naturalization and citizenship applications, interview coaching, and good moral character reviews
- Renewals of permanent resident cards and petitions to remove conditions on residence
Business Visas, Investor Immigration, and Multilingual Client Care
Beyond family petitions, Gardiner Immigration assists international entrepreneurs and corporate personnel with business and work visa lawyers services. The practice coordinates E-2 treaty investor visas, L-1 intracompany transferee visas, and employment authorizations. Recognizing the diverse immigrant community throughout Broward County, the firm provides seamless bilingual services in English and Spanish, ensuring clear communication, transparent guidance, and dedicated legal representation.
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Location & Access
Primary Address
Located in the business-friendly Southpointe area of Plantation, Florida, situated along South Pine Island Road just north of Southwest 3rd Street.
Building Location
This is a three-story Class B office building showcasing lush tropical landscaping and featuring an impressive grand marble lobby with a two-story atrium. It lies adjacent to the scenic Pine Island Park.
Parking Details
Hassle-free parking is available for visitors with access to multiple public surface parking lots surrounding the building.
Public Transit
Served by Broward County Transit Route 22 (Central Terminal); nearest stop is at Southwest 84th Avenue/Southwest 2nd Street.
Accessibility / Suite Access
Step inside the building's main front entrance into the two-story atrium lobby, and use the stairs or elevator to reach Suite 201 on the second floor.