Iowa license and practice

JoAnn L. Barten is admitted to practice law in Iowa and practices at Barten Law, P.C. in Ames, Iowa. No Iowa Bar number was listed on a public source checked for this profile; Iowa publishes no searchable online attorney directory.

JoAnn L. Barten is the principal attorney of Barten Law, P.C. in Ames, a firm focused exclusively on immigration law that she has led since it opened in October 2005. She earned her J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1997, clerked for the Hon. Kent Karohl of the Missouri Court of Appeals until 1998, and has handled immigration cases since 1999. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1999 and twice chaired its Iowa-Nebraska Chapter; she served on the Iowa Supreme Court Client Security Trust Commission from 2012 to 2018. The firm also lists a Des Moines satellite office, but states that all in-person meetings are held at the Ames location.

Matters this legal field covers

Immigration law legal work may cover visas, green cards, citizenship, asylum, and deportation defense.

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