Jessica Malott
Iowa
Malott Law, PLC
1934 Boyrum St.
PO Box 1520
Iowa City, IA 52240
Tel: 319-358-1900
Email:
jessica@malottlawfirm.com
Web:
www.malottlawfirm.com
Jessica Malott is the owner and managing partner of Malott Law, PLC, and practices primarily in immigration. Jessica earned her Juris Doctor, with honors, in 2006 from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. During law school, she worked as an intern at the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) and was Editor-in-Chief of the Drake Law Review. Since graduating, Jessica has worked as a law clerk, federal government attorney, law school career advisor, and private practice attorney.
In her current practice, she focuses primarily on removal defense in Immigration Court and family-based immigration; however, she also takes an assortment of other cases, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U Visa, Special Immigrant Juvenile visas and related guardianships, and immigration-related family law cases. Jessica speaks Spanish, and the majority of her clients are native Spanish-speakers.
Prior to law school, Jessica attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City and graduated in 2002 with a double major in Spanish and Communication Studies. During her undergraduate education, she studied abroad in Spain, and later worked as an intern at a Washington, DC-based non-profit that primarily served Latino clients who were homeless or diagnosed with a substance abuse and/or mental health condition.
Jessica is admitted to practice in Iowa and is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Education
- The University of Iowa, Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and Spanish (2002)
- Drake University Law School, J.D. (2006)
Malott Law, PLC, counsels clients through a wide variety of immigration issues. We provide individualized immigration representation for our clients in a timely and professional manner. Our bilingual immigration lawyers and staff are committed to providing quality representation on immigration issues and issues that are immigration-related. Because our team’s focus is immigration law, our lawyers are always up-to-date on the latest immigration news and developments, and we have extensive immigration experience to find solutions to your needs.
Our firm provides comprehensive service with a wide variety of immigration applications, including citizenship and naturalization, adjustment of status (green cards), family-based immigration, asylum, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U visa, consular processing and embassy interviews, fiancee visas, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), NACARA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and waivers of inadmissibility. Our team serves clients located in Iowa and all over the world.
We have extensive experience representing clients in Immigration Court (removal defense), including appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). We also represent clients in bond hearings before the Immigration Court. We typically represent clients in the nearest Immigration Courts, which are in Omaha, Nebraska, and Chicago, Illinois; however, we have also represented immigrants in a number of other Immigration Courts across the United States.
“Jessica is widely recognized for her commitment to serving immigrant communities and delivering meaningful results. Clients commend her ability to handle sensitive and complex matters with empathy and precision, while peers note her strong experience in both litigation and advisory aspects of immigration law.”