Diane E. Hunt

Experienced in family, humanitarian, and business immigration law matters
J.D. Cum Laude University of Michigan Law School, 2012
B.A. in history with a minor in economics from University of Michigan, 2009
Member of the Michigan and Federal Bars
Member of American Immigration Lawyer Association
Experience working with victims of human trafficking at the University of Michigan Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic
Worked with immigrant victims of domestic violence and other crimes as Legal Fellow at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
Speaks basic Spanish

Diane E. Hunt received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2009, with a major in history and a minor in economics. During her undergraduate years, she served as the President and Senior Editor of the Michigan Journal of History, co-founder and President of the university’s International Justice Mission student chapter, and a volunteer at the Humane Society of Huron Valley.

Ms. Hunt then returned to the University of Michigan Law School on a Dean’s Scholarship for academic achievement and leadership, graduating Cum Laude in 2012. She focused her legal education on immigration law and international human rights. During law school, Ms. Hunt worked at the University of Michigan Human Trafficking Clinic. This included filing T-visa, adjustment of status, naturalization and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status applications for victims and their family members. She also served as president of the Christian Legal Society.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Hunt completed a fellowship with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC). This involved working with foreign-national victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, civil rights violations, and other crimes. Her work included cases involving U-visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) applications.

The Law Firm of Antone, Casagrande & Adwers, P.C. specializes in assisting individuals and businesses worldwide with all of their immigration needs including employment visas, obtaining green cards for business and corporate employees and family members, visas for doctors and health care workers, together with waivers for physicians under J visa training program, labor certifications (PERM), national interest waivers, marriage-based green cards, fiancee visas, family immigration preferences, naturalization and citizenship, including medical waivers, asylum, deportation, hardship waivers, voluntary departure and removal. We serve clients in southeast Michigan including the Detroit Metro area, Ann Arbor, and Lansing. With offices in Farmington Hills, MI, we are close to Southfield, Troy, West Bloomfield, Birmingham, Canton, Plymouth, Ann Arbor, Novi, Dearborn, Detroit, Auburn Hills, Warren and Sterling Heights, Michigan. Although the majority of our clients are located in the tri-county area of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb, we also serve clients in nearly every state in the U.S. including Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, New York, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington D.C., Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and many others, as well as countries around the globe such as Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, and other countries of the United Kingdom (U.K.), France, Germany, Japan, India, Brazil, Italy, China, Belgium, the Philippines, and many other countries in Europe, Asia and South America.

Since joining the firm in 2013, Ms. Hunt has represented clients in a wide range of U.S. immigration matters with a focus on family and individual matters such as fiancée visas, green card applications for spouses and other family members, naturalization, complex cases involving derived citizenship, and hardship waivers. Ms. Hunt also continues to be involved in humanitarian cases including U-visa, VAWA, and DACA. She has experience working with individuals facing removal, including those with criminal convictions. Ms. Hunt conducts I-9 compliance reviews and represents individuals and companies in obtaining both employment based permanent residency and employment-based nonimmigrant statuses such as L-1 status for intra-company transferees, E status for traders and investors, and H-1B status for temporary workers, among others.

Ms. Hunt speaks basic Spanish. Ms. Hunt is admitted to practice in Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

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