Firm Profile

Margaret Ioannides practices exclusively in the field of immigration law. Following her graduation, at the top of her class and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Florida, she attended the prestigious joint degree program in Law and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She received both her law degree and her Master of Science degree in the Foreign Service in 1996. Her studies concentrated in the field of international law and relations, as well as international business.

Since graduating in 1996, Ms. Ioannides has worked, in both the public and private sectors, in the field of U.S. Immigration and Nationality law. She was selected into the Attorney General’s Honors Program, where she worked as an Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals, the highest national administrative tribunal for immigration law. She has also worked for prominent law firms in Florida and Texas, handling both employment based and family based immigration matters on behalf of corporate and individual clients. Ms. Ioannides is fluent in both Spanish and Greek. She has studied in Spain and the Netherlands, and has worked at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece. She has also traveled extensively throughout Latin America, Europe, and Turkey.

Ms. Ioannides is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has written on immigration law topics for the Austin Human Resource Management Association and has been published in the Texas Lawyer, the Austin Business Journal, and the Florida Bar's International Law Quarterly. She has also been interviewed as an Immigration Law expert by Austin's News Channel 8. Ms. Ioannides also frequently presents to Universities, trade, and community groups regarding immigration and related legal issues.