Nicole Weitnauer

Adjunct Professor

nweitnauer@johnmarshall.edu

Education

B.A., University of Georgia

J.D., Georgia State University College of Law

Courses Taught

Immigration Law

Career Highlights

Nicole Weitnauer is an immigration attorney with over a decade of experience practicing immigration law. She currently works for Wallace Immigration Law and focuses on removal defense, family-based petitions, asylum, citizenship, and visa options for survivors of crime and domestic violence. Prior to joining Wallace Immigration Law, Nicole worked for Antonini and Cohen Immigration Law Group and Socheat Chea, PC.

In 2012, Nicole was among approximately 50 people nationwide to be named as an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Medtronic Foundation. She completed her fellowship at Catholic Charities, Atlanta where she provided legal representation to immigrant victims of crime, trafficking, and domestic violence.

Nicole M. Weitnauer earned a bachelor’s degree in English, Spanish, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of Georgia in 2009. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University College of Law, graduating magna cum laude, in 2012. Her note “Padilla v. Kentucky: The Criminal Defense Attorney’s Obligation to Warn of Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conviction” was published in the Georgia State Law Review.

Nicole is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is a frequent speaker at AILA events. Outside of the law, Nicole enjoys reading, running, hiking, swimming, and being outside. She and her husband have three children.