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Avalon Paul

Avalon L. Paul is a family, removal defense, and business immigration attorney with vast experience assisting clients in all areas of immigration law. Avalon took a more unconventional route as she did not attend law school immediately after graduating from Connecticut College. After undergrad, she spent several years teaching at a junior high school. As an immigrant herself from Trinidad & Tobago, Avalon innately understands the necessity of having effective and efficient counsel assist clients in navigating the complexities of immigration laws.

Avalon began her career working in a boutique immigration firm which specialized in employment-based immigration laws. She founded her firm, Paul & Associates Law, P.C. in 2018.

Avalon represents clients before USCIS, New York Family Court, Federal Immigration Court, and consular processing visa cases. She currently specializes in employment, removal defense, and family-based immigration law, including but not limited to: VAWA, Adjustment of Status, Special Immigrant Juvenile status cases before New York Family Court, Master Calendar Hearings, Individual Merits Hearings, TN, H-1B’s, PERM, and LCA audits. Not afraid of hard-work, Avalon loves those difficult cases which other attorneys shy away from.

Avalon is a proud member of AILA, the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Education:

J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Dean’s List, 2014

M.A., Gonzaga University, with honors, 2009

B.A. in Dance and Sociology, Connecticut College, cum laude, 2007

Publication:

Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Realistic Means for an End to the Political and Social Conflict in Mali, National Bar Association, Volume 18, No. 4 (2013).

Court and Bar Admissions:

New York

Christina Dawson

Christina S. Dawson is an Of Counsel in Nutter’s Private Client Department. She focuses her practice on estate planning for a variety of clients, ranging from relatively simple estate plans for families and individuals to more complex plans, utilizing sophisticated strategies to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Christina advises personal representatives and trustees on all aspects of probate, estate, and trust administration; including estate tax return preparation, and the appointment of guardians and conservators for minors and incapacitated individuals. She also counsels public charities and private foundations on a variety of matters, including operation, grantmaking, and tax compliance matters.

Christina is dedicated to Nutter’s pro bono efforts. She has assisted pro bono clients with estate planning, trust administration matters, and nonprofit development matters through Nutter’s pro bono collaboration with various legal aid organizations.

She has been a member of Nutter’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee and served as co-chair of Nutter’s Speaker Series for Diversity and Inclusion, collaborating with affinity groups from local law schools to present innovative and thought-provoking events for the community. Christina has also served as a mentor to law students.

Christina is working with a team of individuals to form 826 Dallas, which will be a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community of support to ensure that Dallas-area youth are able to access the power and the joy of writing. Christina also previously served as the chair of the Governance Committee for Wondermore, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate children’s curiosity, creativity, and academic achievement by bringing children’s authors and illustrators into underserved Boston Public Schools for visits and writing workshops that align with the curriculum.

Christina has previously served as an Associate in the Private Client Department at Nutter and as an Associate in the Wealth Management Group of another mid-size Boston law firm. She has also worked as an advanced planner for a large financial institution where she educated both clients and the broader organization regarding family wealth planning strategies, including estate, trust, gift, and charitable planning techniques. Earlier in her career, she was a Summer Associate at a mid-size Oklahoma law firm and a data analyst at the Liberty Mutual Group.

During law school, Christina served on the Journal of Science and Technology Law and as the internal vice president of the Black Law Students Association. In addition, she was a research assistant to a Boston University School of Law Intellectual Property professor.

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Christina is working with a team of individuals to form 826 Dallas, which will be a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community of support to ensure that Dallas-area youth are able to access the power and the joy of writing.

Christina also previously served as the chair of the Governance Committee for Wondermore, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate children’s curiosity, creativity, and academic achievement by bringing children’s authors and illustrators into underserved Boston Public Schools for visits and writing workshops that align with the curriculum.

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Stephanie Turcios

Stephanie (Steph) Gordon Turcios advises individuals and families on tax-efficient estate planning, wealth transfer, trust administration, and related tax matters. She works closely with clients to develop plans tailored to their personal, family, and financial goals. Her practice includes preparing wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and other wealth transfer planning documents.

Steph brings a practical approach to complex planning matters, helping clients understand their options and make informed decisions. In addition, she handles pro bono estate planning, which includes assisting veterans.

Outside her client work, Steph is an active member of the Snohomish County Estate Planning Council, mentors law students interested in trusts and estates law, and coaches bar exam candidates through the Loren Miller Bar Association’s Bar Prep Program.

Shawndrica N. Simmons

Shawndrica N. Simmons is a solo practitioner, mediator and guardian ad litem at LawChic.com. Her Michigan civil litigation practice focuses on Labor & Employment, Family & Contractual Law, Probate and Real Estate. She has been in the legal field for over twenty-five years. A former union advocate and former union president of the American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3309/3rd Circuit Court; she now engages in litigation against employers, unions, school districts and municipalities for civil rights violations while handling high-risk divorces involving allegations of abuse. She is everything contracts from sports, death to real estate. She is a serial entrepreneur with her latest venture being opening two supervised parenting time facilities in Oakland County, MI and Wayne County, MI while also offering mediation services based on income levels in family law disputes and civil litigation. She is founder and chief operator of the nonprofit What About the Children? She is married to a master barber/postal worker and co-owns their salon Bundles on the Boulevard. She is a mother and an advocate for those that can’t advocate for themselves. She is the voice of the voiceless. She is raw and uncut while still being respected in the legal community.

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Stacey Prince-Troutman

Stacey Prince-Troutman works with individuals and families in probate, trusts and estates, and transfer tax controversy matters and has significant experience working with business owners and professional athletes. 

Stacey focuses her practice on administering estates and trusts; planning for wealth transfer and transfer tax minimization; preparing gift and estate tax returns; drafting sophisticated estate plan documents; drafting documents related to the formation, management, and succession of closely held entities; asset protection planning; and forming and obtaining tax exempt-status for 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, as well as addressing issues related to the governance and management of the entity. She frequently advises clients on fundraising, tax compliance, and crafting meaningful charitable giving strategies.

Active in the community and profession, Stacey frequently speaks on asset protection topics as well as conducting seminars on estate planning issues. She is a past member of the board of directors for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida.

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