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Kenneth Countryman

Kenneth S. Countryman, P.C. is run by Kenneth Countryman, who has been practicing law for over 15 years. Mr. Countryman has a broad range of experience serving as a prosecutor and as a special assistant counsel to the Arizona governor. He has been in private practice since 1999.

Mr. Countryman has extensive trial experience in felony and misdemeanor courts. He is capitol certified and tried cases involving homicide, domestic violence, property crimes, DUI, white collar crime and other related offenses.

Specialties: KSC, P.C. provides legal services in the area of criminal defense

Sheree Wright

Sheree Wright, Esq., is a founding member of IBF Law Group . She graduated from DePaul University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. During Attorney Wright’s undergrad career, she worked as an investigator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in downtown Chicago. Her main focus there was to investigate cases that involved employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, or disabilities in Fortune 500 companies. During Attorney Wright’s law school career, she co-founded a nonprofit organization called The Wright Way Foundation. The foundation seeks to reduce poverty and homelessness while generating and providing educational resources necessary to support youths, families, groups, and educators in Jamaica. Through its charitable projects, the foundation seeks to sustain interest in the financial development of underserved youths with practical resources and hands-on experience that will enable them to pursue their own future interests. The foundation makes a valuable contribution to civil society in Jamaica, particularly with regard to social and educational outreach projects with local orphanages and educational institutions. Attorney Wright also became a volunteering member of Mi Familia Vota —a national civic engagement organization that unites Latinos, immigrants, and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation. Attorney Wright served as a board member and treasurer of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA). She was recognized as an outstanding member during her time there. She was also a member of the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA), and is currently a member of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Attorney Wright’s passion for immigration law, family law, and sports law is a result of her early life experiences. Her mission has always been “Keeping Families Together.” Prior to IBF Law Group, she successfully founded an immigration law firm and has litigated numerous high-level and complicated cases from the Immigration Court all the way to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the 9 th Circuit. Experience makes the best teacher, and with her experience in successfully bringing families together, Attorney Wright’s work in the community speaks for itself.

Lelia Adams

Lelia Adams is a Principal Attorney at Essien Law Firm. Lelia specializes in consulting/representing clients in the area of Family-Based Immigration, Nonimmigrant Visas for Students/ Exchange Visitors, Investment-Based Immigration, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) , Employment-Based Immigration, Deportation and Removal, Asylum and representing their interests when dealing with USCIS and immigration court. Lelia, an immigrant, strongly believes in fighting for other immigrants. Watching her mother get deported was the driving force behind her becoming an attorney with a primary focus area in immigration. She worked hard in bringing her mother back into the country and will ensure that she does whatever it legally takes to fight for her client for a successful outcome. Education BA, Political Science, Southern Connecticut State University, 2002 JD, Stetson University College of Law, 2009 Bar Admission Admitted to the Bar since 2010 Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Member of the Missouri Bar Association

DeVaughn Robinson

DeVaughn L. Robinson is the Managing Attorney and Founder of The Robinson Law Firm, PLLC. His practice focuses on family-based immigration petitions, debt negotiation and settlement, and contract review. The firm has also represented clients in matters involving mortgage defense, loan modification, and family law disputes. Mr. Robinson is committed to providing personalized, high-quality legal services with integrity, transparency, and professionalism.

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Mr. Robinson earned his Juris Doctor in 2004 from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where he concentrated in Litigation. During law school, he participated in the First-Year Moot Court Competition, earning a Fifth Place Respondent Team finish. He was also selected for the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office Externship Program, where he served as a law clerk assisting with the representation of indigent clients in simple to complex felony cases.

Undergraduate Education & International Experience

Prior to law school, Mr. Robinson graduated with honors from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication. While enrolled, he served as an Intercultural Diplomat for the Office of Intercultural Relations. His undergraduate education included international academic and cultural training at Oxford University, Exeter College in Oxford, England, and at the University of Zibo in Shandong Province, China.

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As a scholarship recipient of both Edinboro University and the N.E.E.D. Foundation, Mr. Robinson gained valuable international experience that influenced his decision to pursue a career in immigration law.

Practice Experience & Client Representation

Mr. Robinson has served more than 3,000 clients throughout his legal career. His immigration practice has expanded to represent clients from countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Eritrea, Somalia, Cameroon, Mexico, Haiti, Canada, Rwanda, Burma, Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Professional Philosophy

Mr. Robinson believes that competent legal representation requires not only education and experience, but also Trust, Integrity, Patience, and Professionalism (TIPP). His commitment to these principles has enabled him to secure multiple “Of Counsel” contracts throughout New Mexico in areas including consumer law defense, mortgage foreclosure defense, loan modification, divorce and custody matters, real estate contract review, and settlement negotiation.

Dwayne Burns

Dwayne Burns is an experienced trial attorney who defends clients in complex litigation, including product liability, medical device and asbestos matters. He has represented clients in product liability and other matters involving catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death claims. He has first-chaired more than 50 bench trials to verdict and handled two jury cases which settled after juries were empaneled. Dwayne has also conducted more than 60 mediations and multiple arbitration proceedings. In addition to drafting and arguing motions and conducting depositions of defendants, witnesses and expert witnesses, he has completed field investigations and proxy testing with experts. 

Dwayne has handled product liability cases involving seatback failure, roof crush, glazing, tire failure and airbags as well as medical devices and other products. He has also worked on personal injury cases involving cryoburns associated with surgical procedures. In one case, he also advised a client on claims of criminal wrongdoing brought in addition to product liability claims.

Prior to entering private practice, Dwayne served as a criminal defense trial attorney with the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office. In the course of handling criminal allegations of assault, theft, burglary and drug offenses, he analyzed complex unlawful search and seizure, confrontation clause and Miranda issues and drafted corresponding suppression motions.

Outside of the office, Dwayne enjoys travel, having visited Guam, Hawaii, Germany, Luxembourg and France, and having lived for six years in Japan.

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