The Meyer Law Office, P.C.

Focus and practice areas

Immigration status can shape the choices available in a criminal case. The Meyer Law Office, P.C. focuses on immigration law and criminal defense in Denver. Its work covers applications for lawful status, defense against removal, and criminal matters involving non-citizens.

The firm's immigration practice includes family-based cases, citizenship, lawful permanent residence, and consular processing. It also handles waivers of inadmissibility and deferred action under DACA. These services address several routes through which individuals and families may seek permission to enter, remain in, or return to the United States.

Asylum is another stated area of practice. The firm also handles U visas and matters under the Violence Against Women Act for people who may qualify for survivor-based immigration relief. Federal habeas corpus litigation adds a federal court component to its work.

Removal and detention matters

The attorneys represent people facing removal or deportation proceedings. The firm's website also says it offers consultations for people held in jail or at the GEO immigration detention center. That detail points to experience with cases in which custody can place added pressure on the legal process.

Removal cases can involve questions about family ties, prior immigration history, criminal records, or possible forms of relief. The practice areas listed by the firm cover several of those issues. They include asylum, waivers, green cards, citizenship, DACA, U visas, and VAWA matters.

Criminal defense with immigration issues

A criminal charge may carry immigration effects beyond the criminal court proceeding. The firm represents non-citizens in criminal cases and addresses those possible effects as part of its stated work. This combined field is sometimes called crimmigration.

Hans Meyer works on criminal defense, postconviction relief, and the immigration consequences of crimes. Andrew Bramante also practices immigration law and criminal defense. Sarah Faville's listed work covers both fields as well.

Postconviction relief can become relevant after a criminal judgment has already entered. The firm's stated practice in that area fits with its work for non-citizens whose past criminal cases may affect immigration status. In my opinion, the link between criminal defense and immigration law is the clearest feature of the firm's published practice.

How the legal team is built

The website names seven attorneys and assigns defined roles within the team. Hans Meyer is the founder and Lead Attorney. Andrew Bramante is Of Counsel, while Sarah Faville is the Senior Attorney.

Jodi Ziesemer holds the title of Senior Associate Attorney. The site identifies Mary Jo Highland, Daniel Herrera, and Anahi Quezada-Villa as Associate Attorneys. It also states that paralegals and administrative staff support the lawyers.

Hans Meyer's background

Meyer graduated from the evening program at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2006. He holds admissions before the Colorado Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit. His site profile does not use the graduation date as a bar admission date.

Before founding the firm, Meyer worked as a trial attorney with the Colorado State Public Defender. He also worked as Director of Public Policy for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. His current practice covers immigration law, removal defense, criminal defense, postconviction relief, and immigrant civil rights.

Other named attorneys

Sarah Faville brings an immigration and criminal defense practice to the team. She earned a bachelor's degree in Speech Communications with a minor in Women's Studies from Miami University in Ohio in 1994. She earned her law degree from the University of Colorado in 2001 and is fluent in Spanish.

Faville's listed work includes asylum, removal defense, Temporary Protected Status, and U visas for crime victims. Andrew Bramante also works across immigration and criminal defense. Those stated areas support the firm's focus on legal problems where criminal and immigration rules meet.

Mary Jo Highland appears as an associate attorney on the team page. A client account on her profile describes her work on an immigration matter in which the client retained a green card and remained in the United States with family. Daniel Herrera and Anahi Quezada-Villa also appear on the associate attorney roster.

Language access and public policy work

The firm's website provides material in Spanish, which is relevant for clients who prefer to read about legal services in that language. Faville's profile also states that she speaks Spanish fluently. The site identifies immigration services for individuals and families as a central part of the firm's work.

The attorneys also take part in immigration policy advocacy. Meyer's earlier public policy role with the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition gives useful context for that activity. His listed civil rights work concerns immigrants as well.

The detention consultation option is another concrete feature of the firm's access model. It covers people held in a jail or at the GEO immigration detention center. The website pairs that option with removal defense, federal habeas corpus work, and criminal representation for non-citizens.

What the record shows

The published practice areas form a connected body of work. Family immigration, citizenship, green cards, asylum, waivers, DACA, survivor-based relief, and removal defense all concern a person's ability to obtain or keep lawful status. Criminal defense and postconviction relief address cases that may affect that status.

The team structure also gives prospective clients several attorney roles to consider. The roster includes a lead attorney, of counsel, a senior attorney, a senior associate, and three associate attorneys. The firm identifies Hans Meyer as its founder and provides his education, prior public service, court admissions, and main fields of practice.

The available facts support a clear description of a Denver firm centered on immigration and criminal defense. Its stated services include work for families, people facing removal, survivors seeking immigration relief, detained individuals, and non-citizens dealing with criminal charges. The firm also states that its attorneys participate in immigration policy advocacy.