Rozas Law Firm

Focus and practice areas

Rozas Law Firm handles three areas of law: immigration, criminal defense, and family law. The firm is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and its website says it has served clients since 2004, which places it past the twenty-year mark. That mix is worth noting, because immigration and criminal matters often reach the same families, and having both under one roof can keep a client with one team.

The immigration work covers detention center cases, marriage and family visas, K-1 fiancé visas, green cards, asylum, citizenship, and deportation defense. According to the firm, it represents immigration clients across the United States. The criminal defense list includes DUI and DWI, drug crimes, violent crimes, homicide, assault and battery, misdemeanors, sex crimes, federal crimes, internet crimes, and temporary restraining order cases, all handled in Louisiana. Family law covers divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, community property, adoptions, and relocation.

Louisiana handles marital property under community property rules, which generally splits assets and debts built during a marriage between the spouses. That framework shapes divorce and community property cases, two of the items on the firm's family law list. For a client, it means property questions are often the hardest part of a separation, even when the split itself is not contested.

How the team is built

The firm names eight attorneys on its team page and states a staff of more than ten full-time attorneys plus twelve assistants and paralegals. David Joseph Rozas is listed as the founder. Several titles line up with the firm's main practice areas: Shea R. Smith as supervising criminal law attorney, Stephen Stanford as supervising immigration attorney, and Samantha Wilkins as a family law attorney. Nate Hanet holds an intake attorney role. Emiia Charles, Logan Duplessis, and Mary-Grace Pollet are listed as attorneys at law.

The firm also says it has more than twenty-two bilingual staff members and offers representation in English and Spanish. In my opinion, that detail carries weight for immigration clients, where a shared language can shape how well a person understands the stakes of a case. The named intake attorney and the separate supervising attorneys for criminal and immigration work suggest the firm sorts cases by type before they move forward, which is a sensible way to run a mixed caseload.

Where the firm works and who it serves

Rozas Law Firm lists offices in several Louisiana cities: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Shreveport. There are two Baton Rouge locations, one of them downtown. A New York City office handles immigration only. That spread gives clients in different parts of the state a place to meet a lawyer in person, and the New York office pushes the firm's immigration reach toward the East Coast.

The nationwide scope on the immigration side fits how that work runs, since federal immigration law applies the same way in every state and much of the process happens by filing and by phone. Criminal defense is different, because it follows state courts and local rules, which is why the firm keeps that work inside Louisiana. The office network reads as a practical answer to serving both a statewide criminal client base and a national immigration one.

What the immigration and criminal work involves

Immigration and criminal defense both run on strict procedure. Deportation defense plays out in immigration court, where a judge weighs whether a person can stay in the country and government lawyers argue the other side. Marriage and family visas and K-1 fiancé visas both start with a petition that ties the immigrant to a U.S. citizen or resident, followed by document checks and, in many cases, an interview. Asylum claims turn on documented fear of harm and firm filing deadlines. Green card and citizenship work moves through United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, with interviews and background checks along the way. A firm that lists all of these handles both the early filings and the later hearings.

On the criminal side, a DUI or DWI case in Louisiana can involve a court matter and a separate action on a person's driving privileges, each with its own deadline. Felony charges such as homicide or federal crimes carry longer timelines and more evidence to review. Early defense work often centers on the details of an arrest and the strength of the state's proof. The firm's criminal list, which covers both misdemeanors and serious felonies, matches what a Louisiana criminal practice would take on.

How family matters tend to proceed

Family law in Louisiana follows its own steps, and the firm's list of family services tracks them. Custody and child support decisions rest on the child's welfare, a standard courts apply case by case. Child support amounts start from state guidelines that weigh each parent's income and time with the child. Divorce itself can require a waiting period before it is final, and the length depends on whether the couple has children and how they separate.

Paternity, adoption, and relocation each add their own requirements. Paternity cases can settle who a legal parent is before custody or support is set. Adoptions move through court review and consent rules. Relocation, when one parent wants to move a child a set distance away, has its own notice and approval process under Louisiana law. Because the firm lists all of these, a client can keep related family issues with one team.

What the listing shows and what it leaves open

The firm keeps an active presence on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok, which fits a firm that expects clients to find it online first. As a reviewer, I read that channel mix as a sign the firm markets to a broad and often younger audience, the kind of clients who search for a lawyer on a phone. The variety of platforms also points to steady effort behind the firm's public profile.

The site does not publish attorney biographies, law schools, or bar admission years on the pages our research reviewed, so the depth of each lawyer's background is one thing this listing cannot confirm. What the firm does state is concrete: three practice areas, a bilingual staff of more than twenty-two people, and offices in six Louisiana cities plus a New York location for immigration.