Martin Law

Focus and practice areas

Martin Law works from Bloomington, Minnesota, and centers much of its work on immigration. The firm handles green cards, citizenship, deportation defense, and family immigration for both individuals and businesses. It advises clients across Minnesota from that single office.

Immigration sits alongside two other areas of work. The firm takes on criminal defense matters, and it handles family law, including divorce, child custody, and spousal maintenance. That mix matters because a person facing removal may also be dealing with a criminal charge or a family court case at the same time.

In my opinion, the useful thing to note here is the overlap. The firm groups immigration, criminal, and family law under one roof, which fits clients whose legal problems cross those lines at once.

How the team is built

The firm names five attorneys, and each one carries a stated focus. Vincent P. Martin heads the immigration practice group. His work covers work visas for employers, business personnel, and investors, family sponsorship for permanent residents, students, asylees, and clients facing deportation. Before forming Martin Law, he was a lead immigration attorney.

Maria Teresa Miller is an associate whose practice covers criminal law and immigration law. She earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a J.D., cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law. Her immigration work centers on removal defense, and she represents clients in both immigration court and criminal court.

Zachary Aaker is an associate attorney focused on immigration. His matters include family immigration, employment immigration, citizenship, labor certifications, religious visas, and asylum. That range covers several of the less common visa categories, which is worth flagging for clients whose needs fall outside the usual green card and citizenship paths.

Kamyar Ghorbanebrahimi earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2015 and has worked at Martin Law since 2019. His practice covers immigration and family law, including divorce and child support. He handles both litigation and transactional work, and he speaks Farsi and English.

Hoang K. Tran is Of Counsel and practiced immigration law for more than 25 years before joining the firm. He holds three law degrees, including a J.D. in International Law from the University of Minnesota Law School, with earlier legal education in Vietnam and France. From 1983 to 1985 he worked as a Research Jurist for the Paris Bar Association, and from 1986 to 2010 he held a nonprofit executive role.

Language access and reach

The attorney roster already brings several languages, and the firm builds on that with its support staff. Clients can get help in Hmong, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese through the people who assist the attorneys. Combined with the Farsi that Kamyar Ghorbanebrahimi speaks, that covers a wide set of communities in the Twin Cities area.

For immigration and criminal work, language access is practical, not decorative. A client who can explain a case in their own language gives their attorney more to work with. As a reviewer, I read the multilingual staffing as a sign the firm has thought about who actually walks through its doors.

What the record shows

The firm states that it has filed over 9,000 cases. That is a volume figure the firm reports about itself, and it points to a practice that has handled a steady flow of filings rather than a handful of matters. Immigration work in particular runs on filings, so the number tracks with the firm's stated focus.

Beyond that figure, the firm keeps its public claims measured. It advises clients throughout Minnesota and lists appointment scheduling through its website. The pages name the attorneys and their fields without stacking on awards or rankings, which suits a directory built around evidence.

Who it may suit

A person weighing this firm is likely dealing with an immigration question first. The named services cover the main routes: green cards, citizenship, deportation defense, and family petitions. Someone in removal proceedings will find attorneys who name that work directly, including Vincent P. Martin and Maria Miller.

The criminal and family law work widens the fit. A client facing a criminal charge that touches their immigration status can keep both matters with the same firm. The same goes for a divorce or custody case that runs alongside an immigration filing. Kamyar Ghorbanebrahimi's split between immigration and family law shows how those threads connect inside the team.

In my opinion, the clearest reason to look at Martin Law is that combination of fields plus the language range. The firm sets out its attorneys, their focus areas, and the communities it staffs for, and it does so from one Bloomington office serving clients across Minnesota. For anyone whose immigration case sits next to a criminal or family matter, that structure gives a single point of contact for filings that reach past 9,000 to date.