Danielle Huntley webb, Esq.
Principal

Danielle represents businesses, individuals and families worldwide in front of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration Customs & Enforcement, the Administrative Appeals Office, the Department of Justice, the Department of State and in Federal Court.

Danielle has extensive experience working with her clients to achieve their immigration goals from routine filings to complex federal litigation. She has helped clients obtain permanent residence (green cards), business and employment visas, family based immigration benefits and extraordinary ability visas.

Danielle is a religious worker visa expert and has represented Catholic Religious Orders, Protestant Congregations, Conservative Mennonites, the Amish and many other religious organizations and communities in front of USCIS and in Federal Court. She believes that religious worker visas are an essential part of the protections afforded by the Free Exercise Clause in the First Amendment.
 
Danielle has significant federal court litigation experience including federal immigration lawsuits requesting declaratory judgments, Administrative Procedure Act review, mandamus, Constitutional, injunctive relief and Freedom of Information Act requests. 

Danielle lives in Atkinson, New Hampshire with her husband Chris and their dog, Jed, the Great Dane. She enjoys quilting, crafting and construction.

Danielle has been selected as a Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters from 2020 - 2024.

Danielle has been selected to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers - Immigration Law list in 2023 and 2024.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:

  • Created comprehensive immigration plans for high-net-worth individuals, families and their businesses

  • Conducted naturalization denial litigation in U.S. District Court, U.S. Federal Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Executed mandamus actions in U.S. District Court for delayed immigration benefit adjudications

  • Advised multiple U.S. citizens and foreign nationals on the consequences of separation and divorce proceedings on nonimmigrant visas, pending or approved green card applications, petitions for removal of conditions and naturalization applications

  • Immigration counsel for nuclear fusion power startup company advising human resources and executive team on work visas for senior leadership, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, EB-1 extraordinary ability green cards, H-1B visas, TN visas, National Interest Waiver green card petitions and J-waivers

  • Conducted Freedom of Information Act litigation in U.S. District Court for release of improperly withheld client files by USCIS and ICE

  • Conducted federal litigation to readmit clergy member with pending green card application stuck outside of the United States because of COVID-19 travel restrictions

  • Obtained H-1B visas for New York based luxury linen company, micro-finance consultancy and regional real estate development firm

  • Obtained visas and green cards for key personnel transferring from U.K. for-profit educational parent company to new U.S. subsidiaries

  • Obtained visa for transferring marketing executive from a large Indian manufacturer

  • Extensive experience with green card and naturalization planning for multi-generational immigration to the U.S.

  • Created reentry permit strategies for green card holders needing to spend significant time abroad due to business or personal requirements

  • Obtained National Interest Waiver from the Department of Health and Human Services for foreign physician engaged in cutting edge medical research

  • Immigration counsel for prominent Roman Catholic religious order headquartered in the New England area. Advises the Superior for the North American Province regarding student visas, religious worker visas and green card applications for Roman Catholic priests and brothers.

  • Immigration counsel for Mennonite educational publishing company, obtaining religious worker visas and green cards for transferring Canadian employees

  • Wrote successful appeal to the Administrative Appeals Office obtaining religious occupation classification of English as a Second Language Curriculum Developer for Mennonite educational publishing company

  • Obtained reinstatement of U.S. citizenship after renunciation of U.S. citizenship abroad

  • Successfully reopened and terminated removal proceedings for multiple clients already under final orders of removal

  • Advised high profile media family and leveraged Congressional relationships to obtain visa appointments abroad due to Russia Ukraine war

  • Pro bono counsel for childhood cancer charity handling humanitarian visitor visa applications for children seeking lifesaving cancer treatments only available at U.S. hospitals


EDUCATION:

Boston College Law School, Juris Doctor

  • National Religious Freedom Moot Court Team

  • Top ten oralist, brief writer, and quarterfinalist in the Wendell F. Grimes Moot Court Competition

Boston College, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, cum laude

  • Scholar of the College

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS:

  • Massachusetts

  • Supreme Court of the United States

  • U.S. District Court, Massachusetts

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Massachusetts

honors & awards:

  • Super Lawyers 2020 - 2024

  • Boston Magazine Top Lawyers - Immigration Law 2023-2024

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

    • 2022-2023 Innovation & Technology Committee

  • Chairman of the Board, Fiscal Alliance Foundation

  • Board Member, Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance