Heather
Garvock
Senior Attorney
Heather Garvock is a Senior Attorney at Ellis Porter, focused on J-1 waivers based on No Objection, persecution, and exceptional hardship; waivers of inadmissibility; nonimmigrant waivers; and asylum matters. She helps individuals develop strategies for complex cases and brings a clear, empathetic approach to matters that often involve difficult circumstances. Heather makes complex legal issues easier to understand without talking down to clients, while helping them identify attainable solutions that make the best use of their time and resources.
Heather went to law school with a strong sense of justice and a desire to help people. After taking her first immigration case, she found the work so rewarding that she knew immigration law was the right path for her. Outside of work, she enjoys travel, hiking, camping, photography, and yoga. She is working toward visiting all 63 U.S. National Parks and has visited 16 so far, only 47 to go!
- EDUCATION Wayne State University Law School (J.D., Cum Laude, 2008)
Eastern Michigan University (B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 2005) - PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
- BAR ADMISSIONS State Bar of Michigan
- COURT ADMISSIONS United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals