team-member

Margaret Stock

N/A

Licensed for 28 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Business

Language

Spanish English French

About

Read about my experience here: http://today.law.harvard.edu/feature/stock-trade-ingenuity/ I focus my practice on immigration and citizenship law and have handled every type of immigration case, from family immigration matters to business and investor cases and citizenship applications. I am a nationally known expert on immigration and national security laws, and have testified regularly before Congressional committees on immigration, homeland security, and military matters. As a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Police, U.S. Army Reserve, I have extensive experience with U.S. military issues. I have also worked as a professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and have served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Alaska. I was a member of the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration from 2008-2012. I regularly author articles on military-related immigration issues, and am well-versed on “parole in place” for military family members and the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (“MAVNI”) Program. I authored the book Immigration Law & the Military, which was published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association in 2012. On September 25, 2013, I was named a 2013 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Practices Areas

Business

Immigration

Military Law

Language

Spanish English French

Contact

Cascadia Cross Border Law Group LLC4300 B StreetSuite 207Anchorage, AK, 99503

Office: (907) 341-4185

Website: N/A

Reviews

yosi
March 24, 2018

Margaret Stock does her job in professional way,thank you for everything that you did for me,I know I wasn’t an easy case for you but you did a justice for me!!!

Ahmed Ali
January 25, 2018

I have been to couple of lawyers for consultation before I decided to visit attorney stock for consultation about my asylum case, second day I decided to hire her for my asylum case as she deomostrated professional attitude and showed deep knowledge in the immigration field, but most important she set the expectation right from the beginning. The last was very important factor for my deciding to hire her. Attorney stock and her team handled my case with care and they paid attention to the minor details and helped me through the case preperation. Few months after we filed my case my work transferred me from Anchorage to Houston Texas. When the interview time come 15 months after the filing date, attorney stock flew all the way down to Houston one day before the interview to prepare for my interview, I have to admit it was a very thorough session which helped me a lot during the actual interview in the next day. When we entered the USCIS office, everybody showed respect to her which gave me a lot of confidence, even the immigration officer mentioned that I am lucky to have attorney stock as my lawyer , indeed she ( the officer) was right. The interview went smooth and attorney stock interviend when needed. Yesterday she called me to give me the wonderful news that I have been approved as asylee in the United States and a day after I received the communication from USCIS confirming that. me and my wife were so lucky to have her as our lawyer and I thank her and her responsive team from my heart for the hard and professional work .

Jonathan
December 15, 2021

Growing up I have been bedeviled by behavioral problems which at times drew the attention of law enforcement. It was reasonable to expect that my petition for naturalization could not be decided without close scrutiny of my history. A case such as mine called for representation by a law firm staffed by experienced immigration attorneys who are knowledgeable, hard-hitting, tough-as-nails, resourceful and unafraid of the ton of research and legal briefs necessary to be highly effective advocates. I chanced upon an interview on the radio in 2017 or 2018 of a Lt Col (Rtd) Margaret Stock by an NPR correspondent. I picked up on the fact that the Colonel was also at one time, a West Point professor and an Immigration Attorney based out of Anchorage Alaska. She had spearheaded a program named MAVNI a few years before, during the Bush administration, to recruit legal non-immigrants possessing foreign language and/or medical skills into the military. Recruits were promised a fast track to citizenship at the end of their tours of duty. Attorney Stock was expressing dismay to the interviewer at efforts of the then administration to put obstacles in the path of deserving members of the military to get citizenship. My first impressions of Attorney Stock then was that she is a compassionate, principled person and a woman of great integrity who does not countenance injustice and is not afraid to speak up. I decided to look her up online and to seek representation. It took a few months for me to summon the nerve to call. But eventually I did. Attorney Stock agreed to take on my case after a prequalification interview. When fact finding commenced, no stone was left unturned over several months in completing the daunting task of meticulously assembling a mountain of supporting documentation - some decades old - which was to be submitted with my N-400 application. An immigration firm must of necessity possess considerable resources and reach in order to meet the challenges of such a burden. Cascadia Cross-Border Law is such a firm. It was a disappointment when the N-400 petition was initially denied. However, why would I have retained counsel if I hadn’t considered this a distinct possibility? Attorney Stock and her very able associate Attorney Stearns took the denial in stride and wasted no time regrouping to strategize the best way forward. Attorney Stock assured me that all would be well eventually - that the setback could and would be overcome on legal grounds. With that, a masterfully crafted legal brief was prepared to launch an appeal at an N-336 hearing. The case was so impressively argued that the hearing USCIS officer would have had to be impervious to reason or willfully dismissive of the law to rule against us. Even though my admission for permanent residency decades prior was brought into question at the hearing, it was insufficient to overcome our robust argument in urging a reversal of the N-400 denial. Our case had merit and was rock solid. Weeks later, we learned that the denial had indeed been overturned . I was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony. Against considerable odds, the very fine Attorneys and staff of Cascadia Cross-Border Law under the leadership of Attorney Stock, had successfully navigated treacherous waters and secured citizenship for a very , very grateful immigrant. I have since discovered that Attorney Stock is one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts and is frequently sought after as an expert witness by Congress. Dear immigrant, if your case is hopeless, Cascadia Cross-Border Law possesses the integrity to tell it to you like it is, and suggest an alternate path. If there’s reason to be hopeful, and there’s a path forward despite difficult circumstances, you cannot do better than to retain Cascadia Cross-Border Law and the inimitable Attorney Margaret Stock to fight your fight. I rest my case.

anonymous
December 14, 2021

Margaret is an excellent attorney. She helped my stepfather get a green card after we received a denial notice from the Immigration Services. She is easy to work with and always responds promptly to all emails. We had a fantastic experience working with her and her team. I would recommend her to anyone needing help with Immigration matters.

UAB
December 6, 2021

Attorney Stock helped me with my naturalization case, which was denied twice before. Needless to say that this time around everything went smoothly and I was sworn in as a citizen on the same day as my interview. Attorney Stock is highly professional, very detail oriented, and your best advocate. If one is lucky enough to be represented by attorney Stock, she will get you the best possible results depending on specifics of the case. I would highly recommend her.

Xiaojing
November 2, 2021

If you are looking for a great immigration lawyer - please, look no further! Attorney Stock is truly amazing. Not only she is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in immigration field - she is super attentive and dedicated and will treat your case/problem as her own. She is always available via email or phone, answers all the questions in details, and during meetings - she is always prepared and will spend extra time with you. She will not just collect your money and forget about your case - she will be in touch, guiding your thru the whole process until full success. I am very glad I chose Attorney Stock as my lawyer and highly recommend to use her services if you need help in your immigration process.

anonymous
September 28, 2021

She is a very good and kind lawyer with all her busy schedule she volunteered to help me solve my immigration case and with her help I got my citizenship today after ten months . She help me through the AILA program.

Felix
May 9, 2021

Margaret is a very great lawyer and provides a lot of useful legal information. She helped me alone with my immigration issue and provided me some guidances. I would recommend her to my other friends if they have any immigration issues.

Wang
January 29, 2021

I had my EB2, N400, and my wife's green card cases completed through MS Stock's law firm. We are completely satisfied with the professional service. The content, format, language of all the legal paperwork was methodical and concise. The lawyer will work together and keep in close communication with you during the entire case duration. It is the best decision that we let MS Stock’s firm sort out our legal status and handle our immigration cases.

Alan
November 3, 2020

Attorney Stock acted on my behalf as immigration lawyer. She successfully helped me navigate USCIS to obtain my citizenship in 2019. While I believe my own application for citizenship was relatively straightforward, Attorney Stocks expertise and experience really came into its own while helping achieve permanent residence for my son. My son Daniel submitted his paperwork for citizenship in February 2020 under the backdrop of needing to achieve this by the middle of June of the same year. In any "normal" year this would have been relatively straightforward but Covid 19 shut down USCIS from early March until the 4th of June. As I understand, no applications were processed by USCIS during that shutdown. With only a few days before the mid June deadline, Attorney Stock miraculously influenced the system to deliver a successful outcome for Daniel. What she achieved was nothing short of outstanding. In the 2 to 3 years I have been working with Attorney Stock I have found her to be very approachable. She is extremely pragmatic and down to earth and always does what she says she will do. She has a profound knowledge of the immigration system and her acute attention to detail while navigating that system ensures success. I have no doubt, had it not been for Attorney Stock, neither I nor my son Daniel would be proud American Citizens today. I STRONGLY recommend Attorney Stock for all immigration matters.

yosi
March 24, 2018

Margaret Stock does her job in professional way,thank you for everything that you did for me,I know I wasn’t an easy case for you but you did a justice for me!!!

Ahmed Ali
January 25, 2018

I have been to couple of lawyers for consultation before I decided to visit attorney stock for consultation about my asylum case, second day I decided to hire her for my asylum case as she deomostrated professional attitude and showed deep knowledge in the immigration field, but most important she set the expectation right from the beginning. The last was very important factor for my deciding to hire her. Attorney stock and her team handled my case with care and they paid attention to the minor details and helped me through the case preperation. Few months after we filed my case my work transferred me from Anchorage to Houston Texas. When the interview time come 15 months after the filing date, attorney stock flew all the way down to Houston one day before the interview to prepare for my interview, I have to admit it was a very thorough session which helped me a lot during the actual interview in the next day. When we entered the USCIS office, everybody showed respect to her which gave me a lot of confidence, even the immigration officer mentioned that I am lucky to have attorney stock as my lawyer , indeed she ( the officer) was right. The interview went smooth and attorney stock interviend when needed. Yesterday she called me to give me the wonderful news that I have been approved as asylee in the United States and a day after I received the communication from USCIS confirming that. me and my wife were so lucky to have her as our lawyer and I thank her and her responsive team from my heart for the hard and professional work .

Jonathan
December 15, 2021

Growing up I have been bedeviled by behavioral problems which at times drew the attention of law enforcement. It was reasonable to expect that my petition for naturalization could not be decided without close scrutiny of my history. A case such as mine called for representation by a law firm staffed by experienced immigration attorneys who are knowledgeable, hard-hitting, tough-as-nails, resourceful and unafraid of the ton of research and legal briefs necessary to be highly effective advocates. I chanced upon an interview on the radio in 2017 or 2018 of a Lt Col (Rtd) Margaret Stock by an NPR correspondent. I picked up on the fact that the Colonel was also at one time, a West Point professor and an Immigration Attorney based out of Anchorage Alaska. She had spearheaded a program named MAVNI a few years before, during the Bush administration, to recruit legal non-immigrants possessing foreign language and/or medical skills into the military. Recruits were promised a fast track to citizenship at the end of their tours of duty. Attorney Stock was expressing dismay to the interviewer at efforts of the then administration to put obstacles in the path of deserving members of the military to get citizenship. My first impressions of Attorney Stock then was that she is a compassionate, principled person and a woman of great integrity who does not countenance injustice and is not afraid to speak up. I decided to look her up online and to seek representation. It took a few months for me to summon the nerve to call. But eventually I did. Attorney Stock agreed to take on my case after a prequalification interview. When fact finding commenced, no stone was left unturned over several months in completing the daunting task of meticulously assembling a mountain of supporting documentation - some decades old - which was to be submitted with my N-400 application. An immigration firm must of necessity possess considerable resources and reach in order to meet the challenges of such a burden. Cascadia Cross-Border Law is such a firm. It was a disappointment when the N-400 petition was initially denied. However, why would I have retained counsel if I hadn’t considered this a distinct possibility? Attorney Stock and her very able associate Attorney Stearns took the denial in stride and wasted no time regrouping to strategize the best way forward. Attorney Stock assured me that all would be well eventually - that the setback could and would be overcome on legal grounds. With that, a masterfully crafted legal brief was prepared to launch an appeal at an N-336 hearing. The case was so impressively argued that the hearing USCIS officer would have had to be impervious to reason or willfully dismissive of the law to rule against us. Even though my admission for permanent residency decades prior was brought into question at the hearing, it was insufficient to overcome our robust argument in urging a reversal of the N-400 denial. Our case had merit and was rock solid. Weeks later, we learned that the denial had indeed been overturned . I was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony. Against considerable odds, the very fine Attorneys and staff of Cascadia Cross-Border Law under the leadership of Attorney Stock, had successfully navigated treacherous waters and secured citizenship for a very , very grateful immigrant. I have since discovered that Attorney Stock is one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts and is frequently sought after as an expert witness by Congress. Dear immigrant, if your case is hopeless, Cascadia Cross-Border Law possesses the integrity to tell it to you like it is, and suggest an alternate path. If there’s reason to be hopeful, and there’s a path forward despite difficult circumstances, you cannot do better than to retain Cascadia Cross-Border Law and the inimitable Attorney Margaret Stock to fight your fight. I rest my case.

anonymous
December 14, 2021

Margaret is an excellent attorney. She helped my stepfather get a green card after we received a denial notice from the Immigration Services. She is easy to work with and always responds promptly to all emails. We had a fantastic experience working with her and her team. I would recommend her to anyone needing help with Immigration matters.

UAB
December 6, 2021

Attorney Stock helped me with my naturalization case, which was denied twice before. Needless to say that this time around everything went smoothly and I was sworn in as a citizen on the same day as my interview. Attorney Stock is highly professional, very detail oriented, and your best advocate. If one is lucky enough to be represented by attorney Stock, she will get you the best possible results depending on specifics of the case. I would highly recommend her.

Xiaojing
November 2, 2021

If you are looking for a great immigration lawyer - please, look no further! Attorney Stock is truly amazing. Not only she is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in immigration field - she is super attentive and dedicated and will treat your case/problem as her own. She is always available via email or phone, answers all the questions in details, and during meetings - she is always prepared and will spend extra time with you. She will not just collect your money and forget about your case - she will be in touch, guiding your thru the whole process until full success. I am very glad I chose Attorney Stock as my lawyer and highly recommend to use her services if you need help in your immigration process.

anonymous
September 28, 2021

She is a very good and kind lawyer with all her busy schedule she volunteered to help me solve my immigration case and with her help I got my citizenship today after ten months . She help me through the AILA program.

Felix
May 9, 2021

Margaret is a very great lawyer and provides a lot of useful legal information. She helped me alone with my immigration issue and provided me some guidances. I would recommend her to my other friends if they have any immigration issues.

Wang
January 29, 2021

I had my EB2, N400, and my wife's green card cases completed through MS Stock's law firm. We are completely satisfied with the professional service. The content, format, language of all the legal paperwork was methodical and concise. The lawyer will work together and keep in close communication with you during the entire case duration. It is the best decision that we let MS Stock’s firm sort out our legal status and handle our immigration cases.

Alan
November 3, 2020

Attorney Stock acted on my behalf as immigration lawyer. She successfully helped me navigate USCIS to obtain my citizenship in 2019. While I believe my own application for citizenship was relatively straightforward, Attorney Stocks expertise and experience really came into its own while helping achieve permanent residence for my son. My son Daniel submitted his paperwork for citizenship in February 2020 under the backdrop of needing to achieve this by the middle of June of the same year. In any "normal" year this would have been relatively straightforward but Covid 19 shut down USCIS from early March until the 4th of June. As I understand, no applications were processed by USCIS during that shutdown. With only a few days before the mid June deadline, Attorney Stock miraculously influenced the system to deliver a successful outcome for Daniel. What she achieved was nothing short of outstanding. In the 2 to 3 years I have been working with Attorney Stock I have found her to be very approachable. She is extremely pragmatic and down to earth and always does what she says she will do. She has a profound knowledge of the immigration system and her acute attention to detail while navigating that system ensures success. I have no doubt, had it not been for Attorney Stock, neither I nor my son Daniel would be proud American Citizens today. I STRONGLY recommend Attorney Stock for all immigration matters.

yosi
March 24, 2018

Margaret Stock does her job in professional way,thank you for everything that you did for me,I know I wasn’t an easy case for you but you did a justice for me!!!

Ahmed Ali
January 25, 2018

I have been to couple of lawyers for consultation before I decided to visit attorney stock for consultation about my asylum case, second day I decided to hire her for my asylum case as she deomostrated professional attitude and showed deep knowledge in the immigration field, but most important she set the expectation right from the beginning. The last was very important factor for my deciding to hire her. Attorney stock and her team handled my case with care and they paid attention to the minor details and helped me through the case preperation. Few months after we filed my case my work transferred me from Anchorage to Houston Texas. When the interview time come 15 months after the filing date, attorney stock flew all the way down to Houston one day before the interview to prepare for my interview, I have to admit it was a very thorough session which helped me a lot during the actual interview in the next day. When we entered the USCIS office, everybody showed respect to her which gave me a lot of confidence, even the immigration officer mentioned that I am lucky to have attorney stock as my lawyer , indeed she ( the officer) was right. The interview went smooth and attorney stock interviend when needed. Yesterday she called me to give me the wonderful news that I have been approved as asylee in the United States and a day after I received the communication from USCIS confirming that. me and my wife were so lucky to have her as our lawyer and I thank her and her responsive team from my heart for the hard and professional work .

Jonathan
December 15, 2021

Growing up I have been bedeviled by behavioral problems which at times drew the attention of law enforcement. It was reasonable to expect that my petition for naturalization could not be decided without close scrutiny of my history. A case such as mine called for representation by a law firm staffed by experienced immigration attorneys who are knowledgeable, hard-hitting, tough-as-nails, resourceful and unafraid of the ton of research and legal briefs necessary to be highly effective advocates. I chanced upon an interview on the radio in 2017 or 2018 of a Lt Col (Rtd) Margaret Stock by an NPR correspondent. I picked up on the fact that the Colonel was also at one time, a West Point professor and an Immigration Attorney based out of Anchorage Alaska. She had spearheaded a program named MAVNI a few years before, during the Bush administration, to recruit legal non-immigrants possessing foreign language and/or medical skills into the military. Recruits were promised a fast track to citizenship at the end of their tours of duty. Attorney Stock was expressing dismay to the interviewer at efforts of the then administration to put obstacles in the path of deserving members of the military to get citizenship. My first impressions of Attorney Stock then was that she is a compassionate, principled person and a woman of great integrity who does not countenance injustice and is not afraid to speak up. I decided to look her up online and to seek representation. It took a few months for me to summon the nerve to call. But eventually I did. Attorney Stock agreed to take on my case after a prequalification interview. When fact finding commenced, no stone was left unturned over several months in completing the daunting task of meticulously assembling a mountain of supporting documentation - some decades old - which was to be submitted with my N-400 application. An immigration firm must of necessity possess considerable resources and reach in order to meet the challenges of such a burden. Cascadia Cross-Border Law is such a firm. It was a disappointment when the N-400 petition was initially denied. However, why would I have retained counsel if I hadn’t considered this a distinct possibility? Attorney Stock and her very able associate Attorney Stearns took the denial in stride and wasted no time regrouping to strategize the best way forward. Attorney Stock assured me that all would be well eventually - that the setback could and would be overcome on legal grounds. With that, a masterfully crafted legal brief was prepared to launch an appeal at an N-336 hearing. The case was so impressively argued that the hearing USCIS officer would have had to be impervious to reason or willfully dismissive of the law to rule against us. Even though my admission for permanent residency decades prior was brought into question at the hearing, it was insufficient to overcome our robust argument in urging a reversal of the N-400 denial. Our case had merit and was rock solid. Weeks later, we learned that the denial had indeed been overturned . I was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony. Against considerable odds, the very fine Attorneys and staff of Cascadia Cross-Border Law under the leadership of Attorney Stock, had successfully navigated treacherous waters and secured citizenship for a very , very grateful immigrant. I have since discovered that Attorney Stock is one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts and is frequently sought after as an expert witness by Congress. Dear immigrant, if your case is hopeless, Cascadia Cross-Border Law possesses the integrity to tell it to you like it is, and suggest an alternate path. If there’s reason to be hopeful, and there’s a path forward despite difficult circumstances, you cannot do better than to retain Cascadia Cross-Border Law and the inimitable Attorney Margaret Stock to fight your fight. I rest my case.

anonymous
December 14, 2021

Margaret is an excellent attorney. She helped my stepfather get a green card after we received a denial notice from the Immigration Services. She is easy to work with and always responds promptly to all emails. We had a fantastic experience working with her and her team. I would recommend her to anyone needing help with Immigration matters.

UAB
December 6, 2021

Attorney Stock helped me with my naturalization case, which was denied twice before. Needless to say that this time around everything went smoothly and I was sworn in as a citizen on the same day as my interview. Attorney Stock is highly professional, very detail oriented, and your best advocate. If one is lucky enough to be represented by attorney Stock, she will get you the best possible results depending on specifics of the case. I would highly recommend her.

Xiaojing
November 2, 2021

If you are looking for a great immigration lawyer - please, look no further! Attorney Stock is truly amazing. Not only she is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in immigration field - she is super attentive and dedicated and will treat your case/problem as her own. She is always available via email or phone, answers all the questions in details, and during meetings - she is always prepared and will spend extra time with you. She will not just collect your money and forget about your case - she will be in touch, guiding your thru the whole process until full success. I am very glad I chose Attorney Stock as my lawyer and highly recommend to use her services if you need help in your immigration process.

anonymous
September 28, 2021

She is a very good and kind lawyer with all her busy schedule she volunteered to help me solve my immigration case and with her help I got my citizenship today after ten months . She help me through the AILA program.

Felix
May 9, 2021

Margaret is a very great lawyer and provides a lot of useful legal information. She helped me alone with my immigration issue and provided me some guidances. I would recommend her to my other friends if they have any immigration issues.

Wang
January 29, 2021

I had my EB2, N400, and my wife's green card cases completed through MS Stock's law firm. We are completely satisfied with the professional service. The content, format, language of all the legal paperwork was methodical and concise. The lawyer will work together and keep in close communication with you during the entire case duration. It is the best decision that we let MS Stock’s firm sort out our legal status and handle our immigration cases.

Alan
November 3, 2020

Attorney Stock acted on my behalf as immigration lawyer. She successfully helped me navigate USCIS to obtain my citizenship in 2019. While I believe my own application for citizenship was relatively straightforward, Attorney Stocks expertise and experience really came into its own while helping achieve permanent residence for my son. My son Daniel submitted his paperwork for citizenship in February 2020 under the backdrop of needing to achieve this by the middle of June of the same year. In any "normal" year this would have been relatively straightforward but Covid 19 shut down USCIS from early March until the 4th of June. As I understand, no applications were processed by USCIS during that shutdown. With only a few days before the mid June deadline, Attorney Stock miraculously influenced the system to deliver a successful outcome for Daniel. What she achieved was nothing short of outstanding. In the 2 to 3 years I have been working with Attorney Stock I have found her to be very approachable. She is extremely pragmatic and down to earth and always does what she says she will do. She has a profound knowledge of the immigration system and her acute attention to detail while navigating that system ensures success. I have no doubt, had it not been for Attorney Stock, neither I nor my son Daniel would be proud American Citizens today. I STRONGLY recommend Attorney Stock for all immigration matters.

yosi
March 24, 2018

Margaret Stock does her job in professional way,thank you for everything that you did for me,I know I wasn’t an easy case for you but you did a justice for me!!!

Ahmed Ali
January 25, 2018

I have been to couple of lawyers for consultation before I decided to visit attorney stock for consultation about my asylum case, second day I decided to hire her for my asylum case as she deomostrated professional attitude and showed deep knowledge in the immigration field, but most important she set the expectation right from the beginning. The last was very important factor for my deciding to hire her. Attorney stock and her team handled my case with care and they paid attention to the minor details and helped me through the case preperation. Few months after we filed my case my work transferred me from Anchorage to Houston Texas. When the interview time come 15 months after the filing date, attorney stock flew all the way down to Houston one day before the interview to prepare for my interview, I have to admit it was a very thorough session which helped me a lot during the actual interview in the next day. When we entered the USCIS office, everybody showed respect to her which gave me a lot of confidence, even the immigration officer mentioned that I am lucky to have attorney stock as my lawyer , indeed she ( the officer) was right. The interview went smooth and attorney stock interviend when needed. Yesterday she called me to give me the wonderful news that I have been approved as asylee in the United States and a day after I received the communication from USCIS confirming that. me and my wife were so lucky to have her as our lawyer and I thank her and her responsive team from my heart for the hard and professional work .

Jonathan
December 15, 2021

Growing up I have been bedeviled by behavioral problems which at times drew the attention of law enforcement. It was reasonable to expect that my petition for naturalization could not be decided without close scrutiny of my history. A case such as mine called for representation by a law firm staffed by experienced immigration attorneys who are knowledgeable, hard-hitting, tough-as-nails, resourceful and unafraid of the ton of research and legal briefs necessary to be highly effective advocates. I chanced upon an interview on the radio in 2017 or 2018 of a Lt Col (Rtd) Margaret Stock by an NPR correspondent. I picked up on the fact that the Colonel was also at one time, a West Point professor and an Immigration Attorney based out of Anchorage Alaska. She had spearheaded a program named MAVNI a few years before, during the Bush administration, to recruit legal non-immigrants possessing foreign language and/or medical skills into the military. Recruits were promised a fast track to citizenship at the end of their tours of duty. Attorney Stock was expressing dismay to the interviewer at efforts of the then administration to put obstacles in the path of deserving members of the military to get citizenship. My first impressions of Attorney Stock then was that she is a compassionate, principled person and a woman of great integrity who does not countenance injustice and is not afraid to speak up. I decided to look her up online and to seek representation. It took a few months for me to summon the nerve to call. But eventually I did. Attorney Stock agreed to take on my case after a prequalification interview. When fact finding commenced, no stone was left unturned over several months in completing the daunting task of meticulously assembling a mountain of supporting documentation - some decades old - which was to be submitted with my N-400 application. An immigration firm must of necessity possess considerable resources and reach in order to meet the challenges of such a burden. Cascadia Cross-Border Law is such a firm. It was a disappointment when the N-400 petition was initially denied. However, why would I have retained counsel if I hadn’t considered this a distinct possibility? Attorney Stock and her very able associate Attorney Stearns took the denial in stride and wasted no time regrouping to strategize the best way forward. Attorney Stock assured me that all would be well eventually - that the setback could and would be overcome on legal grounds. With that, a masterfully crafted legal brief was prepared to launch an appeal at an N-336 hearing. The case was so impressively argued that the hearing USCIS officer would have had to be impervious to reason or willfully dismissive of the law to rule against us. Even though my admission for permanent residency decades prior was brought into question at the hearing, it was insufficient to overcome our robust argument in urging a reversal of the N-400 denial. Our case had merit and was rock solid. Weeks later, we learned that the denial had indeed been overturned . I was scheduled to take the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony. Against considerable odds, the very fine Attorneys and staff of Cascadia Cross-Border Law under the leadership of Attorney Stock, had successfully navigated treacherous waters and secured citizenship for a very , very grateful immigrant. I have since discovered that Attorney Stock is one of the nation’s foremost immigration experts and is frequently sought after as an expert witness by Congress. Dear immigrant, if your case is hopeless, Cascadia Cross-Border Law possesses the integrity to tell it to you like it is, and suggest an alternate path. If there’s reason to be hopeful, and there’s a path forward despite difficult circumstances, you cannot do better than to retain Cascadia Cross-Border Law and the inimitable Attorney Margaret Stock to fight your fight. I rest my case.

anonymous
December 14, 2021

Margaret is an excellent attorney. She helped my stepfather get a green card after we received a denial notice from the Immigration Services. She is easy to work with and always responds promptly to all emails. We had a fantastic experience working with her and her team. I would recommend her to anyone needing help with Immigration matters.

UAB
December 6, 2021

Attorney Stock helped me with my naturalization case, which was denied twice before. Needless to say that this time around everything went smoothly and I was sworn in as a citizen on the same day as my interview. Attorney Stock is highly professional, very detail oriented, and your best advocate. If one is lucky enough to be represented by attorney Stock, she will get you the best possible results depending on specifics of the case. I would highly recommend her.

Xiaojing
November 2, 2021

If you are looking for a great immigration lawyer - please, look no further! Attorney Stock is truly amazing. Not only she is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in immigration field - she is super attentive and dedicated and will treat your case/problem as her own. She is always available via email or phone, answers all the questions in details, and during meetings - she is always prepared and will spend extra time with you. She will not just collect your money and forget about your case - she will be in touch, guiding your thru the whole process until full success. I am very glad I chose Attorney Stock as my lawyer and highly recommend to use her services if you need help in your immigration process.

anonymous
September 28, 2021

She is a very good and kind lawyer with all her busy schedule she volunteered to help me solve my immigration case and with her help I got my citizenship today after ten months . She help me through the AILA program.

Felix
May 9, 2021

Margaret is a very great lawyer and provides a lot of useful legal information. She helped me alone with my immigration issue and provided me some guidances. I would recommend her to my other friends if they have any immigration issues.

Wang
January 29, 2021

I had my EB2, N400, and my wife's green card cases completed through MS Stock's law firm. We are completely satisfied with the professional service. The content, format, language of all the legal paperwork was methodical and concise. The lawyer will work together and keep in close communication with you during the entire case duration. It is the best decision that we let MS Stock’s firm sort out our legal status and handle our immigration cases.

Alan
November 3, 2020

Attorney Stock acted on my behalf as immigration lawyer. She successfully helped me navigate USCIS to obtain my citizenship in 2019. While I believe my own application for citizenship was relatively straightforward, Attorney Stocks expertise and experience really came into its own while helping achieve permanent residence for my son. My son Daniel submitted his paperwork for citizenship in February 2020 under the backdrop of needing to achieve this by the middle of June of the same year. In any "normal" year this would have been relatively straightforward but Covid 19 shut down USCIS from early March until the 4th of June. As I understand, no applications were processed by USCIS during that shutdown. With only a few days before the mid June deadline, Attorney Stock miraculously influenced the system to deliver a successful outcome for Daniel. What she achieved was nothing short of outstanding. In the 2 to 3 years I have been working with Attorney Stock I have found her to be very approachable. She is extremely pragmatic and down to earth and always does what she says she will do. She has a profound knowledge of the immigration system and her acute attention to detail while navigating that system ensures success. I have no doubt, had it not been for Attorney Stock, neither I nor my son Daniel would be proud American Citizens today. I STRONGLY recommend Attorney Stock for all immigration matters.