FOUNDING PARTNER
Jacqueline Delgado, Founding Partner
The attorney other firms send their hardest cases to: deportation defense, investor visas, and the appeals that decide whether a family gets to stay.
St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D. 2007 · Florida Bar · AILA Palm Beach County Liaison
LANGUAGES
Counsel in English, Spanish, and French.
Jacqueline Delgado practices immigration law in three languages: English, Spanish, and French. French, in particular, is rare in the Palm Beach and Atlanta immigration markets, and it lets her represent Haitian, West African, and other francophone clients directly, without a translation service between them and their attorney. For clients whose case turns on being fully understood, that direct line matters.
English
Spanish
French
PRACTICE FOCUS
The high-stakes side of immigration law.
Jacqueline built her practice around the corners of immigration law that carry the highest stakes and that many firms would rather not advertise. Deportation defense is at the center of it: she represents clients facing removal at every stage, from master calendar and individual hearings through motions to reopen and appeals. Her work here is the firm's signature strength, and it carries the promise the practice was built on: keeping families together.
On the business side, Jacqueline handles investor and employment immigration across EB-5, E-2, H-1B, L-1, O, and P visas, representing entrepreneurs, executives, and the companies that sponsor them. And she takes the work all the way up when a case requires it: she has argued appeals before the Florida Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, appellate experience that few immigration attorneys in this market can offer.
BACKGROUND & HERITAGE
The daughter of Cuban immigrants.
Jacqueline Delgado is the daughter of Cuban immigrants, and she grew up understanding immigration not as an area of law but as the ground her own family stood on. That history shapes how she practices. She knows what is actually at stake when a case goes wrong: not paperwork, but a family's ability to stay together and build a life. It is why she chose the hardest, most consequential work in the field. She represents the clients she does because she knows the weight they are carrying.
EDUCATION
Education
Juris Doctor (J.D.), St. Thomas University School of Law, 2007
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, University of Miami, 2004
APPELLATE EXPERIENCE
Immigration work that goes all the way up.
Most immigration cases are won or lost at the agency level. But when a decision needs to be challenged, the case moves to the appellate courts, and that is a different discipline. Jacqueline has argued appeals before the Florida Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, and the firm handles appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals as well. For clients who have received an adverse decision, it means the firm can carry the fight forward rather than handing the case to someone else at the moment it matters most.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Experience across the business and the bench.
In-House Counsel, Butler Search Group
advising on J-1 and H-2B hospitality recruitment, the employer side of work-visa immigration.
Of Counsel & Chair, International Practice Group, Joseph C. Kempe, P.A.
pre-immigration and international tax planning.
Prior experience with the Public Defender's Office
grounding her deportation-defense work in criminal-defense fundamentals.
MEMBERSHIPS & ADMISSIONS
Bar admissions and memberships.
Admitted to the Florida Bar
Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
AILA Palm Beach County Liaison Committee member
Member, Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
KEEP EXPLORING
Where to go next
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Work with our firm.
Talk to one of our attorneys about your case. Whether it is a removal hearing, an investor visa, or an appeal, we will look at your situation, tell you the real timeline and the real cost, and give you a straight answer before you commit to anything, in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
30 minutes, by phone, video, or in person
English · Spanish · French · Portuguese across the firm
The consultation fee ($100 by phone or video, $250 in person) is credited to your case if you retain us
