Thamys Gaertner

Industry Sector Expertise

Immigration Law

Expert in these Jurisdictions

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Department of State

Languages Spoken

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Professional Memberships

- American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2020 - Present

- Federal Bar Association, Immigration Law Section, 2019 - Present​

- Colorado Bar Association, 2017 - Present

Personal

During her time in law school, Thamys volunteered with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), and the Denver immigration court. She served as a research assistant and authored multiple articles on various "crimmigration" topics, in addition to being a staff editor on the Criminal Law Review. She also worked as an Attorney Advisor for the Aurora immigration court in the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) of the Department of Justice. In this role, she researched and drafted decisions on complex removal cases, gaining significant experience in immigration law and further honing her legal expertise.

Practice Areas

Thamys excels in navigating clients through the intricacies of U.S. immigration law, offering tailored and comprehensive representation across a wide spectrum of immigration matters. Her proficiency encompasses family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, non-immigrant visas, humanitarian relief, naturalization and citizenship, and criminal immigration issues. Thamys has supported clients with family-sponsored and employment-based petitions. In employment-based immigration, she has successfully handled petitions including EB-1, EB-2, EB-2 NIW, and EB-3, as well as H-1B, H-1B1, TN, L-1 blankets, L-1A, P-1, E-2, E-3, and O-1 visas. Her expertise extends to securing non-immigrant visas such as B-1 and F-1 visas, as well as employment authorization requests such as OPT, CPT, and off-campus employment. Additionally, she is skilled in securing humanitarian relief through U and T visas, Humanitarian Reinstatement, INA Section 204(l) relief, Temporary Protected Status, and Advance Parole. Her services in naturalization and citizenship include N-400 and N-600 applications, N-336 requests, and other processes related to derivation and acquisition of citizenship.

Career

- Partner at Gaertner Torres, PLLC - West Jordan, Utah, August 2022 to Present

- Associate Attorney at Wilner & O'Reilly - Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2020 to August 2022

- Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) - Denver, Colorado, September 2017 to November 2020

- Research Assistant at University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Crimmigration) - Denver, Colorado, November 2015 to May 2017

- Law Clerk, 4th Judicial District Court - Colorado Springs, May 2015 to August 2015

Education