Valerie K. Tarbutton

Valerie K. Tarbutton specializes in immigration and international law. She provides legal counsel in the following areas:

• naturalization applications
• marriage based petitions
• fiancé visas
• family immigration
• consular processing
• complex waivers
• removal defense
• federal litigation
• humanitarian immigration issues, such as asylum, violence against women act, and U Visas

Valerie K. Tarbutton is a 2011 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. During law school, Valerie distinguished herself as a semi-finalist in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Brooklyn, New York and was Co-President of the Hispanic Law Student Association at UMKC.

Valerie is highly proficient in Spanish. She has traveled to Costa Rica, Mexico, and Spain. While in law school, she worked as a law clerk on a variety of immigration cases including asylum, cancelation of removal, marriage based petitions, and fiancé visas.

Practice Areas

• Immigration Law
• International Law

Education

• B.A., Psychology, University of Kansas, 2008
• B.A., Spanish, University of Kansas, 2008
• J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011

Admissions/Court Memberships

• State of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Missouri Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Community Involvement

• Valerie has studied abroad in Santiago de Compostella, Spain
• Valerie was Co-President of the Hispanic Law Student Association at UMKC