Cassondre K. Buteyn

Cassondre K. Buteyn is a Lead Attorney at Wilson Law Group and practices in the area of immigration law. Cassondre focuses on family-based immigration, naturalization, and removal defense, as well as humanitarian forms of relief such as U visas. Cassondre has been particularly recognized for her success in obtaining waivers of admissibility for clients seeking permanent residency through marriage after living in the US without lawful status. Before and during law school, Cassondre worked as a legal assistant in an immigration firm, learning processes from the ground up. As an undergraduate student, Cassondre majored in international business of which she liked the “international” part best. This, along with her studies in Sevilla, Spain and work with foreign exchange students, motivated her towards a career in immigration law. Awards and Honors Honors Up & Coming Attorney, 2012 Volunteer Attorney of the Year, Volunteer Lawyers Network Spanish Legal Services, 2008

• Lead Attorney
• Languages
• Spanish
• English

• What's So Hard About Hardship, AILA, 2012
• Waiver Processing in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, AILA, 2011
• Workshop: Compiling an I-601 Waiver, AILA, 2010
• Participant in numerous continuing legal education panels, instructing other attorneys about waivers of inadmissibility and deferred action for childhood arrivals

• Pavlovich v. Gonzales
• Citation: 476 F.3d 613
• Court: 8th Cir.
• Year: 2007
• Flores-Caledron v. Gonzalez
• Citation: 472 F.3d 1040

• La Linea Volunteer Attorney, 2006 - Present
• 360 Communities Volunteer Attorney, September, 2008 - Present
• Volunteer Lawyers Network - Spanish Legal Services, 2006 - Present

• Minnesota, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2006
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2006

• American Immigration Lawyers Associatoin, October, 2005 - Present (Member)
• USCIS American Immigration Lawyers Association Liaison, 2011 - 2012 (Former Co-Chair)
• Volunteer Lawyers Network, 2010 - Present (Spanish Legal Services Advisory Committee Member)
• New American Serivces Collaborative, 2010 - 2011 (Executive Committee Member)