Family Law

• Adoption

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Derek Poulsen is the managing attorney at the San Diego office of Wilner & O’Reilly, APLC.  He is admitted to the Iowa State Bar and the Nebraska State Bar. Mr. Poulsen focuses his practice on removal defense cases where he represents clients before the Immigration Court and on appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals. He graduated from Utah State University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a Minor in Spanish. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University School of Law. During law school he was selected to be on Creighton’s National Trial Team and earned the Honorable Lyle E. Strom Trial Advocacy Award. Derek previously worked at the immigration law office of Jason Finch and Associates, PC, LLO, in Omaha, Nebraska. During his time there his practice included criminal defense. He gained valuable knowledge of the negative immigration consequences that differing criminal activity has on an individual’s ability to remain in the United States. He also worked on family based immigration, U-Visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile Visas, and 601/601A waivers. While in Nebraska Derek provided pro bono legal service at the Latino Center of the Midlands where he provided legal advice to immigrants.
• Sex Crimes
  Our law firm was founded upon and is dedicated to upholding Judeo-Christian values. Accordingly, we choose not to represent persons convicted of sex crimes such as rape or crimes against children.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization
  Apart from employment, family, or non-family (Fiancée) visas, the Fresno Immigration Lawyers of Wilner & O’Reilly also represent their clients in cases related to Provisional Waivers Removal / Deportation Defense, Citizenship and Naturalization, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and more.
• Family Immigration
  Mr. Carpenter is the Managing Attorney of the Salt Lake City office of Wilner & O’Reilly. He is admitted to the Utah State Bar and the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Proficient in all areas of immigration law, Mr. Carpenter currently focuses on family-based immigration, employment-based, as well as U-Visas, 601 waivers, and investment-based immigration cases. Mr Carpenter previously worked at the immigration firm of Thomas and Jefferies, PLLC in Phoenix, Arizona, and worked for the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Eloy and Phoenix, Arizona. He has authored multiple articles on immigration issues, and regularly engages in pro bono immigration work for indigent clients.
• Employment Immigration
  J.J. Despain is a managing attorney in Boise for W&O’. He is admitted to the Colorado State Bar and practices mostly family-based and employment-based immigration law.
• Green Cards
• Family Visas
  The Immigration Lawyers Orange County of the Wilner & O’Reilly firm are very well conversant with immigration and citizenship laws. Due to this,you should seek out their assistance to fulfil your immigration, visa, family visa, or asylum needs. They will guide you right from the beginning from forms to processing and paperwork, all hassle-free and error-free respectively.
• Work Visas
  Contact the lawyers at Wilner & O’Reilly by calling one of our four offices toll free at 800-352-7034 to discuss a work visa or employment-related immigration concern. You may also contact us online to schedule a confidential consultation with our employment-based immigration lawyers, with offices in California, Utah, and Idaho. Our law firm is a trusted name in immigration law.
• Investor Visas
  At the California and Utah immigration law firm of Wilner & O’Reilly, APLC, we support the goals of investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
• Removal Defense
  Chien-Yu (Michael) Wang is the Managing Attorney at Wilner and O’Reilly’s Sacramento office. He handles both family and business based immigration matters along with removal defense. Mr. Wang is admitted to the State Bar of California and the U.S. District Court for the Central and Eastern Districts of California. He is a member of the Los Angeles Country Bar Association, the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Asian-Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento.