Jennifer Wilkens

Jennifer Wilkens is the founder and principal attorney at Wilkens Law, LLC in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With more than 24 years of practical experience in the immigration law field, she provides comprehensive legal services to individuals, families, and businesses. Her practice spans a broad array of immigration matters, including family-based immigrant petitions, naturalization and citizenship applications, and employment-based non-immigrant visas such as E-3, H-1B, L-1, O-1, and TN classifications. She also regularly assists corporate employers with permanent labor certifications (PERMs) and I-140 immigrant petitions.

A proud veteran of the United States Navy who served as a Cryptology Technician, Ms. Wilkens gained extensive hands-on legal experience prior to entering private legal practice. She worked as an immigration paralegal for over a decade with attorney Thomas J. Hurley, Jr. and later with Hanes & Bartels. Following Mr. Hurley's retirement, she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2015 to continue her mission as an attorney. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Colorado Technical University and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the El Paso County Bar Association.

Driven by a genuine passion for immigrant advocacy, Ms. Wilkens approaches every client's situation with thorough investigation and individualized strategic planning. Her philosophy centers on examining every legal avenue available to ensure individuals and employers achieve and maintain lawful immigration status in the United States.