Francis D. Agyare

Before joining Abramson IMMIGRATION+ SOLUTIONS, Francis was an immigration attorney with the Catholic Charities in Manchester, New Hampshire and also an Adjunct Professor with the UNH School of Law, where he co-taught the Immigration Law Clinic.  Francis has handled all manner of individual and family-based immigration cases, including immediate relative petitions, adjustments of status, VAWA self-petitions (Violence Against Women Act), removal defense, and much more.

After interning as a law clerk for Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C., Francis worked as in-house Assistant Patent Counsel to DEKA Research and Development Corporation in Manchester, NH.

A native of Ghana, Francis received his Bachelor’s degree in biology from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1994, followed by a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics in 1996. He earned his Masters and Juris Doctor degrees in law from UNH Law (then known as the Franklin Pierce Law Center) in 2003.

Francis has served on a number of non-profit boards in Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the New York State Bar Association and Patent Bar (USPTO).

PRACTICE AREAS

Individual Immigration; Family Immigration; Deportation/Removal; Asylum; Business Immigration; LGBT Immigration

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, Franklin Pierce Law Center (now, UNH School of Law), 2003

Master’s Degree, Molecular Biology and Genetics, York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,1996

Bachelor’s Degree, Biology, York University, 1994

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