About Us

About Us

Gilliam Law was built to help individuals and families protect their future and remain in the country at every stage of the immigration process. With over 20 years of combined experience and thousands of cases handled, the firm has worked through family immigration, deportation defense, green card cases, citizenship matters, waivers, and employment-based filings across the United States. With offices in Chicago and Addison, Illinois, and Franklin, Tennessee, Gilliam Law serves clients locally and nationwide.

Many clients come to the firm after something has already gone wrong, a denial, a delayed filing, or an enforcement action that caught them off guard. Before anything else, the firm pulls together the full immigration history so the case is built on what actually happened, not just what is happening now.

Immigration Representation Built On Courtroom Experience

Solomon D. Gilliam started his legal career in criminal defense, spending years inside courtrooms before moving into immigration practice. Years spent in front of judges, reading records, and preparing witnesses gave him a foundation that carries directly into immigration court work.

Prior arrests, old charges, and past enforcement actions have a way of coming up at the worst possible moment in an immigration case. The firm digs into that history early, so nothing surfaces in court that was not already accounted for.

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Secure Data Encryption and Constant Access Through Our Case Management Portal

Gilliam Law utilizes a secure e-immigration portal that employs advanced encryption to protect your personal data and sensitive evidence from unauthorized access. This digital infrastructure ensures that your information remains private and inaccessible to third parties without a legal warrant. You can manage your case 24/7 by checking progress, reviewing messages, and booking consultations without needing to call our offices in Chicago, Addison, or Franklin.

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Green Cards & Adjustment Status

Helping you secure permanent residency and move forward with confidence.

Naturalization

Guiding you through the citizenship process from application to approval.

Criminal Immigration

Protecting your status when criminal matters impact your immigration case.

Deportation & Re-Entry

Defending against removal and helping you explore options to remain or return.

Waivers & Pardons

Overcoming legal barriers with strategic waiver and pardon solutions.

Family Immigration

Reuniting families through petitions, visas, and adjustment of status.

Asylum

Protecting individuals through asylum applications, interviews, and immigration relief.

K-1 Fiancé Visa

Uniting couples through fiancé petitions, visas, and status adjustment.

U Visa

Protecting victims through certifications, U visas, and legal relief.

Urgent Immigration Defense

Immigration Guidance Backed By Ongoing Training

Immigration law changes often. Forms are updated, filing rules shift, court procedures change, and agency guidance can affect how a case should be prepared. Gilliam Law stays current with these changes so clients are not relying on outdated information when their future is at stake.

The firm’s attorneys and legal team continue training on immigration procedures, agency updates, court practices, and filing requirements that affect family immigration, removal defense, waivers, detained cases, and other immigration matters. This includes monitoring changes from USCIS, the Department of Justice, and the immigration courts.

Gilliam Law stays connected to the immigration legal community through AILA membership, ongoing immigration-focused training, professional certifications, and relevant legal associations.

A Family-Owned Immigration Law Firm Built Around Real Support

Gilliam Law is a family-owned immigration law firm built around one belief. Families deserve steady guidance when immigration problems put their future at risk. Attorney Solomon D. Gilliam leads the firm’s legal strategy, while Nancy Gilliam helps guide the business as an owner and operations manager, keeping the firm organized around care, structure, and client support.

That family foundation shapes how Gilliam Law works with clients. The firm is not built around a cold handoff or a one-person system. Solomon oversees the legal direction of cases and makes attorney-level decisions, while trained paralegals and case team members help with day-to-day communication, document collection, case updates, and client support. This team-based approach helps clients stay informed while their case moves forward under proper legal oversight.

Gilliam Law understands that immigration cases affect spouses, parents, children, and entire households. Many clients come to the firm after a loved one has been detained, after a criminal charge creates immigration concerns, or after a family-based case becomes more complicated than expected. The firm’s role is to bring order to that moment, explain the next steps clearly, and help families make informed decisions.

Amazing Immigration Attorney and team. Attorney Gilliam and his Team got my wife her Military Parole in Place in less than 3 months, and then 6 months later she got her Permanent Resident Card. I highly recommend Gilliam Law.

They have helped my parents for many years!

I want to thank attorney Solomon and all the office staff for all their hard work. After all the ups and downs I received my green card. Especially Branton who has always been extremely helpful. I highly recommend Gilliam Law for immigration needs.

The attorney is good at his job. He knows what to do and asks a lot of questions so he can know what to do. Thank you to the whole team for everything they did for us.

He helped me with my U visa case. Very good job and very efficient in his area of work.

I learned new information about my case from Mr. Gilliam during our consultation appointment.

Soloman is the best immigration lawyer. He is very understanding and will do whatever it takes.

Thank you so much Solomon for helping me with everything and the continuation of my case.

Great experience, offered case evaluation on my case. Very personable and provided proper advice.

Fully recommend. Processes are fast, people who work there answer every question, and lawyer Solomon always takes time to listen to your story and give you solutions. I'm so thankful because my process took 4 months.

Compassionate and great attorney. Solomon and his team were able to assist with our family's case all the way from Minnesota.

They have helped my parents for many years!

The attorney is good at his job. He knows what to do and asks a lot of questions so he can know what to do. Thank you to the whole team for everything they did for us.

He helped me with my U visa case. Very good job and very efficient in his area of work.

I learned new information about my case from Mr. Gilliam during our consultation appointment.

Soloman is the best immigration lawyer. He is very understanding and will do whatever it takes.

Thank you so much Solomon for helping me with everything and the continuation of my case.

Great experience, offered case evaluation on my case. Very personable and provided proper advice.

Compassionate and great attorney. Solomon and his team were able to assist with our family's case all the way from Minnesota.

They have helped my parents for many years!

The attorney is good at his job. He knows what to do and asks a lot of questions so he can know what to do. Thank you to the whole team for everything they did for us.

He helped me with my U visa case. Very good job and very efficient in his area of work.

I learned new information about my case from Mr. Gilliam during our consultation appointment.

Soloman is the best immigration lawyer. He is very understanding and will do whatever it takes.

Thank you so much Solomon for helping me with everything and the continuation of my case.

Great experience, offered case evaluation on my case. Very personable and provided proper advice.

Compassionate and great attorney. Solomon and his team were able to assist with our family's case all the way from Minnesota.

They have helped my parents for many years!

The attorney is good at his job. He knows what to do and asks a lot of questions so he can know what to do. Thank you to the whole team for everything they did for us.

He helped me with my U visa case. Very good job and very efficient in his area of work.

I learned new information about my case from Mr. Gilliam during our consultation appointment.

Soloman is the best immigration lawyer. He is very understanding and will do whatever it takes.

Thank you so much Solomon for helping me with everything and the continuation of my case.

Great experience, offered case evaluation on my case. Very personable and provided proper advice.

Compassionate and great attorney. Solomon and his team were able to assist with our family's case all the way from Minnesota.

Immigration Services That Cover Every Stage Of The Process

Immigration matters often involve multiple filings over time. A petition or application may later involve waivers or court proceedings tied to prior history. Case preparation focuses on the full timeline so each step aligns with federal requirements and prior records.

Family Immigration Petitions And Green Card Cases

Family immigration cases include petitions for spouses, parents, children, and other qualifying relatives. These filings require proof of the relationship and supporting records that hold up under agency review. Green card cases may be handled inside the United States or through consular processing abroad, depending on what the case history allows.

Deportation Defense And Removal Proceedings

When a Notice to Appear has been issued, time is short and preparation matters. The firm responds to government allegations, builds the evidentiary record, and presents arguments before the immigration judge. Removal proceedings can move fast, and the consequences are permanent, so the firm steps in early to evaluate every available defense.

Detained Immigration Cases And Bond Hearings

When someone is held by ICE, the priority is getting that person home. The firm handles detained cases, pursues bond hearings, and works to secure release while the underlying case continues.

Asylum Cases

Asylum cases require showing that returning to a home country puts someone at genuine risk. The firm prepares these cases carefully, gathering the documentation and testimony needed to support the claim before the hearing.

Immigration Waivers And Pardons

Certain immigration bars can be addressed through a waiver or pardon. The firm has won pardons for clients with criminal convictions and prepares waiver filings with documentation and legal arguments that respond directly to the specific ground of inadmissibility at issue.

Citizenship And Naturalization Applications

Lawful permanent residents applying for citizenship need to show proof of eligibility, continuous residence, and compliance with immigration requirements. The firm prepares these applications thoroughly before submission.

DACA Cases

DACA cases involve specific eligibility requirements and renewal deadlines that have to be tracked carefully. The firm helps clients apply, renew, and protect their status under the program.

Criminal Immigration Issues

Prior charges or convictions can affect immigration status in ways that are not always obvious at the time of the criminal case. The firm reviews the full criminal and immigration record to identify the consequences and what options remain available.

Employment-Based Immigration Filings

Employment-based immigration covers work visas, labor certifications, and related filings connected to job opportunities in the United States. These cases involve coordination between the employer, the employee, and multiple federal agencies.

Immigration Appeals

When a case does not go the right way, the process does not have to end there. The firm has filed Board of Immigration Appeals matters and handled cases in the federal appeals process to continue fighting for clients after an unfavorable decision.

Experience Handling Complex Immigration Cases Nationwide

Gilliam Law has handled thousands of immigration cases across a wide range of legal issues. Some cases involve long periods without lawful status, prior removal orders, or criminal records that affect immigration outcomes.

They’ve secured bond releases for clients held by ICE, adjusted status for clients in the middle of court proceedings, and taken cases to appeal after an immigration judge ruled against them. Every case gets a fresh look at the full record before any next step is decided.

Immigration Court Preparation Focused On Case Presentation

Removal proceedings often begin with a Notice to Appear and continue through multiple hearings before an immigration judge. Hearings build on each other, and what gets filed or said early in the process can affect what happens months later in front of a judge.

Gilliam Law goes through the full record before any hearing, not just the most recent filing. Documents are organized, timelines are confirmed, and gaps in the record are addressed before the court. Testimony has to line up with what is already on file, so the firm works through that preparation with clients directly before they appear before a judge.

Local Immigration Support With Nationwide Case Reach

Clients come to the Chicago and Addison offices from throughout the surrounding communities, including Elmhurst, Lombard, and Villa Park. In Franklin, many clients live and work near Cool Springs and throughout Williamson County.

Immigration law is federal, which allows representation beyond local office locations. Solomon Gilliam has appeared in immigration courts from Seattle to Houston to Buffalo, and the firm handles filings with federal agencies regardless of where a client is located.

Immigration Strategy Built Around Long-Term Goals

Most immigration cases are not a single event. A family petition can eventually lead to a green card, and a green card can eventually lead to citizenship. A court case that feels like the end of the road may still have relief options worth pursuing.

Gilliam Law Firm looks at prior entries and family relationships before any filing goes out. A decision made today can affect what is available two or three years from now, so that the bigger picture gets factored in from the beginning.

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If you need help with an immigration matter, do not wait to get legal guidance. Early action can protect your rights and improve your position as your case moves forward.

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Immigration Representation Built On Courtroom Experience

Secure Data Encryption and Constant Access Through Our Case Management Portal

Private updates without the back-and-forth

Secure document handling

24/7 case progress

Messages and booking

Our Immigration Services

Green Cards & Adjustment Status

Naturalization

Criminal Immigration

Deportation & Re-Entry

Waivers & Pardons

Family Immigration

Asylum

K-1 Fiancé Visa

U Visa

Immigration Guidance Backed By Ongoing Training

A Family-Owned Immigration Law Firm Built Around Real Support

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Immigration Services That Cover Every Stage Of The Process

Experience Handling Complex Immigration Cases Nationwide

Immigration Court Preparation Focused On Case Presentation

Local Immigration Support With Nationwide Case Reach

Immigration Strategy Built Around Long-Term Goals

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