Our Team

Peter J. Landis
Cynthia C. Arn
Marcus B. Jaynes
Chrissie Fernandez
Daniel Katz

Our Philosophy

Landis Arn & Jaynes’ long-term client relationships are built on a deep commitment to providing personalized, professional, and responsive legal services, based on honesty, integrity, mutual respect, and trust. We believe our clients should be able to understand and participate in the work we do, through open communication, collaboration, and accessibility to attorneys and staff.

Experienced Counsel

With highly technical criteria and government processing delays as a norm, having experienced professional guidance is critical to success and efficiency with immigration filings. Landis Arn & Jaynes can help clients get it right the first time.

Relationships

Over the years, Landis Arn & Jaynes have worked hard to build relationships and expertise with respect to the network of federal agencies that forms the U.S. Immigration system including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly “INS”), as well as the U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of State, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Immigration Courts and many others.

Results

The attorneys of Landis Arn & Jaynes have established a track record of success, assisting clients from throughout the world and across the U.S. with a wide range of immigration matters.

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About Us

Located in the city of Portland, Maine, the law firm of Landis Arn & Jaynes, P.A. is devoted exclusively to the practice of immigration and naturalization law, providing advice and representation since 1980 in matters involving employment- based and business-related immigration, I-9 compliance and employer sanctions, as well as family-based immigration, naturalization, asylum, and deportation defense.

Landis Arn & Jaynes’ long-term client relationships are built on a deep commitment to providing personalized, professional, and responsive legal services, based on honesty, integrity, mutual respect, and trust. We believe our clients should be able to understand and participate in the work we do, through open communication, collaboration, and accessibility to attorneys and staff.

Attorney Peter J. Landis focuses primarily on employment- and business-related immigration, including nonimmigrant work visas and lawful permanent resident status based upon employment in the U.S. Attorney Cynthia C. Arn specializes in family-based immigration, naturalization, deportation defense, asylum, and visa processing. Attorney Marcus B. Jaynes focuses his practice on employment- and business-related immigration matters, including domestic (USCIS/CBP) matters as well as consular processing abroad, and also has many years of experience with family-based immigration, naturalization and deportation defense. Associate Attorney Chrissie Fernandez primarily focuses on family-sponsored immigration, deportation defense, citizenship, and asylum. A dedicated team of paralegals and office management staff assists our attorneys to ensure the most effective and timely service for our clients.

The lawyers of Landis Arn & Jaynes, P.A. have established a track record of success, assisting clients from throughout the world with a wide range of immigration matters. Over the years, we have worked hard to build relationships with the various governmental branches of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), as well as other federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of State and the Immigration Courts.

Landis Arn & Jaynes, P.A., is nationally recognized as a leading immigration law firm in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” guide.  Attorneys Peter J. Landis and Cynthia C. Arn are also each individually listed as Best Lawyers in the immigration field in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers of America.  Selection to Best Lawyers of America is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review process in which lawyers are evaluated confidentially by leading practitioners in their fields.  Best Lawyers has also named Peter Landis as the “Portland, ME Best Lawyers Immigration Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.  Lawyers honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received exceptional survey ratings by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

Please call (207) 775-6371 or e-mail info@landisarn.com to set up a consultation appointment so that we can put our expertise and experience to work for you.

Firm Memberships

  • Maine Bar Association
  • AILA (American Immigration Lawyers’ Association)
  • International Medical Graduate (IMG) Taskforce