About Us
Acker Berger Immigration Law offers a hands-on approach to the client's issue, whether big or small.
To see how Acker Berger Immigration Law can serve your legal needs, call us at 404-234-1619 or e-mail us at [email protected]. We are available to assist you.
Dara grew up in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts and graduated from Brandeis University in 1997 with Bachelor’s Degree in Politics with a minor in Legal Studies. During her schooling she spent one semester at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.
She received her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University in 2001. Ms. Berger began working with an immigration firm since 2006 and became the Chair of the Immigration Bar. Ms. Berger formed what is now Berger Immigration Firm in 2009 and has been successfully assisting clients in the areas of estate planning (wills and trusts) and immigration ever since. She is licensed in the State and Federal Courts of Georgia.
For over a decade Peter Acker has dedicated himself almost exclusively to the practice of immigration law. Prior to joining up with Dara Berger, Peter Acker was the founding and managing partner of P.H. Acker & Associates, LLC in Roswell, Georgia. His areas of expertise include all aspects of Immigration law, but especially matters before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the United States Department of State (DOS). Over the last decade, Peter has handled hundreds of cases including Extraordinary Ability visas; Professional Athlete visas; Artist and Entertainment visas; Managerial, Executive and Specialized Knowledge based visas; Employment and Family Based Permanent Residency cases; Asylum and Refugee matters; and complex Naturalization cases. Peter is currently an active member of the both the Immigration Law Section of the Georgia Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and has served on the AILA USCIS Liaison Committee for Naturalization matters. He has also spoken at numerous immigration conferences both at the national and state level.
Peter received his Bachelors degree from Emory University and his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. In addition to his Juris Doctor, Peter also holds an LL.M in International Law from Emory University.
Prior to practicing Immigration Law, Peter was awarded a Letter of Recognition from the United States Marine Corps Regional Defense Counsel for his research and advice assisting the Marine Corps appointed Defense Counsel for a notorious Guantanamo Bay detainee in United States v. Khadr. He has also prepared presentations on matters of international law at Ludwig-Maximillian’s University in Munich, Germany (on the international effects of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and for the German American Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt, Germany (on the concept of Dual Nationality from the perspectives of both Germany and the United States).
Peter has lived in both the United States and in Europe (Germany and Hungary) and is fluent in both German and Spanish (in addition to English). He also speaks some Portuguese and some Farsi.
