David Vedder, an immigration attorney with more than 35 years of experience in the field, has been certified by the state of Florida as an expert in immigration and nationality law since 1998. He leads a team of professionals at his firm, David F. Vedder, P.A., located in Daytona Beach, Fla. Attorney Vedder dedicates his practice 100 percent to immigration and nationality law, handling cases related to naturalization and citizenship, family-reunification, deportation, employment-based visas such as EB-5, consular processing, foreign investors, federal-level immigration litigation, asylum, administrative appeals, and various other immigration matters. The firm assists clients in the United States and globally, and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale-Hubbell.
Highly active in the legal community, Attorney Vedder has presented at and participated in various American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) conferences, and liaisons with USCIS officials. He has held AILA membership since 1980, and also has served in a number of executive positions for the AILA Central Florida Chapter, currently serving on the Board of Directors. Furthermore, Attorney Vedder is a member of the Volusia County Bar Association and the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has received the AILA Award of Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law, been listed as a Florida Super Lawyer since 2007 by Law Politics, and is AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Attorney Vedder has maintained a number of Bar admissions, including Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals 4th circuit, and the U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Nova University Center for the Study of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he was a member of the board of editors for the Nova Law Journal. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida. Attorney Vedder has completed pro bono work for such organizations as the Florida Bar Scope, mentoring other attorneys on immigration and nationality law.