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ABOUT VKV LAW GROUP, LLC

VKV Law Group, LLC harnesses the power of law and policy to protect and defend freedom of expression rights of individuals and organizations as they expose and confront injustice and wrongdoing to promote progress and a better society for all.

Freedom of expression is your right under the First Amendment of the Constitution, but it is under constant threat of attack, Journalists, activists, academics, creatives, and others encounter censorship attempts, information access restrictions, arrest, or other attacks on their right to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press. VKV Law Group works with our clients to defend against such interference with your rights to express yourself. 

Our support begins with preparation, prevention and risk mitigation, including advising on business issues such as entity creation, copyright protection, and freelance and employment contracts. 

We also assist our clients with access to government information and meetings in connection with their work, including requests to the government under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar state laws, such as Maryland’s Public Information Act (MPIA).

VKV Law Group also provides know-your-rights advice and trainings to individual and group activists about their protest rights.

For international students, academics, and creatives, we also offer comprehensive immigration services, including work and performance immigrant and non-immigrant visas and defense against visa revocation and deportation.

Our purpose is to protect and defend First Amendment freedom of expression rights for everyone.

For more information, please explore our website or contact us for more information by clicking here contact VKV Law Group or calling us at (410) 645-0144 or emailing us at info@vkvlaw.com.

 

ATTORNEY

Vonda k. Wolcott

Vonda K. (Vandaveer) Wolcott has been a practicing lawyer for more than 20 years. She has lived and worked in the United States and around the world, including in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern and Western Europe representing clients in litigation, transactions, and immigration matters. She has worked in both the private and government sectors.

She also serves as a pro bono attorney with the Government Accountability Project, supporting government and corporate whistleblowers. 

In addition to direct client representation, she has served as a rule of law justice advisor for the U.S. Department of State in Afghanistan on anti-corruption and criminal justice sector development programs and across Latin America supporting efforts to counter transnational organized crime and wildlife trafficking. She served in the consular and economic sections at U.S. embassies overseas.

Professional Memberships and Publications

Ms. Wolcott has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and American Bar Association, served as Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Humanitarian Law Committee of the Section of International Law, and is published in the ABA’s publications Middle East Commercial Law Developments and International Lawyer.

Media Activities

Prior to earning her law degree and license, Ms. Wolcott worked for 10 years as a journalist on the east and west coasts of the United States, winning awards for her news coverage.

While working for the Manassas Journal-Messenger as the courts and crime reporter, she covered the John and Lorena Bobbitt trials. You can see her interviews about covering those trials in the 2019 Amazon docuseries Lorena and in HLN’s series How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin, Season 7, Episode 8, released in October 2022, Lorena Bobbitt: Tick, Tick, Boom

In recent years, she also has been working as a media and civil society capacity building advisor with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, focusing on such topics as disinformation, operating in restrictive spaces, and supporting marginalized communities.

Education and Training

  • JD, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA.
  • BA, University of California, Irvine
  • Mediation training, NVMS Conflict Resolution Center
  • Professional training in consular visa processing at the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute.

Bar Admissions

She is admitted to practice law in:

  • Maryland
  • Washington, DC 
  • California (inactive)
  • Supreme Court of the United States