Ms. Fantl was awarded a Bachelor of Science from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1985. In 1989, she received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law where she was an articles editor of the American Journal of Criminal Law. Upon graduation, she served as an attorney for the National Security and International Affairs Division of the United States General Accounting Office. Thereafter, she served as resident director of the Center for Democracy in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she directed a project to help strengthen legislative operations.
Since 1993, Ms. Fantl has been providing legal services to individuals and companies seeking immigration benefits. In addition, she has volunteered her time to nonprofit organizations in the community such as the Political Asylum Project of Austin, State Bar of Texas Committee on Laws Relating to Immigration and Nationality, the Travis County Bar Association Immigration Committee, the Advisory Board of the Human Rights Documentation Exchange and the Advisory Board of the Immigration Counseling and Outreach Services of the Catholic Diocese.
She is certified as a specialist in immigration and nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. To become Board Certified in a specialty area, an attorney must have been licensed to practice law for at least five years, devoted a required percentage of practice to a specialty area for at least three years, handled a wide variety of matters in the area to demonstrate experience and involvement, attended continuing education seminars regularly to keep legal training up to date, been evaluated by fellow lawyers and judges and passed a 6-hour written examination. There are 86 board-certified immigration lawyers in Texas.
Ms. Fantl is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas and District of Columbia Bar as well as of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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