You are a skilled attorney who handles immigration cases. Your clients need you. But between chasing documents, managing intake, and trying to figure out marketing, you are spending a large portion of your week on work that has nothing to do with practicing law.There is a better way to practice.
If you are a solo or small-firm attorney who handles immigration cases, this is your daily reality. The work that actually requires your law license is being crowded out by everything else.
You rely on referrals. When referrals slow, revenue stalls. You know you need to market but you have no time, no expertise, and no budget to build it yourself.
Many attorneys have tried marketing agencies before. The leads came in and nothing closed. The attorney blamed the leads. The agency blamed the firm's systems. Both walked away. The real problem was that no one owned both sides. True Oak Ventures owns marketing and intake together, so that breakdown never happens.
Document collection. Form preparation. Client follow-up. Intake calls. USCIS tracking. Billing. You are doing the work of four people. The administrative burden is the single biggest constraint on how many clients you can actually serve.
44% of solo attorneys report burnout, higher than emergency room physicians. You have no team to absorb overflow, no systems to create boundaries, no support structure. The practice consumes everything.
True Oak Ventures is a Management Services Organization built specifically for attorneys who handle immigration cases. We run the entire non-legal operation. You focus on the law.
Most attorneys have tried marketing before. The leads came in and nothing closed. We own marketing and intake together so both sides work.
We run national Spanish and English lead generation across digital channels. Every qualified client is delivered to your calendar. You never spend a dollar on marketing or a minute sourcing cases.
Our bilingual team responds to every new inquiry within 60 seconds. We qualify clients, collect the consultation fee, and book the appointment directly on your calendar. Client fees go straight to your attorney trust account. We never touch client funds.
Our immigration paralegal team collects all documents, prepares every USCIS form, and delivers you a complete case file with a full case summary before every consultation. You review, apply your legal judgment, and sign.
Document follow-up, WhatsApp and email updates, consultation reminders, case status updates. All handled by our bilingual team. Your clients are supported at every step without requiring your time.
After your consultation, our team sends the retainer agreement and payment link within five minutes. The retainer goes directly into your attorney trust account. You do not chase anyone.
Real-time case status in Docketwise, USCIS submission tracking, evidence request support, and monthly performance reporting. You always know where every case stands without managing it yourself.
If any of these describe you, this program was built for you.
Every attorney's first question is what does joining this program do to my independence and my clients. The answer is nothing. We add to your practice. We never touch it.
Every legal decision is yours. Every filing is yours. We never give legal advice, communicate about legal strategy, or influence your professional judgment. Rule 5.4 protects your independence. Our structure is designed specifically to respect it, always.
The attorney-client relationship belongs entirely to you. Client fees go directly to your attorney trust account. We never receive or hold client funds at any stage. If you ever leave the program, your clients and your case files go with you. No exceptions.
Your current clients, your current workflow, your current fees. None of that changes. The program adds a new pipeline of cases alongside what you have already built. We do not disrupt anything. We only add to it.
No commitment required. We walk through the full program, answer every question, and show you exactly what joining looks like for your specific practice. You decide if it makes sense.
Schedule a CallEvery attorney who hears about this program asks the same first question: is this ethically compliant? We answer that completely, transparently, and with citations before anything else.
Rule 5.4 prohibits sharing legal fees with nonlawyers and prohibits nonlawyers from directing attorney professional judgment. Our arrangement satisfies both requirements, explicitly and by design.
A Management Services Organization (MSO) is a business entity that provides administrative, operational, and marketing services to licensed professionals under a contractual services agreement. The MSO handles every function that does not require a professional license. The licensed professional retains full and independent control over all professional services, all legal judgment, and all client relationships. True Oak Ventures is the MSO. You are the licensed professional.
Rule 5.4 has two key prohibitions: fee sharing with nonlawyers, and nonlawyer control of attorney professional judgment. We charge a flat per-file management fee for defined administrative services. This fee does not change based on what you charge your client, does not fluctuate with your revenue, and is not a percentage of your legal fees. It is a fixed cost for services rendered. We have zero authority over your legal decisions. Every filing, every client relationship, every legal judgment belongs entirely to you.
Texas Ethics Opinion 706 (February 2025) explicitly confirmed that a lawyer may contract with a nonlawyer-owned MSO for administrative and business services, provided the MSO does not direct the lawyer's professional judgment, share legal fees, or interfere with client relationships. California AB 931 (2025) addressed the same permissibility for flat-fee MSO arrangements. Holland and Knight, DLA Piper, and Reed Smith have all published analyses confirming the legal MSO model is compliant when properly structured. We encourage you to review our Services Agreement with your own counsel.
We charge a flat per-file management fee for each case file our team prepares. This fee is fixed regardless of what you charge your client. Your clients pay their legal fees directly into your attorney trust account. We never receive or hold any client funds at any stage. At the end of each month you pay our flat management fee by ACH transfer.
No. Every legal decision is yours. Every filing is yours. The attorney-client relationship is exclusively between you and your client. Our team members do not give legal advice, communicate with clients about legal strategy, or make any judgments about how a case should be handled. Any legal question raised through our team is immediately referred to you.
Your clients are your clients. If you exit the program, you retain your client relationships, your Docketwise case files, and all your signed retainer agreements. The Services Agreement includes specific transition provisions addressing this exactly. Attorney independence is non-negotiable and the agreement reflects that without ambiguity.
Yes. There is no requirement that an attorney be physically located in the United States to handle USCIS petition cases. USCIS filings are submitted electronically. Client consultations happen by video. There are no court appearances and no hearings for the case types in our program. An attorney licensed in Texas can prepare and sign an I-130 from Medellin, Lisbon, or anywhere in the world. You must maintain your bar license in good standing in your licensed state. That is the only geographic obligation.
Our MSO structure and Services Agreement have been reviewed by attorneys specializing in legal ethics. Our flat per-file fee model is consistent with Texas Ethics Opinion 706 (February 2025), California AB 931 (2025), and North Carolina State Bar guidance on law firm management contracts. We are transparent about the structure, encourage independent legal review of our agreement, and will not move forward with any attorney who has unresolved ethical concerns. We would rather not work together than have an attorney proceed with doubt.
We walk through the full structure, cite the relevant opinions, and answer everything directly. No obligation before you review the agreement.
Schedule a CallThe attorneys best positioned to serve immigrant communities are spending most of their week on work that has nothing to do with the law. True Oak Ventures was built to change that.
There are 17,613 immigration law businesses in the United States. 86% have no marketing infrastructure. 77% of solo practitioners say administrative work prevents them from spending enough time practicing law. 44% report burnout.
The attorneys who want to serve immigrant communities are overwhelmed by the operational work of running a practice. The gap between attorney capacity and client need is not a talent problem. It is an infrastructure problem.
True Oak Ventures was built to close that gap. We give attorneys who handle immigration cases the marketing, intake, and case preparation infrastructure that was previously only available to large firms with large budgets. We serve immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries and from around the world. Our program reflects that global reality.
And because every case in our program is handled 100% remotely, the affiliated attorneys we work with have something most attorneys never get: the freedom to practice law from anywhere in the world they choose to be.
Every decision in designing this program started with one question: does this preserve complete attorney independence? If the answer was no, we did not do it.
We explain the MSO model fully before anyone signs anything. We encourage independent legal review of every document. We answer every question directly and completely.
Every case file that reaches an attorney's desk must be complete, organized, and ready for legal review. That standard is non-negotiable on every single file.
We serve immigrants from all over the world. We market primarily in Spanish and English because that is where the greatest unmet need exists, but our program serves attorneys who work with clients from any country.
We built this program so that the attorneys who join it are not tied to a geography. Practice from wherever you want to be. That is a feature, not an accident.
Colin's father was an attorney who instilled in him a deep respect for the law and for the attorneys who practice it from an early age. He will also admit that it made winning an argument at the dinner table nearly impossible, which gave him a healthy appreciation for how much it matters to have a skilled lawyer in your corner.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a focus in International Entrepreneurship from The Ohio State University, and is a proud Buckeye. He speaks Spanish fluently, has lived and traveled throughout Latin America for over a decade, and has visited more than 30 countries. He brings a genuine connection to Hispanic communities and a deep respect for the immigrant experience that sits at the heart of this work.
Professionally, Colin has spent the better part of his career as a real estate investor, flipping and owning over 50 residential properties and acquiring and managing over 50,000 square feet of self-storage facilities across six states. Every storage facility has been operated 100% remotely, which gave him a real-world laboratory for building the international remote teams and operational systems that True Oak Ventures runs on today.
He founded True Oak Ventures after identifying a structural problem in immigration law: the attorneys best positioned to serve immigrant communities were spending most of their time doing work that had nothing to do with practicing law. He built the MSO infrastructure to solve it.
Our operations team includes bilingual intake administrators, immigration paralegals with US case experience, and support staff dedicated to ensuring every case file is complete before it reaches an attorney.
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Schedule a CallEvery question we have heard from attorneys evaluating this program. If something is not covered here, ask us directly on the call.
No. Your existing clients, your existing workflow, and your existing fees stay exactly as they are. The program brings you a new pipeline of cases alongside what you already do. We never touch your existing client relationships or change anything about how you currently practice.
We currently support five USCIS petition-based family immigration case types: family-based green card (I-130 and I-485), naturalization (N-400), DACA renewal (I-821D), family petition only (I-130 standalone), and adjustment of status (I-485 standalone). We do not support deportation defense, removal proceedings, asylum cases, or immigration court representation. These are 100% remote, USCIS-only petition cases. No court appearances. No hearings. Ever.
No. Many attorneys in this program handle immigration cases alongside other practice areas. If you have the knowledge to handle USCIS petition-based family immigration cases and the capacity for additional legal work, the program is built for you. You need to be a licensed attorney in good standing who can competently handle the case types we support.
Yes. If you have clients you sourced independently who need USCIS petition-based immigration help, you can bring those cases into the program and use our paralegal team, case management, and tracking services at the same flat per-file fee. Many attorneys use both: our marketing pipeline for new client acquisition and our back-office services for cases they bring in themselves.
Yes. There is no rule requiring you to be physically located in the United States to handle USCIS petition cases. USCIS filings are submitted electronically and client consultations happen by video. No court appearances. No hearings. An attorney licensed in Texas can prepare and sign an I-130 from Colombia, Portugal, or anywhere in the world. The only geographic obligation is maintaining your bar license in good standing in your licensed state. Many attorneys join this program specifically for this reason. For the first time in their careers, geography is not a constraint.
No, though it is a meaningful advantage. Our bilingual team handles all client communication in Spanish, English, and other languages when needed. For attorney consultations, we provide interpretation support when the client and attorney do not share a language. English-only attorneys work effectively in this program.
Yes. We charge a flat per-file management fee for defined administrative services. Not a percentage of your legal fees, not tied to what you charge your clients, and not contingent on case outcomes. We have no authority over your legal decisions. This structure is consistent with Texas Ethics Opinion 706 (February 2025), California AB 931 (2025), and North Carolina State Bar guidance. We strongly encourage you to review our Services Agreement with your own counsel before signing.
Fee splitting occurs when a nonlawyer receives a percentage of legal fees earned from clients. Our flat per-file management fee does not change based on what you charge your client, does not fluctuate with your revenue, and is not a percentage of anything. It is a fixed cost for defined services. That distinction is the legal and ethical foundation of the MSO model.
You do. The attorney-client relationship belongs entirely to you. True Oak Ventures has no claim on your clients, your client files, or your client relationships. If you leave the program, your clients go with you. The Services Agreement is explicit and unambiguous on this point.
You can exit per the terms in the Services Agreement. Your client relationships, your Docketwise case files, and your signed retainer agreements all remain yours. We do not trap attorneys in arrangements that do not serve them. If this is not working for your practice, we would rather know early.
Client fees go directly to your attorney trust account via LawPay. We never receive or hold client funds at any stage. At the end of each month, we invoice you our flat per-file management fee for each case file we prepared. You pay by ACH. The fee is for administrative services, not a share of your legal revenue.
Each per-file fee covers everything our team does for that file from acquisition through resolution: marketing to attract that client, intake qualification, consultation booking, retainer follow-up, document checklist delivery and collection, USCIS form preparation in Docketwise, pre-consultation case summary, and ongoing client communication. One fee. Everything included. This applies whether the client came through our marketing or was sourced by you directly.
Yes. You are the attorney of record and responsible for all legal work product. Your standard malpractice insurance applies. Confirm your coverage includes USCIS petition-based immigration cases before taking your first case through the program.
We walk through the full program, your specific practice situation, and anything not covered here. No obligation.
Schedule a CallNo ambiguity. No surprises. This is the complete sequence from the day you reach out to the day your first case is filed, and what your practice looks like on the other side.
Fill out the short form or contact us directly. We respond within 48 hours. On the 30-minute call we explain the full program, show you the fee schedule for each case type, and answer every question honestly. No pitch. No pressure. No commitment until you have reviewed the Services Agreement with your own attorney.
We send you a Management Services Agreement that defines exactly what we handle, what you handle, our flat per-file management fee for each case type, and all protections for both parties. We strongly encourage you to have your own attorney review it before signing. The agreement is designed for full compliance with Rule 5.4 and we welcome that scrutiny.
Once signed, our team onboards you within 48 hours. We walk you through how prepared case files arrive for your review and set up your calendar connection. From day one, every case is handled 100% remotely by video and phone. No court appearances. No hearings. Practice from wherever you are in the world.
Our bilingual intake team runs national lead generation across digital channels. Leads are qualified, the consultation fee is collected, and the appointment is booked directly on your calendar. Every client who reaches your calendar has already paid to be there. That payment goes directly to your LawPay attorney trust account. We never touch client funds.
Before every consultation, our team delivers you a complete case summary covering everything you need to know about the client's situation. You meet with the client by video. You provide the legal assessment. If the client speaks Spanish and you prefer English, our bilingual team joins as an interpreter at no additional cost. The moment the consultation ends, our team sends the retainer agreement and payment link within five minutes. The retainer goes directly into your attorney trust account.
Our immigration paralegal team collects all required client documents, prepares every USCIS form in Docketwise, runs a full 10-point quality check, and delivers you a complete organized case file. You review the legal merits, apply your judgment, and sign the filing. We handle USCIS tracking, client updates, and document assembly for any evidence requests.
Clients pay their legal fees directly into your LawPay attorney trust account. At the end of each month, we invoice you a flat per-file management fee for each case file our team prepared. You pay by ACH. No revenue sharing. No percentage of your fees. Only a flat fee for defined services delivered.
You do the work that requires a law license. We do everything else.
Most attorneys never add up what they are already spending in money, time, and lost billing hours trying to handle marketing, intake, and operations themselves. Here is the honest number.
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Schedule a CallWe review every inquiry personally. If there is a fit, we reach out within 48 hours to schedule a 30-minute call. No pressure. No commitment. Just a direct conversation.
We review your submission within 48 hours. If there is a fit, we reach out to schedule a 30-minute call. On that call you will hear the full program model, see the exact fee schedule for each case type, and have every question answered honestly. No decision is required until you have reviewed the Services Agreement in full with your own counsel.