Wynter Immigration

We help immigrants, community advocates, and aspiring legal professionals transform lives through immigration. Dionnie Wynter Pfunde



Dionnie Wynter Pfunde is the Managing Attorney and Founder of Wynter Law Practice, LLC. I am a 2005 graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School – Lansing Campus. (now Western Michigan University Cooley Law School). I received my undergraduate degree from John Jay

College of Criminal Justice in New York City where I majored in Government; prior to that I received my Associate in Applied Science Degree from Bronx Community College in Paralegal Studies. I emigrated from Jamaica in 1996. There i attended Claremont All-Age School and am a 1992 graduate of Ferncourt High School. I have served on numerous committees: Client Protection Fund Committee with the State Bar of Michigan; Former First Vice-President and Law School Liaison of the George Edgecomb Bar Association. She was also a fundraiser for the United Way Suncoast. I was the former Assistant Director of the Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism at the Auburn Hills Campus of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. While in this position I spearheaded numerous community service projects: Immigration Law Outreach, where I assisted, with the help of law students, immigrants to become naturalized United States Citizens; Expungement Programs, primarily to help the citizens of Detroit who have had minor criminal convictions; Senior Pro Bono Outreach, where I provided assistance to elderly in preparing their wills. . Prior to this I worked at the State bar of Michigan where I supported the work of the Pro Bono Initiative. Pfunde is a 2009 Hillman Advocacy graduate and a former executive board member of the Lansing Black Lawyers Association. I also served as an adjunct faculty member at Davenport University where I lectured in Business Law. I am the former Campus Director of the WMU Cooley Law School Tampa Bay Campus. I am licensed to practice law with the State Bar of Michigan; Western District of Michigan; New Jersey State Bar Association and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court. I am an avid runner. I competed in numerous road races including 7 full marathons, 26.2 miles among other distances. Most notably the 2013 Reggae Marathon in Negril Jamaica. I am the wife of Cleopas Pfunde and proud mother of Danielle and Demani.