Franco-American attorney admitted to practice in Paris and New York
Building a life across borders is meaningful — and often legally complex. Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux offers calm, personalized legal support to individuals, couples, and families navigating international family law and immigration. Drawing on her personal and professional experience, she brings thoughtful structure and emotional steadiness to each step, helping you move through legal and administrative procedures with greater confidence and peace of mind.
About – American attorney in paris
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux is an English-speaking attorney, fluent in French, admitted to practice in both Paris and New York.
She advises individuals, couples, and families navigating legal transitions shaped by international life—particularly in the areas of immigration and family law.
Originally from the United States, she earned her Juris Doctor from Tulane University, one of the few U.S. law schools with a formal dual focus on common and civil law. Her path has taken her to India, New York City, and now Paris, where she lives with her husband. She became a French citizen after personally navigating the intricacies of the French immigration system—an experience that informs her attentive and nuanced approach to legal counsel.
Her practice focuses on cross-border family matters, French and U.S. immigration, and strategic guidance for individuals and entrepreneurs pursuing international projects. She is particularly attuned to the legal and emotional complexity of relocation, family separation, and binational relationships.
Her approach is calm, precise, and discreet, with particular attention to translating complex procedures into clear, thoughtful strategies.
Outside her legal practice, Maître Johnson-Vigouroux finds balance in contemplative movement and community—through yoga, distance running, and a longstanding neighborhood book club. Her work is guided by clarity, discernment, and a belief in moving forward with both insight and care.
Family Law
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux provides personalized support in family law, helping you navigate the legal questions that may arise within a wide range of family structures, including those shaped by cross-border circumstances. Whether you’re facing divorce, child custody, child support, or issues involving families with ties to more than one country, she offers steady guidance at every stage. Her approach is designed to clarify your options and help you understand the legal implications of each decision, while carefully considering both your interests and those of your family throughout the process.
Agreements
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux assists binational couples in preparing international prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, advising them on securing their assets and navigating the legal consequences across different legal systems. She advises clients on changing their matrimonial regime to ensure it aligns with their legal and financial goals, in coordination with a notary.
Divorce
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux handles divorce matters, including those with an international element, advising clients on the appropriate type of procedure to follow in France and protecting their interests throughout the process.
Child Custody
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux supports parents navigating child custody and parenting arrangements in a national or cross-border context. She offers legal guidance on residence planning, parental decision-making, and international visitation logistics — with particular care for the legal complexity and emotional weight of binational family life. Her role is to help structure clear, realistic agreements that reflect the best interests of the child and the specific needs of each family.
French Immigration & Nationality
Whether you are settling in France for the first time, renewing your residency status, applying for French nationality, or navigating a life transition, the administrative procedures involved can be complex and demanding. Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux offers personalized legal support to help clarify each step of the process and support the strongest possible application.
Services include applications for short and long-stay visas, residence permits, French nationality (by decree or declaration), and family reunification.
With steady, thoughtful guidance, these procedures can be approached with greater clarity and confidence at every stage of your journey in France.
Visas and Residency Permits
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux assists clients with long-stay visa and residence permit applications, as well as with renewals and status changes. She handles requests for Passeport Talent permits, student visas, employee permits, private and family life permits, and retiree visas, ensuring that each application is complete and meets administrative requirements.
Family Reunification
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux assists legally resident foreign nationals seeking to reunite with their close family members in France. She helps clients prepare complete and carefully structured applications to bring spouses, minor children, or other eligible relatives, ensuring that each step complies with French administrative and legal requirements.
Citizenship Applications
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux supports the preparation of French citizenship applications, whether by decree or by declaration (including through marriage or as a beneficiary of international protection). She helps clients build strong applications by identifying potential issues and clearly explaining each step of the process.
Challenging Immigration Decisions
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux helps you assess your situation and the possible legal remedies, particularly in cases of residence permit refusals, orders to leave the territory (OQTF), challenges to an SIS file listing, or any other decision affecting your right to stay or your application for nationality. Each remedy is carefully tailored to the applicable deadlines, available legal options, and your individual situation.
American Immigration and Nationality
Maître Amber Johnson-Vigouroux offers targeted support for select U.S. immigration matters, particularly in family-based or employment-related contexts. Each situation is unique, and she helps identify the available options and clarify the steps involved in the process.