Norma B. Henning
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Norma Brenne Henning, J.D. has been a practicing Florida attorney since 1996 concentrating on providing comprehensive legal services to foreign clients. Since 2002, Ms. Henning has been designated a Florida Civil Law Notary, a special designation available to Florida attorneys under §118, Florida Statutes. In 2003, she was appointed by the German State Department (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany) as the Honorary Consul of Germany for Southwest Florida.
Ms. Henning focuses her practice on assisting foreign clients in achieving their goals regarding both temporary and permanent U.S. residency - including strategic planning of U.S. commercial ventures or personal objectives to meet the requirements of U.S. immigration law. Her particular experience has been in the area of investor and intra-company transfer visas, visas for outstanding artists and business people as well as family immigration. She also advises U.S. employers in the area of compliance with U.S. immigration law with the goal of attracting and retaining qualified foreign workers if such workers cannot be found in the U.S. labor market. Due to her proficiency in the German language and knowledge of her clients’ cultural backgrounds, she often acts as “general counsel” to foreign clients with complex legal issues and co-counsels with specialists in other practice areas as needed. Such areas include tax, international probate, as well as litigation.
Ms. Henning graduated from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama, Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Public Relations as the Distinguished Journalism Graduate in 1993. In 1996, she graduated Cum Laude from the University of Florida, College of Law where she also received Book Awards for outstanding scholarship in Constitutional Law and Trial Advocacy.
Born and raised in Germany, Ms. Henning’s professional life began working in Public Affairs as the Coordinator of the KONTAKT Club for the U.S. Military Community in Ansbach, Germany, in 1982. She moved to the United States in 1986 as a military spouse and spent two years in South Korea where she taught English and German. After her return from Korea, and as the mother of her two now adult children, she completed her U.S. studies. She has been in Naples, Florida, since her admission to the Florida Bar in 1996. After practicing with large law firms for ten years, she opened the Henning Law Firm in 1996. She joined Salvatori, Wood & Buckel as a partner in Spring of 2011.
Ms. Henning is a frequent contributor to publications dealing with foreign investment and immigration issues and the recipient of the Silver Cross of Honor of the German Armed Forces. She also serves as a board member of the European-American Network of SW Florida and as a member of the External Advisory Board of the University of Florida International Center.
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