The Law Offices of Colleen M. McCafferty LLC
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Colleen M. McCafferty, Esq.
www.lawCMMc.com
Colleen M. McCafferty, Esq. continues to represent her existing clients in immigration matters, but is not yet accepting new immigration clients.
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With a foundation in U.S. Immigration Law, a commitment to LGBTQ+ Rights, and varied expansion of services in Business Law, Real Estate/Municipal Land Use, and Civil Litigation
Colleen M. McCafferty (she/her/Ms.) is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in the state courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and before the federal U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Ms. McCafferty is also a registered attorney with the Executive Offices of Immigration Review (EOIR) eRegistry system, which permits her to practice law in federal immigration court proceedings in any US jurisdiction.
Ms. McCafferty currently works part-time for Giampolo Law Group, which serves the LGBTQ+ community and those that love us, and has developed her practice in PA and NJ to include legal name changes, uncontested dissolutions and confirmatory adoptions.
Ms. McCafferty is open to new opportunities, including hearing coverage, per diem and contract services for other law firms.
Work Experience
Sep. 2024-present
Attorney
Giampolo Law Group, LLC
At Giampolo Law Group, Ms. McCafferty represents same-sex couples and members of the LGBTQ+ community seeking confirmatory kinship adoptions, uncontested dissolutions (divorce), and legal name changes for transgender, intersex and non-binary individuals.
May 2023 - Aug. 2024
Associate
The Simone Law Firm, P.C.
Ms. McCafferty continued to develop her skills in business law and civil litigation while working with The Simone Law Firm, and also gained experience in municipal land use and real estate law.
Sept. 2022 - Apr. 2023
Associate
Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, P.C.
In this position, Ms. McCafferty gained valuable insight and experience working on insurance defense litigation matters, including issues of general liability, slip and fall, dram shop, and motor vehicle accidents.
Mar. 2018 - present
Immigration Attorney
The Law Offices of Colleen M. McCafferty, LLC
In her solo practice, Ms. McCafferty represents foreign nationals and noncitizens in their affirmative and defensive applications/petitions for immigration benefits. Her practice includes removal defense, family-based petitions, humanitarian applications (asylum and SIJ), and naturalization.
June 2017 - Sept. 2022
Attorney
The Chiacchio Firm
While working with The Chiacchio Firm, Ms. McCafferty was part of a team of lawyers representing clients in commercial business litigation matters, including breach of contract, tortious interference with business relations, fraud, as well as employment-related claims.
Education
Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ
2010-2013
Juris Doctor
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
2001-2005
Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Sociology
Affiliations, Accomplishments & Accolades
Affiliations
New Jersey State Bar Association,
Secretary & Treasurer 2024,
Secretary 2023,
Trustee 2022
South Jersey Mutual Aid Network,
Member
Accomplishments
Speaker, Diversity and Inclusion and Immigration Law, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), a Division of the NJSBA, Seminar - Atlantic City, May 19, 2022.
Speaker, Webcast-LGBTQ Rights Annual Update 2022, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), a Division of the NJSBA, Webinar - Online, April 9, 2022.
Author, An Introduction to Representing LGBT+ Asylum Seekers: Clarifying Clients’ Identity Within the SOGI Spectrum Can Help Make a Claim Successful, New Jersey Lawyer, Aug. 2020, at 14-18.
Speaker, Representing Non-Citizen LGBTQ+ Clients, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), a Division of the NJSBA, Webinar - Online, Oct. 28, 2020.
Accolades
2022 AILA Chapter Pro Bono Champion, New Jersey – Volunteer Attorneys for Afghan Evacuees, June 2022
AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association)
- Recognized as one of 20 pro bono attorneys from the AILA New Jersey Chapter that during the summer of 2021, shortly after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban, donated their time and expertise assisting Afghan evacuees at the U.S. military base in Fort-Dix-McGuire.
Helen Levine Cohen Award, May 2013
Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ
- For Demonstrating the Highest Caliber of Advocacy on Behalf of the LGBT Community
Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Award, Fall 2012
Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, NJ
- For dedicated work on behalf of social justice and equality.
Anne Devenney Memorial Award in Urban Studies, Spring 2005
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
- For Scholarship, Service and Devotion to the Ideals of Social Justice and Community Empowerment
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