Lawyer
FitzGerald Law Company
Boston
Massachusetts 02110
Desmond FitzGerald is the founder and Managing Director of FitzGerald Law Company, an immigration, criminal and personal injury litigation law firm in Boston. Attorney FitzGerald’s first immigration case was that of his wife who was born in Colombia and since then has built a reputation of providing strong support and creative solutions to the legal issues that face the immigrant community in Massachusetts. He has successfully filed legal actions against numerous government agencies including the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles for improperly denying licenses to immigrants and against the Immigration Department for failing to properly and timely adjudicate immigrant applications.
Attorney FitzGerald’s significant legal accomplishments include changing the legal status of immigrant children of U.S. Citizen step-parents, from conditional residents to non-conditional legal permanent residents, and getting the Immigration Service to accept immigration applications from immigrants who are held in custody without a fee. Attorney FitzGerald has also determined a manner in which Employment-Based Residency Petitions can be used to obtain Legal Permanent Residency for Asylum Applicants whose asylum petitions were not being adjudicated by USCIS timely.
In addition, Attorney FitzGerald practices criminal law and has particular expertise in minimizing negative immigration consequences of criminal charges. Attorney FitzGerald served as the legal counsel for the Colombian Consulate for New England for 8 years and his firm has always recognized the benefits that the immigrant community provides to our region and nation and the importance of offering quality legal services to protect it.
Attorney FitzGerald has been admitted by the Bar to practice law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire. as well as the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Nebraska and Colorado.
Attorney FitzGerald previously served on the Litigation Committee of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has spoken at the annual conference for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, Attorney FitzGerald had the opportunity to live in Bogotá, Colombia, where he studied Spanish at Universidad Javeriana, before he received his law degree from the New England School of Law in 1996. He lives in Newton with his wife and his two Colombian-American children.
Desmond FitzGerald is the founder and Managing Director of FitzGerald Law Company, an immigration, criminal and personal injury litigation law firm in Boston. Attorney FitzGerald’s first immigration case was that of his wife who was born in Colombia and since then has built a reputation of providing strong support and creative solutions to the legal issues that face the immigrant community in Massachusetts. He has successfully filed legal actions against numerous government agencies including the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles for improperly denying licenses to immigrants and against the Immigration Department for failing to properly and timely adjudicate immigrant applications.
Attorney FitzGerald’s significant legal accomplishments include changing the legal status of immigrant children of U.S. Citizen step-parents, from conditional residents to non-conditional legal permanent residents, and getting the Immigration Service to accept immigration applications from immigrants who are held in custody without a fee. Attorney FitzGerald has also determined a manner in which Employment-Based Residency Petitions can be used to obtain Legal Permanent Residency for Asylum Applicants whose asylum petitions were not being adjudicated by USCIS timely.
In addition, Attorney FitzGerald practices criminal law and has particular expertise in minimizing negative immigration consequences of criminal charges. Attorney FitzGerald served as the legal counsel for the Colombian Consulate for New England for 8 years and his firm has always recognized the benefits that the immigrant community provides to our region and nation and the importance of offering quality legal services to protect it.
Attorney FitzGerald has been admitted by the Bar to practice law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire. as well as the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Nebraska and Colorado.
Attorney FitzGerald previously served on the Litigation Committee of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has spoken at the annual conference for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, Attorney FitzGerald had the opportunity to live in Bogotá, Colombia, where he studied Spanish at Universidad Javeriana, before he received his law degree from the New England School of Law in 1996. He lives in Newton with his wife and his two Colombian-American children.
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