Cynthia Groomes Katz | New York Immigration Lawyer

Cynthia Groomes Katz is a solo practitioner and founder of Law offices of Cynthia A. Groomes, P.C.  In addition to general immigration practice, her areas of specific focus are: proceedings involving Detention/Deportation/Removal, including appellate work and Aggravated Felony Representation, Criminal Immigration Matters/Enforcement and related ancillary cases.  She has also served the Criminal Defense Bar, Family Law Bar, and other Civil Bars as either consultant/co-counsel or expert witness, as appropriate, on procedures, immigration related consequences of suspected criminal conduct and in plea negotiations, implications of family law actions, and/or other matters as related to immigration law.

Prior to focusing on immigration law, she has worked for The Legal Aid Society in New York City and the National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL) in Washington DC.  Mrs. Katz is fully bilingual - competent in Spanish at a professional level.  Her various travels abroad have included living in Scandinavia and in South America.
She is an alumna of Barnard College of Columbia University (A.B. in Foreign Area Studies - Latin America).  She received her J.D. and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from Duke University School of Law, where she was Staff Editor of Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law.  

Mrs. Katz is admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States,
Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Federal and State Bars of Maryland, and The District of Columbia Bar.  She is Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Co-Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, and Board of Directors member and Past President of Barnard in Washington. She is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Multicultural Human Services and has been repeatedly recognized for her pro bono work by the League of Korean Americans (LOKA).  She has been the recipient of LOKA’s Volunteer of The Year award and is the recipient of the 2007 Advocacy award from AILA – DC.  Mrs. Katz has been interviewed, regarding immigration law matters, on network television news programs and has been a featured guest on the Public Service TV show Law School for the Public.  She also addresses various conferences, groups and organizations on general immigration issues, as well as on topics of specific interest or concern to the respective audience.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founding Attorney	Law Offices of Cynthia A. Groomes, P.C.	Bethesda, MD	April, 1999 - Present
Associate	Law Offices	Vienna, VA	1996-1999
n/a	Legal Aid Society / NAPIL	NYC / DC	Prior to 1996

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Duke University School of Law	J.D. / LL.M Master of Laws	Law School	1992
Duke University School of Law	LL.M.	International Comparitive Law	1992
Duke University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1992
Barnard College of Columbia University	A.B.	Foreign Area Studies - Latin America	1986

State / Court	Date
Washington DC	1998
Maryland State Bar	1995

• Charter Member, Maryland Immigration Litigation Committee 2009–present
  
  Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Advocacy Committee 2008–2010
  
  Chair Bar, Association of Montgomery County, Immigration Law Section 2008–2009
  
  Co-Chair, Bar Association of Montgomery County, Immigration Law Section 2007–2008
  
  CLE Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association 2005–2006
  
  Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association         
  
  Member, Bar Association of Montgomery County         
  
  Member, District of Columbia Bar         
  
  Member, Maryland Bar Foundation
  
  Admitted:
  
  -US Supreme Court
  -US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  -Federal and State Bars of Maryland
  -District of Columbia Bar
  
  Former Chair – Advocacy Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association
  
  Former Chair - Immigration Law Section, The Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD
  
  Past President and member Board of Directors: Barnard in Washington (BIW)
  
  Past Member - Board of Directors: Center for Multicultural Human Services.

• Advocate of the Year - American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington D.C. Chapter
  
  Amelia Bel Rio Award - Barnard College
  
  Volunteer of the Year Award - League of Korean Americans
  
  Staff Editor - Duke University School of Law, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law

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