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Melanie Shapiro | Norwood Immigration Lawyer

Melanie Shapiro

Melanie Shapiro

Law Office of Melanie Shapiro, LLC

Immigration, Criminal, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Federal Appellate Practice, Asylum, Appeals

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Experience: 13 years
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Main Office

60 Guild Street
Suite 2
Norwood, MA 02062

Office Hours

Monday - Friday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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About Melanie

Experience

Bar Advocate

Worcester District Court

2022-2024

Worcester, MA

Attorney/ Owner

Law Office of Melanie Shapiro, LLC

07/01/2014

Massachusetts

Admission

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

2021

Verified Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts

2014

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

2014

Verified Executive Office of Immigration Review

2012

Verified Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

2012

Education

Roger Williams University School of Law

J.D.

2012

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
Honors / Awards
  • Top Women of Law, Lawyers Weekly
    2022
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers
    2018-2025
  • Pro Bono Star, American Immigration Lawyers Association
    2015
  • CALI (the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
    2011
  • Excellence for the Future Award: Genocide & Atrocity Crimes
  • Roger Williams University School of Law
  • Excellence for the Future Award: Immigration Clinic
  • A. Robert Rainville Leadership Award, University of Rhode Island
    2009
  • Mother Jones Award, University of Rhode Island
    2009

Notable Work

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS



Shapiro, Melanie () “Humanitarian Parole to the United States: The Case of a Gay Man Fleeing Afghanistan,” Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 5.

2024


Melanie Shapiro, Esq. and Donna M. Hughes, Ph.D., Decriminalized Prostitution: Impunity for Violence and Exploitation, 52 Wake Forest L. Rev. 533 ().

2017


Melanie Shapiro, Navigating One-Parent SIJS Cases, VOICE, at 19 ().

2015

Additional Info

Founded 2014

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Immigration, Deportation, Visa, , Appeals

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Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
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