Dedicated Service For Immigrants And Families

Alison Berry Esq.

Alison Berry Esq.

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Practice Areas

  • Immigration and Naturalization law

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1979
  • Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1974
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Major: Psychology

Bar Admission

  • Pennsylvania, 1979
  • New York, 1985
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Published Works

  • Unemployment Compensation Disqualification Upon Relocation to Accompany Spouse 19 Clearinghouse Review 154, June, 1985
  • Affirmative Action in the 1985 Supreme Court Term 20 Clearinghouse Review 818, November, 1986

Past Positions

  • Westchester County Human Rights Commission, Administrative Law Judge
  • New York Department of Education (City and State), Hearing Officer
  • National Employment Law Project, Inc. in New York City, Staff Attorney and Deputy Director
  • Sun International, Inc., a division of SUNOCO, in Pennsylvania, Staff Attorney

Languages

  • French

Professional Associations

  • Westchester/Putnam Legal Services, Incorporated, Director, 1988 to 2000
  • White Plains Community Health Fair, Inc., Director, 1996 to 2002
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
  • National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
  • Varick Street Detention Project, a collaboration of AILA and the New York City Bar Justice Center, Volunteer, Present

Current Employment Position

  • Sole Practitioner