Carolina Theresa Curbelo

I represent individuals in immigration proceedings before U.S. Immigration Courts as well as before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for family-based petitions, naturalization, and humanitarian relief such as asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, VAWA and T visas. I have significant experience representing individuals in humanitarian immigration claims, including asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention against Torture. I have represented political activists, those fleeing from forms of gender-based violence, those fleeing gang violence, and members of the LGBTQ community from all over the world. I am particularly skilled at representing unaccompanied minor children and teenagers. My practice also includes family based immigration claims, bond for detained individuals, and immigration assistance for those with criminal records, and advising small businesses and entrepreneurs in business immigration matters. As the mother of a twice-exceptional child, I have first-hand experience negotiating and navigating the special education process. I have represented parents and their children at IEP meetings, due process hearings and settlement negotiations. During my summers in law school, I worked as a real estate agent for my aunt’s real estate brokerage in Northern New Jersey. From the offer to the closing, I provide insightful advice and tenacious representation that real estate clients need. I focus on providing personal service and individual attention no matter how complex or straightforward the real estate matter. I have represented sellers and purchasers of all types of real estate, whether residential, commercial or condominium properties. I also have experience representing clients who are facing foreclosure. I am a graduate of Vermont Law School and a graduate of Rutgers University. I am fluent in Spanish. After law school, I clerked for the Hon. Joseph S. Conte, J.S.C. in the Civil Divisio