Matthew L. Guadagno

Mr. Guadagno focuses his immigration practice on deportation defense and federal litigation.  He is the supervisor for federal practice at Bretz & Coven and directs the firm’s briefs and motions before the Board of Immigration Appeals. 

He has litigated throughout the United States and is the attorney of record for numerous precedent decisions.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Guadagno volunteered for three years with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York and taught at the New York Paralegal School.  He speaks regularly at continuing legal education classes and presently manages Bretz & Coven’s immigration law intern program. 

Mr. Guadagno serves on the Advisory Committee to the Legal Action Center of the American Immigration Council (formerly known as the American Immigration Law Foundation) and the Amicus Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Associations' National Office.  He was listed in the September 2008 and September 2009  publications of New York Super Lawyers.

Admitted to Practice:

• New York 1994
• U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit 1999
• U.S. Supreme Court 2003
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York 2003
• U.S. Courts of Appeals, First, Third and Eleventh Circuits 2003
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit 2008

Education:

• Juris Doctor, Quinnipac University School of Law 1993
• Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University 1990

Reported Cases:

• Garcia-Padron v. Holder, 558 F.3d 196 (2d Cir. 2009)
• Samuels v. Chertoff, 550 F.3d 252 (2d Cir. 2008)
• Martinez v. Mukasey, 551 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2008)
• Walcott v. Chertoff, 517 F.3d 149 (2d Cir. 2008)
• Blake v. Carbone, 489 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2007)
• Wilson v. Gonzales, 471 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2006)
• United States v. Lopez, 445 F.3d 90 (2d Cir. 2006)
• Sepulveda v Gonzales, 407 F.3d 59 (2d Cir. 2005)
• Zalawedia v. Ashcroft, 371 F.3d 292 (5th Cir. 2004)
• Restrepo v. McElroy, 369 F.3d 627 (2d Cir. 2004)
• Khouzam v Ashcroft, 361 F.3d 161 (2d Cir. 2004)
• Jobson v. Ashcroft, 326 F.3d 367 (2d Cir. 2003)
• Iavorski v. INS, 232 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2000)
• Hynes v. Coughlin, 79 F.3d 285 (2d Cir. 1996)

Lawyer Memberships:

• American Immigration Lawyers Association

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