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New York Law Firm Bretz & Coven Gets BIA Reversed for Failing to Consider Hardship to Family

Amanda E. Gray, New York City immigration lawyer of Bretz & Coven, won an appeal of the BIA’s reversal of the IJ’s grant of adjustment of status under INA § 245 and the case was remanded to the BIA to consider hardship to the petitioner’s family if he were deported

New York, NY (October 4, 2011) New York immigration law firm of Bretz & Coven, LLP’s associate attorney Amanda E. Gray won a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Gonzales Bordonave v. Holder, Docket Number 10-4906, September 27, 2011 (unpublished). The Court held that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) erred when it overturned the immigration judge’s grant of adjustment of status allowing Harold Gonzales to stay in the United States because it failed to consider hardship to his family if he were deported. The ruling further said that this is a factor that the immigration judge had considered and which the BIA is required to consider in adjustment of status cases. Read more about the BIA reversal for not  considering family hardship.

Lawyers at Bretz and Coven Announce Successful Resolution of Two Pro Bono Cases Involving Immigrants with Special Needs

New York immigration law firm Bretz & Coven, LLP helps a Haitian national and a Lebanese couple fight immigration rulings and win

NEW YORK, NY (July 7, 2011) —The New York immigration law firm of Bretz & Coven announces major successes in two recent pro bono cases. In one case, a Haitian national finally took the oath to become a United States citizen on July 1, 2011, after Bretz & Coven succeeded in reopening and terminating his deportation proceedings. The other case involves Lebanese parents with a young son suffering from a rare, life-threatening disease. With medicine for the child only available in the U.S., the family could not return to Lebanon when a deportation order was issued. Bretz & Coven filed a request for deferred action for the family that was granted for a two-year period.  Read more about two successful pro bono immigration cases>>

Bretz & Coven Legal Team Wins a Second Circuit Precedent to Revive Asylum Case for Chinese Dissident

In a landmark case before U.S. Court of Appeals, New York immigration law firm secures new opportunity at asylum for Chinese political activist seeking to avoid return to China

New York (Lexis Nexis) December 18, 2009 -- In a landmark case involving important legal issues that could affect political asylum cases nationwide, a legal team from the New York immigration law firm Bretz & Coven prevailed recently in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Read more about precedent-setting asylum case>>

New York City Immigration Lawyers Bretz & Coven, LLP Prevent Deportation of South Korean Nurse

Bretz & Coven, LLP have successfully blocked the removal proceedings against a Registered Nurse from South Korea, a Queens resident whose student visa had expired.

(Lexis Nexis) September 29, 2009 -- Manhattan Immigration Law Firm Bretz & Coven, LLP successfully represented a foreign registered nurse who was placed in removal proceedings. The Suffolk County resident is a South Korean woman in her thirties who entered the United States in 2002 on a student visa. Her multiple applications for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) were denied. With the help of Bretz & Coven, she received LPR status before the Immigration Court in New York City, believed to be the first successful case of its kind in New York and possibly in the country.  Read more about preventing South Korean nurse from being deported>>

About the Firm

Bretz & Coven, LLP is an immigration law firm in New York City. Their attorneys serve arriving and established immigrants who seek the privileges and benefits of U.S. visitation, lawful permanent residence, deportation defense and immigration service waivers. They speak over 20 languages, and many of their attorneys and staff have been through the federal immigration process before they worked at Bretz & Coven.