Carl Harry Hurvich

Carl Hurvich is a Partner and Head of Immigration at Brooks Law Firm, recognized for his deep legal insight and commitment to protecting the rights of immigrants facing some of the most complex challenges in U.S. immigration law. He is licensed to practice in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York, and is admitted before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, with wide-ranging experience appearing before state and federal courts as well as all major immigration administrative bodies, including Immigration Court (EOIR), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

Carl earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Oberlin College in 2005, writing his senior thesis on modernism and exile in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2014, concentrating in civil procedure and litigation as well as constitutional law and government. During law school, Carl distinguished himself early, earning First Place Oralist honors in the Monrad G. Paulsen Moot Court Competition and serving on the Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society's Executive Board as Competitions Editor. He also served as a staff editor and symposium assistant for the Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender, was active with OUTlaw and the Public Interest Law Student Association, and completed Cardozo's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program. Through Cardozo's Civil Rights Clinic and Courtroom Advocates Project, Carl gained hands-on experience representing incarcerated clients in civil rights actions and domestic violence survivors in family court, arguing appeals before the Appellate Division, First Department, and securing orders of protection for clients — early training in appellate advocacy and constitutional law that would shape his career.

After law school, Carl clerked in the Chambers of Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan at the New York State Supreme Court, reviewing dispositive motions and briefs with a focus on criminal appeals and housing court determinations, and served as a Legal Fellow with the Public Advocate's Office, supporting litigation on behalf of New Yorkers and investigating civil rights violations by government agencies. He then moved into private practice in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, building a career centered on immigration, criminal defense, and family law. At firms including Rob Levine & Associates in Providence, Rhode Island, and Morretti Perlow and Bonin in Cranston, Rhode Island, Carl represented clients across a range of civil and family law matters, before joining Rubin Pomerleau PC in Boston, where he handled all aspects of immigration, criminal defense, and family law practice — including affirmative applications before USCIS, removal defense before the EOIR, and federal litigation in U.S. District Court and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Carl joined Brooks Law Firm as an Immigration Attorney in December 2023 and was named Partner and Head of Immigration in 2026, reflecting his growing leadership role within the firm's immigration practice. At Brooks Law Firm, Carl focuses extensively on the intersection of criminal and immigration law — often referred to as "crimmigration" — representing noncitizens who face immigration consequences due to past or pending criminal charges. His work includes removal defense, post-conviction relief, and complex waivers, as well as securing relief for clients with aggravated felony convictions, challenging inadmissibility and deportability findings, and navigating detention and bond hearings.

Carl's practice sits at the intersection of immigration law and civil rights, where he represents clients in complex affirmative benefit matters, removal defense, detention and bond proceedings, federal litigation, and challenges to wrongful denials of immigration benefits. He has litigated cutting-edge questions involving the limits of the government's authority to detain noncitizens, challenged unlawful USCIS and Department of State policies, and advocated for clients facing inadmissibility, deportability, and other barriers to lawful status. His work also includes advising clients on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and pursuing post-conviction relief for those seeking a path forward.

Across these matters, Carl is known for clear communication, rigorous legal research, and fearless advocacy in cases where liberty, family unity, civil rights, and lawful immigration status are at stake. Whether representing a client in deportation proceedings or working behind the scenes to vacate a harmful criminal conviction, Carl is driven by a belief in second chances and the power of the justice system to make them possible. His work reinforces Brooks Law Firm's reputation for handling complex immigration matters throughout Massachusetts and reflects his personal commitment to advocating for immigrants navigating the hardest chapters of their immigration journey.

Disclaimer: The languages listed on this profile reflect the firm's overall service capabilities. Attorney Carl Hurvich personally practices in English. For assistance in Spanish or Portuguese, Brooks Law Firm has qualified multilingual staff available.