As a second generation Italian-American, I have a great appreciation for the immigrant experience, genealogy and the history of immigration in the United States. I have practiced immigration law since 1990 and have had my solo practice since 2000. My office handles all manner of immigration cases including employment and family-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, orphan & adoption-based immigration, adjustment of status applications, consular processing, naturalization, derivative citizenship, removal defense, waivers for individuals with J-1 status, and waiver applications for other grounds of inadmissibility including fraud, criminal offenses, unlawful presence and health related factors.
I have been an adjunct professor of immigration law at New York Law School. I was a co-director of the law school's Safe Passage Immigration Project (focusing on special immigrant juvenile cases) from 2007 to 2012. I also have served as an adjunct professor in the Legal Studies department of Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York and as a visiting adjunct professor at ADA Academy (university) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
My hobbies include travel, cooking, improv, stand up comedy, family history/genealogy and writing short stories. I am an avid collector of immigration-related films!
Practice areas
All areas of U.S. immigration law including employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; family-based immigration; naturalization; derivative citizenship, waiver applications and removal defense.
32 years
8 years
Languages spoken
Spanish
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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NY | Currently registered | 1997 | 07/14/2022 |
IL | Active And Authorized To Practice Law | 1990 | 06/13/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Immigration Law-New York Metro | SuperLawyers | 2020 |
Immigration Law-Metro New York | SuperLawyers | 2019 |
Immigration-New York Metro | SuperLawyers | 2018 |
Immigration, New York Metro | SuperLawyers | 2017 |
Immigration, New York City Metro Area | SuperLawyers | 2016 |
SuperLawyer New York Metro, Immigration | SuperLawyers | 2015 |
Pro Bono Recognition Certificate | American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2015 |
New York Super Lawyer-Metro NY | New York Super Lawyers | 2014 |
Pro Bono Recognition Certificate | American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2013 |
Social Media Ambassador--AC180 | American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2012 |
Award for distinguished service | NYLS Safe Passage Immigration Project | 2012 |
Pro Bono Recognition Certificate | American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2012 |
Pro Bono Recognition Certificate | American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2011 |
10 years of Distinguished Service as an Adjunct Professor | New York Law School | 2011 |
In recognition of service & dedication, media committee | NY Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2007 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Attorney | Law Office of Lindsay A. Curcio | 2000 - Present |
Adjunct Professor | Molloy College | 2016 - 2020 |
Co-Director | New York Law School-Safe Passage Immigration Project | 2007 - 2012 |
Adjunct Professor | Seton Hall Law School | 2006 - 2006 |
Adjunct Professor | New York Law School | 2002 - 2016 |
Senior Associate Attorney | Levitt and Needleman, P.C. | 1997 - 2000 |
Associate Attorney | Law Offices of Frances C. Berger | 1995 - 1997 |
Associate/Senior Associate Attorney | Fragomen, Del Rey & Bernsen, P.C. | 1990 - 1994 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Niagara County Bar Association | Member | 2019 - Present |
National Writers Union | NWU Volunteer Contract Advisor | 2013 - Present |
Sisters in Crime, National, NYC & Chicago Chapters | member | 2012 - Present |
National Writers Union | Member | 2012 - Present |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | member, New York Chapter | 1994 - Present |
Illinois State Bar Association | member | 1991 - Present |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Annual Conference Planning Committee | 2015 - 2016 |
Metro Labor Communications Council | board member | 2014 - 2016 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Publications Committee--Member | 2014 - 2018 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Rome District Chapter | Member, Practice Management Committee | 2013 - 2014 |
American Immigration Lawyers Assocation, New York Chapter | Member, Advocacy Committee | 2013 - 2014 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Member, USCIS Office of Field Operation Liaison Committee | 2013 - 2014 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Member, Distance Learning Committee | 2012 - 2013 |
New York County Lawyers' Association | Member | 2012 - 2016 |
NY Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association | Co-Chair, Advocacy & Media Committee | 2012 - 2013 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Member, Fall Conference Committee | 2012 - 2012 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | member-Rome District Chapter | 2010 - 2018 |
Center for International Legal Studies | Fellow, Congress of Fellows | 2008 - 2019 |
International Bar Association | member | 2007 - 2018 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | Media Committee Coordinator--New York Chapter | 2005 - 2008 |
American Studies Association | member | 2004 - 2013 |
Brooklyn Bar Association | member | 2001 - 2012 |
New York City Bar Association | Immigration & Nationality Committee--member | 1999 - 2002 |
New York City Bar Association | member | 1999 - 2018 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association | member, Chicago Chapter | 1991 - 1994 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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American Immigration Lawyers Association, annual conference handbook | Peer Review, Fundamentals, Immigration Law Handbook | 2020 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference | Fundamentals, Immigration Law, Peer reviewer | 2019 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association conference handbook | Issues in Proving and Documenting Birthright, Acquired, and Derivative U.S. Citizenship | 2019 |
Fundamentals Immigration Handbook, American Immigration Lawyers Association | Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship | 2018 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association Conference Handbook | Fundamentals, Immigration Law, Peer reviewer | 2018 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Annual Conference | Fundamentals, Immigration Law, Peer reviewer | 2017 |
Where Crime Never Sleeps: Murder New York Style, Anthology, Level Best Books | I Gotta Be Me (short story) | 2017 |
AILA Spring Handbook | Peer Reviewer | 2016 |
AILA Conference Handbook | Fundamentals, Immigration Law, Peer reviewer | 2016 |
Navigating Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 2015-2016, American Immigration Lawyers Association | Peer Reviewer | 2015 |
AILA NY Symposium Handbook | Co-editor | 2015 |
AILA NY 17th Annual Immigration Law Symposium Handbook | Peer Reviewer | 2014 |
Family Matters, Murder New York Style 3, anthology, Glenmere Press | We All Have Baggage, (short story) | 2014 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) | Co-editor, Annual Conference Handbook | 2014 |
Lexis/Matthew Bender | Textbook: Co-author with L. Benson, S. Yale-Loehr, & V. Jeffers, Immigration Law: Problems & Strategies | 2013 |
AILA National Conference Handbook | Updates on Unlawful Presence, Co-author with Russell Abrutyn, Esq. | 2013 |
Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law: Guidance and Tips for Successful Practice (AILA Publications) | Co-editor, American Immigration Lawyers Association | 2013 |
AILA Annual Conference Handbook 2012 | Unlawful Presence, co-author with Raed Gonzalez, Esq. & Faye Folly, Esq. | 2012 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) | Nuts and Bolts, I-601 Waivers co-authored with Kerry Doyle & Philip Hornik | 2012 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association Fall Conference Handbook | Spotting Inadmissibility Issues co-authored with John Klow & Jan Pedersen | 2012 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter Symposium Handbook | Step Right Up: Strategies for Waiting Times in Family-based Immigration | 2012 |
When In Rome, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Rome District Newsletter | Camille & Lindsay's Do's & Don'ts for Social Media co-authoried with Camille Mackler | 2012 |
AILA Fall Conference Handbook | Fall Conference Handbook--co-editor | 2012 |
AILA Fall Conference Handbook | Issues in Spotting Inadmissibility, Co-author with Jan Pedersen, Esq. and John B. Klow | 2012 |
guestblog, Socialfish | Lawyers Debrief: Participation in Social Media Contest to Promote Contest, Co-author Camille Mackler | 2012 |
AILA Ethics & Practice Management Newsletter | Online Client Reviews Increase Firm's Visibility, co-author, Stuart Reich | 2011 |
AILA Fall Conference Handbook | Co-editor with Danielle Rizzo, Esq. | 2011 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association-AILA | Co-editor with E. Curray, AILA Fall Conference Handbook | 2010 |
AILA National Conference Handbook | Milestone Ages for Children in Immigration Law, Co-author with M. Goldman & L. Holman | 2010 |
AILA VOICE, Sept 2010 | Child: How Do We Define Thee? An Age-Old Question Under the INA, co-author with Mo Goldman & Leslie Holman | 2010 |
AILA NY conference handbook | On Your Own--Practical Considerations for Going Solo, Co-author with S. Reich & J. Brown | 2009 |
AILA National Conference Handbook | Green-Card--It's Not Like in the Movies--Preparing Your Clients for Marriage Based Interviews, Co-author with R. Mendoza, M. Saenz-Rodriguez & J. Willmoth | 2009 |
Center for International Legal Studies | When Bad Things Happen to Good Employees: Waivers of Inadmissibility for Foreign Nationals Entering the United States for Temporary Employment | 2009 |
AILA | Co-editor with K. Wolman, The Tenth Annual AILA NY Chapter Immigration Law Symposium Handbook | 2007 |
AILA national conference handbook | Creating Effective H-3 Training Programs, Co-author with L. edgerton & N. Itchhaporia | 2007 |
National Association of Women Judges | Immigration Law: A Topic of Interest to All, Co-author with L. Benson | 2007 |
Lorman Education Services | Employment-based Immigrant Visas, Business Immigration Law | 2007 |
Center for International Legal Studies | Strategies for Investment-based Nonimmigrant & Immigrant Visas for the U.S. | 2007 |
AILA | Co-editor with K. Wolman, A Bite of Immigration from the Big Apple: The Ninth Annual AILA New York Chapter Immigration Law Symposium Handbook | 2006 |
AILA NY conference handbook | Introduction to Marriage-based Immigration, Co-author with S. Dahl & L. Yanez | 2000 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law | Graduate Certificate | 2016 |
Lazarski University/Center for International Legal Studies | LLM | 2014 |
Fordham University, Graduate School of Business | master's of business administration | 1996 |
Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT | Juris Doctor | 1990 |
Northwestern University | bachelor's | 1984 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Lawline | Immigration Law and Ethics | 2020 |
Lawline | Update Family-based Immigration | 2020 |
AILA Upstate NY Chapter/Ontario Bar Association Fall Conference | Ethics Issues in Immigration Law: U.S. and Canadian Perspectives | 2020 |
Lawline | Inadmissibility, Deportability, and Waivers | 2019 |
Practising Law Institute | Fundamentals of Immigration Law | 2019 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference | What Do You Mean I'm Not a U.S. Citizen | 2019 |
Practising Law Institute | Fundamentals of Immigration Law | 2018 |
Annual Conference | Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship | 2018 |
Practising Law Institute Immigration Law | Fundamentals of Immigration Law | 2017 |
Lawline Immigration Presentation | Family-based immigration law | 2017 |
Lawline | Ethics and Immigration Law | 2017 |
Update on Immigration Law | Waivers | 2017 |
Conference for The Clinic, (Sharma Crawford Law Firm) | Asylum Law | 2017 |
PLI Fundamentals of Immigration Law | Immigration Law Basics | 2016 |
World Press Freedom Day | Media & Immigration | 2016 |
AILA Annual Conference | Waivers | 2016 |
ADA University, Baku, Azerbaijan | US Law--2 Week Course | 2015 |
Chapter Meeting | Social Media for Immigration Lawyers | 2015 |
BIA Accreditation Training | Waivers | 2015 |
Annual Conference | Immigration & Adoption, Habitual Residence | 2015 |
AILA NY Chapter Meeting | Preparing for Immigration Interviews | 2015 |
AILA NY 17th Annual Immigration Law Symposium | Waivers | 2014 |
The NYIC Immigration Courses | U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization | 2014 |
Marino Legal CLE NYC | Immigration Law Overview | 2014 |
AILA National Conference, Boston, June 2014 | Immigration Law Basics | 2014 |
Immigration Law | Immigration Law Fundamentals | 2014 |
Training for BIA Accreditation | Immigration & Nonimmigrant Waivers | 2014 |
FindSpark Find & Follow Your Passion | International in the U.S.: Visas | 2014 |
AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco | Unlawful Presence | 2013 |
Immigration Training | Waivers | 2013 |
Immigration Training | Waivers | 2013 |
Immigration Training | Employment-based Immigration | 2013 |
Immigration, Eotvos Lorand Law School, Budapest, Hungary | U.S. Visa Alternatives for Entrepreneurs | 2013 |
Webinar | Don't Mess with Taxes | 2013 |
AILA Annual Conference 2012, Nashville | Unlawful Presence | 2012 |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter Symposium | Family-based immigration | 2012 |
NJICLE Immigration CLE | Waivers | 2012 |
AILA Fall Conference, Montreal, Canada | Waiver Simulation Exercise Panel | 2012 |
9th Annual Adoption Conference | Alternatives to immigration through adoption | 2012 |
AILA Webinar | Nuts & Bolts Guide to I-601 Waivers | 2012 |
CILS Immigration & Employment Law Conference, Salzburg, Austria | Immigration Law & Children | 2011 |
AILA NY Immigration Law Symposium | Waivers | 2011 |
NYLS Safe Passage SIJS Training | Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Training | 2011 |
Marino CLE Programs | Fundamentals of Immigration Law | 2011 |
NYCLA cle | Ethics and Immigration Law | 2011 |
8th Annual Adoption Law & Policy Conference | Immigration and Adoption Law | 2011 |
ILW.com teleconference cle | Citizenship | 2010 |
AILA National Conference, National Harbor, Maryland | Milestone Ages for Children in Immigration Law | 2010 |
Immigration Law Teachers Conference, Chicago | Using Non-Traditional Media in the Teaching of Immigration Law | 2010 |
AILA NY Chapter cle | The Ins & Outs of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases | 2010 |
7th Annual Adoption Law Conference | Immigration Law & Adoption | 2010 |
Safe Passage Immigration Project | Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Training | 2010 |
AILA NY Chapter Conference | Considerations for Solo Practice | 2009 |
Safe Passage Immigration Project cle | Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Training | 2009 |
CILS Employment Law Conference, Salzburg, Austria | Inadmissibility and Waivers | 2009 |
AILA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV | Preparing Marriage Based Immigration Cases | 2009 |
Annual Adoption Law Conference | Immigration and Adoption | 2009 |
AILA NY Conference | Immigration Law and Children | 2008 |
Safe Passage Immigration Project | Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Training | 2008 |
AILA teleconference cle | H-3 & J-1 Training Programs | 2008 |
Fifth Annual Adoption Policy Conference | Immigration and Adoption | 2008 |
AILA NY Chapter | Waivers | 2007 |
New York Immigration Coalition | Family-based Immigration & Consular Processing | 2007 |
CILS Immigration Law Conference, Kitzbuhel, Austria | Investment-based Nonimmigrant & Immigrant Visas | 2007 |
Employment-based Immigration Seminar | Business Immigration | 2007 |
AILA National Conference, Orlando, FL | Creating Effective H-3 Training Programs | 2007 |
National Association of Women Judges Conference, Albany, NY | Immigration Law Primer | 2007 |
HIAS Young Leaders Event | Immigration Toolbox | 2006 |
AILA National Conference | I-601 Waivers, Unlawful Presence | 2006 |
Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA | The Portrayal of War & the Enemy in Television Sit-coms | 2006 |
Italian Graduate Society Conference | Examining Italian-American Stereotypes in Film & Television in America | 2005 |
New York Law School event | Immigration Law Today | 2003 |
Association of the Bar of the City of New York & Legal Aid Society | Business Immigration Law for Attorneys in the Non-profit Sector | 2002 |
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Somair Alam, Immigration Attorney on Feb 11, 2017
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
A top-notch immigration attorney. Highly respected in the legal community.
Valentine Wallace, Immigration Attorney on Jun 3, 2014
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Top notch. Lindsay is a very dedicated, knowledgeable and compassionate immigration lawyer, and a wonderful person. Very highly recommended!
Karin Wolman, Immigration Attorney on Aug 31, 2012
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Lindsay and I have served together on innumerable committees, and I trust her judgment - as a lawyer and as a human being. She is extremely knowledgeable, ethical, dedicated and a passionate and compassionate advocate for her clients.
Camille Mackler, Immigration Attorney on Nov 5, 2010
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
Lindsay taught me most of what I needed to know to start my career in immigration law when I was a student in her class at New York Law School. As I have grown as an immigration attorney in the New York legal community, Lindsay has continued to be a resource and mentor. Her seemingly limitless knowledge is matched only by her enthusiasm for her work.
Stuart Reich, Immigration Attorney on Aug 28, 2010
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
I have known Lindsay since 1997, when we both practiced at the same firm. She is not only a dear friend.and valued colleague but a constant source of wisdom and guidance - legal,ethical, and interpersonal. As solos, we often need to discuss the more complex issue to gain clarity - Lindsay is the person I count on for those discussions of the most difficult and complicated legal questions. She has my highest recommendation.
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