Caroly Pedersen

Caroly Pedersen

4.9
Rating: 7.3

Licensed for 36 years

Immigration Lawyer at Weston, FL
Practice Areas: Immigration, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

2771 Executive Park Drive., Suite 4, Weston, FL

About Caroly

Biography

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Immigration 70%

Over 20 years of experience in successfully obtaining Green Cards, Work Visas and Immigration benefits for Immigrants worldwide! We handle all areas of Federal Immigration and Citizenship.

37 years

70%
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 30%

The Bankruptcy Law Center, Law Firm of Caroly Pedersen, P.A. is dedicated to providing clients with exceptional, friendly, compassionate and caring personal service. We are on your side and you will know it from the moment you meet us. Your success is our greatest reward !

26 years

30%

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 36 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 1989

Member in Good Standing

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2005

Location

Pedersen Law

2771 Executive Park Drive., Suite 4, Weston, FL, 33331

Mailing Address:

15751 Sheridan St # 110, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 333313486

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Caroly Pedersen's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

121 Client Reviews

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Showing 16 - 20 of 21 reviews | General Knowledge

Posted by Celina | March 10, 2014 | Immigration

Caroly Rocks! :)

Caroly is a warm and caring person. She makes you feel very welcomed. She also made the whole process of H1B and Residency very easy and understandable, guiding me through what needed to be done. I highly recommend her!!!!

Posted by Lisa | January 31, 2013

Amazing Attorney And Wonderful Human Being!

Caroly Pedersen is the ONLY attorney I would recommend. Her best qualities professionally are that she has excellent knowledge of the law, always keeps you up to date with what to expect and what is happening, guides you through every step of the way, always responds quickly, always has time for you ...and always answers your questions fully in ways you can understand, not "lawyer talk". She takes time to put your fears to rest and instills a confidence in the process that I never had from any other attorney. Personally she is such a sweetie, a genuinely lovely person who really cares about her work and her clients. Caroly has been attorney, confident, agony aunt, friend, teacher and now we considered her part of the family. She has helped my husband and I gain the stability for our future that we had been dreaming of. I really can't say enough good things about Caroly and her abilities.

Posted by Dean | January 29, 2012 | Immigration

Dean - you can contact me... you should hire Caroly

I have 25 years experience as a client for legal services, and 20 years experience with immigration lawyers. I have hired or interviewed many (more than 15) of them. Bottom line, hire Caroly. I am authorizing Caroly to provide my email or cell phone to anyone who contacts her and asks for a reference.... I am happy to discuss. Caroly will take personal care of your immigration matter. She will provide an ACCURATE assessment of your situation, and she will be open and honest about any risks. She will not try to scare you into paying too much for handling your immigration. I recently had an attorney try to charge me 5x what Caroly charged me for the same immigration matter. He said there were "unwritten rules" which would make my case extremely difficult. This was untrue - Caroly did the work, and my case was approved with no questions asked, in the minimum amount of time expected. I have had lawyers try to tell me my case was "simple" just to get the work, and they knew nothing about what they were talking about. Caroly knows what she is doing, and she will be honest, professional, smart, diligent, and fair with you. You want your case handled properly, and you don't want to pay too much - I know. Immigration is a "personal" matter and it is sometimes stressful and emotional, so some lawyers will take advantage of you in this situation. Caroly will take care of you, she will provide timely accurate information throughout the process, and she will get you the best result possible. Contact Caroly, and if you want a "live" reference, ask for my (Dean) contact information and she will provide it to you. I am doing this, becasue I will be helping YOU make the right decision - the decision to hire Caroly.

Posted by anonymous | November 06, 2011 | Immigration

Clyde recommends Caroly Pedersen, she is the best lawyer to represent you...

Caroly Pedersen is undoubtedly one of the best Immigration Lawyers in South Florida today. Caroly has a great deal of knowledge in this area of the law and this accompanied by her very personal and sincere approach gives you the confidence you need when dealing with USCIS. Maru (a member of Caroly’...s legal team) is also a great asset to the Pedersen Law Practice. I call them the “Dynamics Duo” because they really work very hard as a team to present a solution to any issues you may have with your Immigration Application. I walked into her office and had a worried look on my face but by the time I left I knew that I picked the right person to represent my son and I (I30 Visa Petition for my son was approved in a relatively short period of time). If you want a Winning team to represent you, then look no further, Caroly will look after you as if it was her own case..

Posted by Denise | July 17, 2011 | Immigration

Wonderful, Professional, and Excellent Service

Caroly Pedersen and her staff of trained professionals made my entire experience not only stress free, but comforting as well. Pedersen was such a help to me whenever I had any questions or concerns about any paperwork of information I needed to submit or recieve. She was timely and extremely knowled...geable. I was so very impressed with all of the care and ease she put into my case. She provided me with the service to help me get my H1V Visa, my Tourist Visa, and finally she helped me to acquire my Permanent Residency (Green Card) here in the United States. I felt like I was always taken care of by her and her team, and they actually showed and I felt as though they really cared about my case and my concerns. By far she is one of the very best attorneys I have ever dealt with in all of my years of dealing with Immigration Services and the INS.

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Caroly Pedersen's Lawyer Endorsements

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Kimberly Lehrman

Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer | Feb 20

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Caroly Pedersen is an excellent lawyer. She cares deeply about her clients and their legal issues. Caroly Pedersen is highly competent in the areas of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Immigration Law. I highly recommend her."

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Elias Dsouza

Immigration lawyer | Nov 29

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"A great immigration attorney. Very knowledgeable, professional and caring. I highly recommend to all my friends, family and colleagues. Always a pleasure to work with."

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Evita Tolu

Immigration lawyer | Apr 29

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse Caroly Pedersen. She is diligent, detail oriented and she thinks outside of the box. These qualities are a must in ever changing immigration law climate."

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Kimberly Lehrman

Bankruptcy and debt lawyer

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Evita Tolu

Immigration lawyer

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Carlos Duque

Immigration lawyer

Experience

Rating:  7.3 (Very Good)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2005.

Public Reprimand - with Conditions issued in FL, 2005

updated on 10/06/2015

Public reprimand means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The Bar warns the lawyer in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior and places conditions on the lawyer's license.

Caroly’s comment:

“The case involved an advertising error only, there was never any issue relating to my representation of a client. It was a technical violation of the Florida Bar rules relating to ads only.”

Honors

2014

Best Immigration Attorney, Weston Gazette

2013

Best Attorney 2013, Weston Gazette

Work Experience

2010 - Present

Managing Attorney Partner, Pedersen Law

Associations

1998 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Member

1989 - Present

Florida Bar Association

Member

1989 - Present

United States Distric Court - Southern Florida

Admitted To Practice

1989 - Present

United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida

Admitted To Practice

Education

1989

Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center

JD - Juris Doctor

1986

University of South Florida

Bachelor of Science

Publications

2013

National Weekly Immigration News & Updates

2013

ElColombiano Newspaper Inmigracion

2013

American Immigration Central This Week's Immigration News

2012

National Weekly Immigration News & Updates

2012

ElColombiano Newspaper Inmigracion

2012

American Immigration Central This Weeks Immigration News

2011

National Weekly Immigration News & Updates

2011

ElColombiano Newspaper Inmigracion

2011

American Immigration Central This Weeks Immigration News

Languages

Spanish

English

Activity

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