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Sara is Counsel at Fragomen’s Boston office. She is experienced in assisting clients with a wide range of employment-based immigration law matters, including options for both nonimmigrant visa and permanent residence sponsorship. She has worked with a range of clients, including individuals, start-ups and multinational corporations. In addition to her employment-based immigration work, Sara has experience with family-based immigration and actively participates in a variety of pro bono activities.

Sara is an active member of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and has served as an editor of the chapter’s annual conference course book since 2013.

Sara speaks English and Spanish.

Education

  • Boston College Law School, J.D., 2008
  • Boston College, B.A., magna cum laude , 2005

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Admissions

Bar Admissions: Massachusetts

Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law

Awards

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2025

Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2022 to 2023

Listed in Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” 2015 to 2017

Professional accomplishments

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Experience

Represented clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).

Assisted with humanitarian relief work, including Temporary Protected Status (TPS) matters.

Designed and implemented TPS immigration legal workshops in response to the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Publications and lectures

Speaker, “Alternatives to the H-1B for STEM Graduates.” Interstride, Webinar, 4 October 2022.

Speaker, “U.S. Business Immigration Update – Spring 2022 ‘Positive Signs on the Horizon’.” Fragomen, Webinar, 30 March 2022.

Speaker, “Friday Fundamentals Series: Business Immigration 101.” Boston Bar Association, Webinar, 18 March 2022.

Co-editor, “Adjustment of Status for Beginning Practitioners.” In Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 341-357. United States: American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2013-2017. Print. 

Speaker, “Ethics Overview for Immigration Practitioners.” Lecture, Immigration Law: MCLE BasicsPlus! Conference, Boston, MA, December 2015 and December 2016.

Speaker, “Family-Based Immigration Basics.” Lecture, Immigration Section of the Boston Bar Association (BBA), Boston, MA, June 2016.

Speaker, “Family-Based Immigration Overview.” Lecture, 15th Annual MCLE Family-Based Immigration Conference 2016, Boston, MA, April 2016.

Speaker, “Topic: Group Processing Workshops.” Lecture, Catholic Legal Immigration Network’s Advanced Immigration Program Management Training, Boston, MA, August 2010.

Speaker, “Topic: Haitian TPS.” Lecture, Catholic Legal Immigration Network’s 13th Annual Convening, New Orleans, LA, May 2010.

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Fragomen Announces Five New Partners and Nine New CounselRead more

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Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™Read more

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January 6, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Announces Five New Partners and Nine New CounselRead more

August 19, 2024 | Awards

Fragomen Attorneys Recognized in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America™Read more

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Fragomen and Interstride Webinar Series: Immigration Options for STEM GraduatesRead more
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