Law Office of Derek Decosmo

Our firm is experienced in practicing in all areas of immigration law, including representing clients in applications for adjustment of status, family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, and political asylum. We take great joy and pride in assisting our clients in obtaining legal residence, citizenship, protection from persecution, and in being reunited with family. We also understand that the U.S. economy is in need of all types of workers, from farm workers to research scientists. We help employers meet their needs for foreign born workers and we find it rewarding to help our clients realize the American dream of working in, contributing to, and creating in the United States. In addition to the full range of services described above, our firm specializes in defending non-citizen clients in the immigration, criminal, and municipal courts and in representing our clients in immigration-related litigation in the federal courts. Our firm was founded because our lead attorney, Derek A. DeCosmo, recognized the growing need of South Jersey's immigrant communities to have access to a local attorney who understands the serious immigration consequences that can result when a non-citizen is charged with or convicted of a crime. We recognized the need for an attorney who is able to represent non-citizens in both the criminal and immigration courts. It is our understanding of the criminal justice system and the full-range of available immigration benefits that uniquely positions our firm to provide high-level representation to non-citizen clients charged with crimes. In representing non-citizens in the criminal or municipal courts we use our experience and resources in order to avoid convictions for aggravated felonies, crimes of moral turpitude, and crimes of violence which could result in removal, the denial of adjustment of status, or the denial of naturalization. In representing non-citizens before the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service or the immigration courts, we utilize our experience as a full-service immigration law firm to identify all possible applications relief and benefits. We will also work diligently to seek relief in the criminal courts where the conviction(s) occurred, which may include filing motions to reduce, modify or dismiss the conviction(s) so that they cannot be used against our clients in immigration removal proceedings. Finally, our firm is one of the most experienced in New Jersey in litigating immigration cases in the federal courts. We represent clients in the circuit courts of appeal in petitions for review of final orders of removal and in complaints for writs of habeas corpus. We also represent clients in the district courts in actions for writs of mandamus to compel adjudication of applications for adjustment of status, naturalization, and for review of naturalization denials.