Melissa Barbosa Kobernitski - of Counsel

Melissa Barbosa Kobernitski is a highly skilled attorney. She is well-versed in handling immigration law cases, including asylum, deportation, cancellation of removal, citizenship, visa petitions, and business-related immigration matters. She is experienced in handling family-based immigration cases and criminal immigration matters. She has helped several minors seek Special Immigrant Juvenile status.

Ms. Barbosa Kobernitski is admitted to practice immigration law anywhere in the U.S. and is licensed in the state of New York. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), New York State Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, American Association for Justice, and Hispanic National Bar Association. She obtained a Master of Laws degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2009. She is a native of Brazil and has been living in the U.S. since 2008. She has a passion for the law, especially immigration law. She was awarded the Notable Brazilian Award in 2019 for serving the Brazilian community in the U.S. in the legal field. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2011
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2013
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2013

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York
  Masters of Law – 2009
• University of the Itajai Valley, Brazil
  J.D. – 2007