Desmont P. FitzGerald

185 Devonshire Street,Suite 601 Boston, MA 02110

Summary Description

We are a team of client-focused multilingual attorneys and legal professionals in Boston, providing personalized legal solutions for immigration, criminal and personal injury matters. We work together with our clients to understand their objectives, formulate, and execute the best strategy to accomplish their goals. For us there is no greater joy than providing our clients with the results they yearn for.

Attorney Overview

As the son of an Irish immigrant Desmond P. FitzGerald understands why people wanted to come to America. As an attorney who helped his Colombian-born wife become an American citizen he understands what it takes to make this happen.

Through his personal and legal experience it became apparent to attorney FitzGerald that there was little ingenuity and a lack of a consultative, proactive solutions-based approach to the area of immigration law. In order to better meet this need in the community, Mr. FitzGerald decided to start his own firm, which through his leadership, creative approach and litigation success, grew into what is now FitzGerald & Company.

Understanding firsthand the anxieties associated with immigration, Desmond has not forgotten the importance of serving every client in a respectful and personalized manner. He likes to work closely with clients to identify their objectives and provide them with a goal-based strategy to help accomplish them. For Desmond and his team there is no greater joy and reward in the practice of law, than to provide clients with the results they dream of. This is why the majority of the new clients that come to the firm are referred by satisfied clients.

Attorney FitzGerald has successfully filed legal actions against numerous government agencies, including the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, for improperly denying licenses to immigrants and against the Immigration Service (USCIS) for failing to properly and timely adjudicate immigrant petitions.

Significant legal accomplishments include establishing the rights of step children of U.S. citizens to be recognized as “unconditional” legal permanent residents as well as getting the Immigration Service to accept applications from detained immigrants without a fee. As an experienced criminal litigator, attorney FitzGerald has particular expertise in minimizing negative immigration consequences of criminal charges.

For 7 years (2004 – 2010) Desmond FitzGerald was the legal counsel for the Colombian Consulate for New England and his firm has always recognized the benefits that the immigrant community provides to our region and nation and the importance of offering quality legal services to protect it.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College, Attorney FitzGerald had the opportunity to live in Bogotá, Colombia, where he studied Spanish at the Universidad Javeriana, before he received his law degree from the New England School of Law.

Attorney FitzGerald has been admitted by the Bar to practice law in Massachusetts, Florida, and Washington, D.C. and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.