Attorneys
Litigation Attorney
Ellen McCloy
Ms. McCloy works exclusively in the Immigration Division of CLG but she has considerable legal experience handling a wide variety of legal matters including criminal defense, bankruptcy, domestic relations and real estate. In addition, for seven years, Ms. McCloy worked as an adjunct professor teaching legal courses at Trident Technical Community College in Charleston, SC.
Email: ellen@communitylawgroup.com
Education:
- (2015-2018)
Spring Hill College: Bachelor of Science in Sociology
- (2008-2013)
Saint Louis University College of Law: Juris Doctorate
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Professional background
Ms. McCloy is a staff attorney at Community Law Group in the Immigration Division. Prior to joining CLG Ms. McCloy volunteered with the Dilley Pro Bono Project (DPBP), a collaboration of the American Immigration Council, Immigration Justice Campaign and others. DPBP provides legal services to mothers and children who are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the South Texas Family Residential Center, fleeing extreme violence in Central America and elsewhere and are seeking asylum in the United States.
Community
Ms. McCloy also volunteered with Aldea working on behalf of mothers, fathers and children detained in Berks County Residential Center, an immigrant detention center in Leesport, Pennsylvania. Ms. McCloy endeavors to provide clients with information about their immigration case while working with each client to develop a strategy for their individual case. Ms. McCloy believes that each client deserves an advocate who will fight for them
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court – Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- As well as All Courts of the State of New York
Memberships
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Columbian Lawyers of Queens County
- U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York
- Columbian Lawyers of Suffolk County
- Confederation of Columbian Lawyers
