Allison McCarthy - West Des Moines, Iowa

About

Allison’s practice makes a speciality of crook defense, criminal protection for immigrants, criminal appeals, circle of relatives-based totally immigration, removal defense, immigration blessings for sufferers of domestic violence and other crimes (Violence Against Women Act and U-visa), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigration advantages for juveniles (Special Immigrant Juvenile visas and related guardianships), immigration appeals, and own family law cases. Allison is talented in Spanish, and many of her clients are Spanish-speaking simplest. Allison is likewise currently a Clinical Teaching Fellow at Drake University Law School’s Refugee Legal Clinic.
Allison McCarthy is a May 2007 graduate of the University of Iowa. During her undergraduate years, she participated inside the A. Craig Baird Debate Forum as a coverage debater, and studied overseas in Amsterdam. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. With Distinction in International Studies. Allison is also a December 2009 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. During her time at the University of Iowa College of Law, Allison participated in the college’s VAWA project, helping immigrant sufferers of home violence follow for immigration benefits. Allison additionally participated in the Skylark Project, wherein she helped prepare a a hit application for commutation of sentence for a domestic-violence victim serving a lifestyles sentence for a first-degree kidnapping conviction. Allison wrote for the Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, and her article, “The May 12, 2008 Postville, Iowa Immigration Raid: A Human Rights Perspective,” was posted within the journal’s wintry weather 2010 issue.
In addition to her enjoy in private exercise, Allison has labored as a judicial law clerk for the Iowa Supreme Court, and a public defender within the Louisville, Kentucky region.
Allison is an active member of the Iowa State Bar Association, Polk County Women Lawyers, and the Iowa Organization of Women Lawyers. › ›

Legal Issues

Immigration Law

Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders

DUI & DWI

Costs

• Payment With Credit Card

Certificates

Languages

• Spanish: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Clinical Teaching Fellow
  Drake University Law School
  2020
• Owner
  McCarthy Law, PC
  2020
• Associate Lawyer / West Des Moines Office Lead
  Vondra & Malott, PLC
  2015
• Public Defender
  Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy
  2015
• Judicial Law Clerk
  Supreme Court of Iowa
  2013
• Associate Lawyer
  Cole & Vondra PLC
  2010

Educations

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