OFFICE: New York
PRACTICE AREA: Immigration, International and Human Rights Law
Federica Dell’Orto is a New York based attorney, she has extensive experience in immigration, international, human rights law and in complex litigation matters. For years Ms. Dell’Orto has represented clients in Court during removal proceedings as well as in asylum, bond, cancellation of removal and adjustment hearings. She has also matured ample experience with the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Dell’Orto has an international legal education background. She was born in Italy where she obtained her JD from the University of Milan focusing on EU and International Law. She completed an LL.M in Los Angeles, in Public International Law and became licensed to practice law in California. She is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She served as Chair of the International Law Section of the Federal Bar Association, the primary professional organization for private and Government lawyers and judges sitting in federal courts in the United States. She is currently past Chair of the Section and is a representative of the Federal Bar at the United Nations through the Association’s consultative status. Ms. Dell’Orto periodically publishes articles in multiple legal journals discussing the latest developments in the field of International, Human Rights and Immigration Law and advocating for the furtherance of civil and constitutional rights as well as the development of domestic policies aimed at protecting them.