Catherine O. Brown

Catherine O. Brown is the managing partner of the Law Office of Catherine Brown, LLC in Lafayette, Colorado. She has practiced exclusively in immigration law since 2002 and has operated her own firm since 2005. Brown helps clients in Colorado, across the United States, and around the world with family-based immigration, employment-based visas, green cards, waivers, citizenship, asylum, appellate work, and removal-related matters.

Brown earned her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 2000, graduating Order of the Coif in the top 10 percent of her class. She also earned a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1991 and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame in 1989, graduating cum laude. Her education supports her careful approach to immigration strategy, policy, and client advocacy.

Brown’s experience includes work with business, family, citizenship, asylum, and removal defense matters. She previously served as a law clerk for the Denver Immigration Court within the Executive Office for Immigration Review, giving her insight into immigration court procedure and removal cases. Before practicing law, she worked as an international economist for Northern Trust Bank in Chicago, adding a practical international background to her immigration practice.

Catherine O. Brown is licensed in Colorado and represents clients before federal immigration agencies, including USCIS, ICE, the Administrative Appeals Office, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Colorado Bar Association, where she has held committee and section leadership roles. Her work also includes pro bono service for asylees, refugees, special immigrant juveniles, and other immigrants with urgent financial need.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, The Law Office of Catherine Brown, LLC
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Vice Chair, Newly Developed Immigration Section
• Chair, Several Committees for the Colorado Chapter
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Licensed State

• Colorado

Education

• University of Denver College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• London School of Economics and Political Science
  Master’s Degree in Comparative Politics
• University of Notre Dame
  B.A. in political science

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