Catherine D. Kirk

Ms. Kirk received a B.A. in English from Vassar College in 2007 and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2015.

During law school, she served as a Legal Intern with both Fordham’s Immigrant Rights Clinic and Immigration Equality, as well as a staff member of the Fordham International Law Journal.

Having first joined Barst as a paralegal in 2010 and continuing on as a Law Clerk during much of law school, Ms. Kirk returned to the firm as an associate in 2015 and has gained broad experience in employment- and family-based immigration law matters.  Her particular areas of expertise include H-1B petitions (with a particular focus on wage, specialty occupation and “right to control” issues and Request for Evidence responses); new office L-1 petitions for tech startups; and establishing and renewing Blanket L-1 programs for large multinational organizations.

Membership

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), AILA New York Chapter, AILA Rome District Chapter

State and court admissions

New York

Education

Vassar College, B.A., 2007
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2015