Margaret began her immigration law career at New England Law, Boston, where she participated in their immigration clinic in asylum and humanitarian cases. She holds an LL.M from The George Washington University Law School in International and Comparative Law with a focus in International Human Rights and participated in their immigration clinic. She served as a law clerk for the Montana Supreme Court for Justices Hunt and Harrison.

Prior to joining Massa Viana Law, Margaret joined the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she continues as an Immigration Specialist heading the employment-based immigration division (H-1Bs, TNs, O-1s, labor certifications, guidance with I-485s) for international faculty.

Her career highlights are: immigration attorney in Legal and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation; immigration attorney for the University of North Carolina System in Chapel Hill, N.C.; master’s in dance from Mills College in Oakland, CA.; Director of the Dance Program at Fisk University in Nashville, TN.

Education

BA in Russian and Spanish; UNC at Chapel Hill (studied in the former Soviet Union)

J.D. New England Law

LL.M. The George Washington University Law School

MA in Dance. Mills College, Oakland, CA

Admissions

Massachusetts

District of Columbia

Publications

Confinement and Non-conformity: An Overview from Czarist to Soviet Russia, New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 14:2; 301-330. 1998

Sarah Cade, Removability for Smuggling Under Sections  212(a)(6)(E) and 237(a)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Immigr. L. Advisor  Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 2010) 

Recent Honors

Recipient of Academic Staff Excellence Award for Immigration (from the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

Involvement

Studio 84 (Dance Director)