Alex M. Mooradian
Attorney Alex Mooradian represents clients in deportation proceedings, including immigrant juveniles, refugees, asylum-seekers, and survivors of crimes. He also represents those seeking immigration benefits, such as citizenship, adjustment of status, family-based visas, deferred action, relief under the Violence Against Women Act, U/T visas, and appeals to the Administrative Appeals Office and Board of Immigration Appeals. He has appeared before numerous courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the Federal District Court, District and Superior Courts, Probate and Family Courts, the Boston Immigration Court and USCIS. Alex has served as lead counsel on complex cases relating to protracted immigration detention, post-conviction relief, spurious gang allegations against immigrant juveniles, and gender-based and political asylum claims.
Alex serves as the Board Chair of RISE for Health, an organization providing behavioral healthcare and primary care to refugees and recent arrivals, as well as Chair of the Organization for Nonprofit Excellence (ONE Worcester), which provides pro bono business consulting to Worcester-area nonprofits. He also serves on the pro bono panel at Ascentria Care Alliance's ILAP; is a mentor (and contract attorney) for the BU Law Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Program; is on the mental health committee for distribution of the City of Worcester's ARPA funding; is a member of the Steering Committee for African Community Education's capital campaign; is a Corporator of the Boys and Girls Club of Worcester; and routinely presents to and advises health centers and universities on immigration policy.
Alex is the 2021 Recipient of the Boston University School of Law’s Public Interest Alumni Award in recognition of his pro bono work with immigrant kids, including those in immigrant detention, and his work on complex asylum matters. Alex speaks fluent Spanish.
Alex received his legal training at Boston University School of Law and was a student attorney in its Immigrants' Rights Clinic.
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