Cory Forman is the former Chairperson of the New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA”) and currently serves as an Elected Director on AILA National’s Board of Governors. Cory heads Cohen Forman Barone, LLP’s immigration law department, which is responsible for assisting clients with all issues related to the complex world of United States immigration law. Cory and the immigration team has helped countless individuals obtain life-changing benefits including lawful permanent residency (“Green Cards”), citizenship, asylum, and work authorization. Cory has also defended thousands of non-citizens in immigration, criminal, and federal court proceedings who face deportation.
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Professional Organizations
Cory is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), American Immigration Law Association (AILA), where he sits on the New York Chapter’s Executive Committee Board and serves as the Chairperson. He is the former co-chair of AILA’s New York Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) liaison committees. He frequently lectures around the country on issues related to immigration and criminal law and has testified in front of the New York City Council in support of legislation limiting the City’s coordination with ICE in the continued detention of non-citizens.
A Focus on Where The Worlds Of Criminal and Immigration Law Intersect
Having spent his career practicing as a criminal and immigration attorney, Cory has a specialized knowledge of representing non citizens in both the criminal and immigration contexts. In 2007 Cory launched the firm’s “Crimmigration” division, which focuses on representing individual clients in all arenas where criminal and immigration law intersect. Its mission is to help non-citizens understand and avoid the severe immigration consequences that result from a criminal prosecution.
The division is responsible for litigating deportation issues and filing waivers in immigration court, developing criminal trial and plea-bargaining strategies based on an individual’s immigration concerns, vacating prior convictions through post-conviction relief litigation, and arguing writs of habeas corpus on behalf of those unlawfully detained by immigration and criminal authorities. The Crimmigration division also provides consultation services to other criminal defense and immigration attorneys around the country.
Extensive Legal Experience
As a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Division Cory has represented thousands of non-citizens accused of crimes. In doing so, he developed an aptitude for representing non-citizens. Cory has since devoted his career to representing non-citizens in both criminal and immigration proceedings.
