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Episode Five features immigration attorney Yolanda Garcia-Balicki. Yolanda is an associate attorney with Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A. in the firm's Bridgeton and Vineland offices. She is fluent in Spanish and English and represents immigrants in pursuit of lawful permanent residence and citizenship in the United States. She also works in matters involving family petitions, asylum, withholding of removal, adjustment of status, and consular processing for immigrants in removal proceedings in Immigration Court. She also represents parolees before the NJ State Parole Board in matters concerning parole revocation.
Prior to joining Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A., Yolanda was employed with the NJ State Parole Board for 33 years. After graduation from law school she served in many positions from entry level positions as a Hearing Officer to a Governor's appointment as Deputy Executive Director. As an advocate of fairness and equality she would volunteer to serve as the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Officer for several years in addition to her own work responsibilities. Because of her legal skills and her commitment to fairness, Ms. Garcia Balicki was also assigned the most complex hearings from parole hearings to departmental level employee disciplinary hearings. She also assisted the Agency in matters litigated in the Office of Administrative Law as well as matters referred to the Governor's Office of Employee Relations.
Ms. Garcia Balicki was recently sworn in as the 2nd Vice President of the Gloucester County NAACP, and is a member of the Cumberland County College Board of Trustees, a member of the NJ State Bar Association, the Cumberland County and Gloucester County Bar Associations as well as the Cumberland County College Hispanic Advisory Board. Ms. Garcia Balicki earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1990 from Rutgers Law School-Camden and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1982. She is admitted to the bar of New Jersey, the Third Circuit District Court, and the Federal Immigration Court.
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By Moira Nelson & Rachel Green of ATNJEpisode Five features immigration attorney Yolanda Garcia-Balicki. Yolanda is an associate attorney with Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A. in the firm's Bridgeton and Vineland offices. She is fluent in Spanish and English and represents immigrants in pursuit of lawful permanent residence and citizenship in the United States. She also works in matters involving family petitions, asylum, withholding of removal, adjustment of status, and consular processing for immigrants in removal proceedings in Immigration Court. She also represents parolees before the NJ State Parole Board in matters concerning parole revocation.
Prior to joining Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A., Yolanda was employed with the NJ State Parole Board for 33 years. After graduation from law school she served in many positions from entry level positions as a Hearing Officer to a Governor's appointment as Deputy Executive Director. As an advocate of fairness and equality she would volunteer to serve as the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Officer for several years in addition to her own work responsibilities. Because of her legal skills and her commitment to fairness, Ms. Garcia Balicki was also assigned the most complex hearings from parole hearings to departmental level employee disciplinary hearings. She also assisted the Agency in matters litigated in the Office of Administrative Law as well as matters referred to the Governor's Office of Employee Relations.
Ms. Garcia Balicki was recently sworn in as the 2nd Vice President of the Gloucester County NAACP, and is a member of the Cumberland County College Board of Trustees, a member of the NJ State Bar Association, the Cumberland County and Gloucester County Bar Associations as well as the Cumberland County College Hispanic Advisory Board. Ms. Garcia Balicki earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1990 from Rutgers Law School-Camden and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1982. She is admitted to the bar of New Jersey, the Third Circuit District Court, and the Federal Immigration Court.