Fabiola Jean-Gilles is a graduate of New York University and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1985 in Romance Languages. She is a 1990 graduate of Seton Hall Law School. She has been practicing law since 1991. She is licensed in both New York State and Arizona.
Her career began at Legal Services helping the Williamsburg Community in New York State. Assisting clients in the area of Social Security Disability, Family Law and Immigration. She was involved in the First Drug Court initiated in Manhattan Family Court; representing children and parents in all aspects of Family Law. She later represented children and families in Drug Court in Queens Family Court. During that period, her practice included Immigration, Social Security Disability, Real Estate Transactions, Trust and Estates, Personal Injury and Bankruptcy.
Ms. Jean-Gilles has taught Continuing Legal Education courses in the area of Family Law to lay persons and attorneys. She has appeared on various radio and television programs regarding our Immigration Laws. She has been quoted in the New York Law Journal; written about immigration and has been cited by the newspaper, La Voce for her pro bono work with Day Laborers in Arizona, regarding Immigration Rights.
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, French and French Creole.
