De Novo’s Karen Bobadilla Selected to Join BBA’s 2023 Public Interest Leadership Program
De Novo Staff Immigration Attorney Karen Bobadilla was selected for Boston Bar Association’s (BBA) 2023 Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP), a year-long program designed to provide intensive leadership and professional development training. The program is geared toward promoting civic engagement and public service by advancing the leadership role of lawyers in service to their community, profession and the Commonwealth.
Karen’s practice focuses on domestic violence survivors, victims of crimes, and on Special Immigrant Juvenile cases in the Probate and Family Courts, USCIS, and the Immigration Court. Before becoming an attorney in the U.S., Karen was one of the few Dept. of Justice Full Accredited Representatives in the State. She is a dual-licensed attorney in Massachusetts (U.S.) and in Peru.
In addition to her work at De Novo, Karen volunteers at the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys (MAHA) as a board member, at the American Immigration Lawyers Association – New England Chapter as the Probate and Family Court liaison, and on several committees at the Boston Bar Association.