Immigration Attorney Cindy Ramjattan-Paul

Cindy was born and resided in Trinidad prior to moving to the United States, Cindy has traveled extensively around the world. She has worked in the legal industry for over twenty years and as a practicing attorney for fifteen years.

She attended Rutgers School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from University College at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. She is a former editor of The Rutgers Women’s Rights Law Review.

While attending law school, Cindy clerked at the Legal Service of New Jersey. She participated in court hearings and arbitrations; researched and prepared a memorandum of law and motion briefs on various issues, including domestic relations, landlord / tenant conflicts, consumer rights and bankruptcies. She was an intern at Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic where she represented clients in the areas of landlord / tenant issues, domestic relations, contract disputes and New Jersey consumer fraud cases. Concurrently, during the summer of 2001 she worked as a Summer Associate at Barry, McTiernan & Moore in Jersey City, NJ. where she had the opportunity to assist in all aspects of major firm insurance defense practices, which included the drafting of pleadings, motions, and discovery proceedings; the preparation of appellate briefs and memoranda of law and the participation in depositions and court proceedings.

After graduation from law school, Cindy served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Cumberland County Public Defender’s Office in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She represented people charged with misdemeanors and felonies including assaults, larceny, and possession of controlled substances, DWI’s and other motor vehicle offenses. She also counseled clients as to the immigration consequences of their criminal matters.