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Glenn L. Formica

Attorney

It has been my guiding belief that the practice of law is the practice of a profession. So for better or worse, my practice has never been a business. For more than 25 years, I have sought to build a purpose driven career. In that light, I have found myself in public cases defending immigrants who were being unfairly removed from our country. I have taken on civil rights cases to hold police and municipalities accountable for mistreatment of minorities. I have brought product liability actions for injured consumers, and I have defended small businesses suffering under unfair trade practices.

I believe that life is a sail through both calms and storms. And that we live the majority of our lives in the empty spaces between rest, boredom, and challenge. If the fates allow, it is best to go down in the awful storm, sails un-reefed and the bow smashing apart in the waves. You will always be remembered by the storms you sailed and not the calms.

Brenda Wylie

AttorneyThe path into my legal career began with the study of political science and dance, and then moved to a graduate degree in teaching and, finally, the practice of law. With the benefit of time, I can see in my early pursuits the threads that would become the fabric of my current law practice.Political science influenced my interest in people and the policies that define and shape our lives in unforeseen and unknown ways. Guided by my interests in international human rights, I was afforded the opportunity to live and work in Europe, Africa, Central and North America on issues related to government accountability, judicial access, educational equity, and physical and mental health. Dance gave me an understanding of practice and form and an ability to communicate and connect across language and cultural differences. Teaching taught me the importance of moving people to a better understanding of themselves and their actions, the importance of meeting people where they are, and how to communicate information effectively to people with diverse knowledge bases. Immigration law requires all of these things, but particularly education.

In solving the problems of my Immigration clients, I am often called upon to think through the solutions of their problems with patience, practice, and form with the belief that we all deserve an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life.

Rochelle Charnin

Attorney on Pro Bono Matters

In 2008, I left a corporate legal career to focus on volunteer opportunities and making a difference in the world. In 2019, I joined Formica, P.C. to work as a staff attorney on its many pro bono cases. Unlike what I knew from my years working in corporate law, where pro bono was an occasional event to win favor with the Bar Association, at Formica, P.C. it is an integrated part of its practice.

I am currently inactive with the Formica, P.C. to work on a special personal project. I look forward to soon returning to active representation of pro bono clients with the firm.

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