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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 in which you found rest.

Glenn Formica is a 1992 graduate of Boston University with BA degree in both English and Classical Studies and a 1997 law graduate of the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Connecticut as well as an inactive license in the State of Maryland. He regular practices before the First and Second Court's of Appeals. Prior to starting his own practice in 2001, Attorney Formica worked as an associate attorney for DuFour & Kohlhoss, LLP located in Bethesda, Maryland and the District of Columbia and then Fazzone Bailie, Ryan and Seadale, LLC in Cheshire, Connecticut. Attorney Formica is the past member of numerous local boards and charities and is current member of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) www.NILC.org, which is an organization that advocates at the national level for fairness and justice in our Immigration system.

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.

Attorney Wylie is a 2007 graduate of Beloit College with degrees in both dance and Political Science. In 2009 Attorney Wylie received MST degree in teaching. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. in 2014. Attorney Wylie is admitted to practice in the State of New York with admission pending in the State of Connecticut. Her practice is presently, limited to Immigration matters before the USCIS and EOIR.

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.

Attorney Charnin is a 1997 graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan and her Juris Doctor degree in 2000 from the University of Michigan Law School at Anne Arbor. Attorney Charnin is licensed to practice in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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