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Attorney Profile
Ms. McGrath began her career as an advocate for immigrants while in law school, where she successfully represented an Afghani family who was seeking political asylum. Over the past eighteen years, she has represented immigrants in numerous federal and state courts as well as at administrative hearings. She has testified in front of the Georgia Legislature, the Georgia Department of Education, and the Georgia Department of Public Safety concerning immigrant rights. She has been a consultant to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland, and was of counsel to Weathersby, Howard and Kuck, working in their immigration practice. She has been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Fulton County Daily Report about issues affecting immigrants.
Ms. McGrath has been recognized for her work on behalf of Georgia’s immigrants by Emory University Law School, as a recipient of its annual Inspiration Award in 1997. Recently, she was given an Ally Award by Caminar Latino for her years of work in preventing domestic violence in Hispanic families. She was recently recognized by the State Bar of Georgia for her assistance to low-income people in Georgia. She is a graduate of the Leadership DeKalb Class of 2004.
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Kerry McGrath received her Juris Doctorate from New York
University School of Law. She received her undergraduate degree in computer
science and graduated magna cum laude from Duke University. She was an adjunct
professor at Emory University from 1999 to 2004 and continues to lecture there
regularly. She has been a member of the Georgia, New York and Florida bars and
the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
