Wendy Wylegala

Wendy began representing unaccompanied children in immigration and family law matters on a pro bono basis as an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York, where she worked from 2000 to 2008. For her work with child clients seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, she has twice received a Pro Bono Publico Award from The Legal Aid Society of New York in 2007 and 2008. She was an intern at the International Rescue Committee in the summer of 1998 and again during 2007, and her article on asylee access to public assistance appeared in Interpreter Releases in 1999. Previously she was an Ombudsman at the Office of the New York City Public Advocate. While in law school, she was an exchange student at the University of Cape Town's law school, and holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an A.B. from Barnard College.