ABOUT WAVERLEY MADDEN
Ms. Waverley Madden is the founder of Madden Law Firm in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is
admitted to practice Law in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. Ms. Waverley Madden specializes in the following
practice areas: Immigration, Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Business, and Family
law. Attorney Madden can assist clients and answer questions online about several
immigration cases, especially family-based sponsorships. She speaks English and
French, and also has fluent Spanish speakers on her staff to assist clients in
Spanish.
EDUCATION AND LAW DEGREES
Ms. Madden earned her law degree from the Howard University School of Law
(Washington, D.C.) in 2002 and received the school's Excellence award for her
service as Articles Editor for the Social Justice Law Review. She was a member
of the International Moot Court Team. In 1999, Ms. Madden graduated cum laude
from McGill University School of Law in Montreal, Canada with a Bachelor of
Social Work and a Minor in Women’s Studies. While at McGill she made the Dean's
Honor's Roll, received the McGill Alumnae Society Award, and the Jackie Robinson
Scholarship for Academic Achievement. Ms. Madden earned a degree in Languages
and Literature, cum laude, from Vanier College in Montreal, Canada in 1996 with
an International Studies Certificate.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Prior to establishing Madden Law Firm, P.C., Ms. Madden worked as an attorney at
the immigration law firm of Tom & Associates in Montreal, Canada; after that,
she assisted individuals in sponsoring family relatives to immigrate to the
United States. Ms. Madden developed the firm's immigration practice, advising
clients on current legal issues in business and family immigration, and the
practical application of the law in various employment situations. She helped
corporate clients in obtaining appropriate non-immigrant business and work visas
for foreign employees. She has personal experience dealing with the Immigration
process in the United States. Besides her law degree she is also a licensed
Notary Public.
Ms. Waverley Madden has worked at the following law firms:
- Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.: Corporate Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Department.
- Delaware Attorney General's Office: Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the
Family Services Divisions.
- Tom & Associates: Immigration Law Practice.
- District of Columbia Superior Court: Judicial Intern for the Honorable
Natalia Combs-Greene.
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.: Intern in
the Federal Facilities Division of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance.
- Howard University School of Law: Research Assistant to Distinguished Civil
Rights Scholar Dr. J. Clay Smith, Jr.
Submit your immigration questions to attorney Waverley Madden.
