Maureen received her L.L.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and her J.D. from Antioch School of Law in 1981. Maureen has
been a partner at KOF from 1990 to the present time. She is a frequent speaker at immigration law training seminars, and
has taught immigration and refugee law at Northeastern University School of Law since 1987. She has previously taught at
the Franklin Pierce Law Center and Boston College. Maureen has been named in Best Lawyers in America from 1994- present.
She received the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) Mentor Award in 1994 and the Boston Political Asylum
Immigration Representation Project's Mentor Award in 1992 and 1999. From 1982 through 1985, Maureen was the Director of
the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. She was previously an Officer of the New England Chapter
of AILA (Chair 1993-1994, Vice-Chair 1991-1992, Secretary 1990-1991), and she remains an active member. Maureen, along
with partner Harvey Kaplan, received AILA's 2002 Elmer Fried Award recognizing excellence in teaching immigration law.
Maureen, together with partners Harvey Kaplan and Jeremiah Friedman, received the 2007 Daniel Levy Award of the National
Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, in recognition of excellence in the practice of immigration law.
