OUR FIRM

Founded in 2003, Eduardo A. Masferrer began Masferrer & Associates with one true mission in mind: to provide each and every client with unparalleled legal representation. As a multi-cultural and bilingual firm, we believe that all people—regardless of their income level, ethnicity, race, creed, or sexual orientation—deserve compassionate and dedicated counsel. Over the past 11 years, Masferrer & Associates has grown to become one of Boston’s most prestigious legal firms specializing in criminal and immigration law.

At Masferrer & Associates, our dedicated team approaches each case with empathy, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Seeing beyond courtrooms and legal briefs, we focus on the people we’re representing, and provide nothing short of stellar representation. Advocates for change, defenders of human rights, and challengers of the status quo, we continually strive to remain Boston’s premier defense firm.

OUR SERVICES

OUR TEAM

With a combined 20 years of experience, the attorneys at Masferrer & Associates provide clients with a team that is seasoned, successful, and above all, passionate. Because we understand that two heads are better than one, we work together in an effort to provide every client with the most innovative and thoughtful counsel possible. We understand what’s at stake and what we’re fighting for—your family, your freedom, your rights. If you’re looking for a team of lawyers that will work ruthlessly and tirelessly in your defense, you’ve found your firm.

Eduardo Masferrer

Partner and Criminal and Immigration Attorney

Recently named a “Top 40 Under 40” by The National Trial Lawyers, Attorney Masferrer has also been named a Rising Star by the National Law Journal. Throughout his career, Attorney Masferrer has successfully represented clients who have been accused of many different types of crimes, including robbery, drug trafficking, sexual assault and murder. He has represented criminal clients at the trial level in both federal and state court and has handled appellate cases in the Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Masferrer also has extensive immigration law experience. Prior to opening his firm in 2003, Attorney Masferrer worked as a Staff Attorney with the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. He is a graduate of Boston College Law School.

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Casey L. Riley

Partner and Managing Attorney of Immigration Defense

Casey L. Riley is a partner at Masferrer & Riley, P.C. and represents clients in both criminal and immigration proceedings. Attorney Riley's criminal defense practice consists of representing clients before the District Courts and Superior Courts of Massachusetts as well as before the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. This practice includes clients facing ongoing criminal proceedings as well postconviction relief proceedings. As a member of Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, she accepts court appointments in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court and the Suffolk Superior Court. She has defended clients accused of crimes ranging from domestic violence to drug trafficking and firearm possession. 

Attorney Riley manages the firm’s immigration practice and has a particular emphasis on the intersection of criminal and immigration law, which includes representing detained and non-detained clients in removal defense matters before the Boston Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals, as well as matters before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She also specializes in family and humanitarian immigration, helping clients to obtain temporary protected status, legal permanent residency, and U.S. citizenship. 

Attorney Riley graduated from Boston College Law School, where she focused her studies on immigration and human rights law. Casey was an Articles Editor for the Boston College Journal of Law and Social Justice and served as the Vice President of the Women’s Law Organization. She served as a Law Clerk for an internationally-recognized immigration law firm specializing in the representation of employers and employees across the world. She also previously served as a Law Clerk with the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston, MA. Prior to pursuing her degree in law, Casey graduated cum laude from Boston College with a dual degree in Communications and Hispanic Studies and graduated cum laude from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. 

Attorney Riley is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Suffolk Lawyers for Justice. She is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

AYLIN AYRES

Associate Attorney

Aylin Corapcioglu is an Associate Attorney at Masferrer & Associates and represents clients in both immigration and criminal proceedings. Her immigration work focuses on removal defense matters before the Boston Immigration Court, as well as matters before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and U.S. Department of State, particularly family-based and consular processing cases. Aylin’s criminal defense practice is focused on assisting in the representation of clients accused of a variety of charges in the district court, including domestic violence and drug offenses. She also provides litigation support for the firm, including discovery review, trial and witness preparation, and drafting trial memoranda.

Before joining Masferrer & Associates, Aylin graduated from Northeastern University School of Law, focusing her studies on criminal, immigration, and international law. Aylin was a member of the Immigrant Justice Clinic, where she represented a client applying for affirmative asylum before the Boston Asylum Office. She competed in the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court competition held at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, where her team placed sixth out of more than 30 teams from around the globe. During law school, Aylin assisted Attorney Masferrer with two murder trials and various criminal and immigration matters. Aylin also served as a judicial intern for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a legal intern for the Committee for Public Counsel Service, and a legal intern for a general practice litigation firm in Boston. Before attending Northeastern, Aylin graduated magna cum laude from Providence College, earning a dual degree in Global Studies and Spanish.

Aylin is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts.

Fernando Martinez

Managing Paralegal

Fernando Martinez is the Managing Paralegal at Masferrer & Riley, P.C. Fernando joined the firm in September of 2019 as the office sole paralegal and was able to enhance his proficiency in legal research, legal writing, and case management to assist with the firm's active caseload. He graduated from the University of Redlands located in Southern California in April of 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government. During his time at the University of Redlands, Fernando participated in student government, volunteer work and competed in the University’s Mock Trial team. His volunteer work specifically consisted of working with incarcerated juveniles in the San Bernardino County area. Fernando tutored juveniles inside a local detention facility and was able to become a Workshop Leader where he conceptualized, drafted, and executed a class curriculum reinforcing the importance of civic engagement to the incarcerated youth. He later wrote his senior thesis on the effects of applying and enhancing restorative justice practices to our justice system with respect to the recidivism rates in the U.S.

Fernando temporarily relocated to Los Angeles, California, in July of 2022 for one year to work for a nationally recognized immigration law firm consisting of thirteen offices across the U.S. During his time in Los Angeles, Fernando was able to concentrate on family-based immigration petitions and humanitarian applications before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Los Angeles Immigration Court, and the U.S Department of State. With his prior exposure to immigration law, Fernando excelled in his position and was named Lead Paralegal and was responsible for managing, auditing, and training a team of sixteen paralegals in the Los Angeles office, and later firm wide, while also maintaining a notable caseload of his own. 

With his return to Masferrer & Riley, Fernando has primarily assumed the responsibilities of assisting with the management of the firm's immigration caseload, including family-based petitions, naturalization applications, waivers of inadmissibility applications, immigrant visa applications, adjustment of status applications, Motions to Reopen, as well as drafting motions for post-conviction relief in conjunction with immigration relief. Fernando is a fluent Spanish speaker who is devoted to serving the growing multicultural community here in his hometown of Boston. Fernando intends to pursue a Juris Doctor degree in the near future.

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Paralegal

Deysi Lupe Tirado Rosillo is a paralegal at Masferrer & Riley P.C. She is the daughter of two Mexican immigrants from Guanajuato, Mexico. Deysi graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with an honors Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy and an honors thesis titled Meaningful Lives Within Hispanic-Latino Immigrant Narratives Exploring the Discrepancies Between Better Lives, Meaningful Lives, Happiness, and Meaning. 

Throughout her time at Holy Cross she received The Father Flatley Medal and The Strain Gold Medal and is a part of the Phi Sigma Tau honor society, a Dana Scholar, and a LEDA scholar. Deysi is a native Spanish speaker and has working proficiency Arabic. She has experience with Immigration Law as well as experience with Family & Probate law, Housing law, and Small Claims. She is seeking a Juris Doctor degree with the hopes to continue to assist the Hispanic community within the legal field. 

At the firm Deysi is responsible for assisting within both the criminal defense and immigration sectors of the firm. She conducts intakes for both detained and non-detained potential clients, drafts, translates, and files letters and legal documents, and assists with trial preparation in both English and Spanish. 

CONTACT US

PHONE & FAX

Phone: (617) 531-0135

Fax: (617) 249-0756

Collect: (617) 918-9807

SKYPE 

We offer Skype consulting for all of our clients abroad.  Contact us to schedule an appointment.

BOSTON, MA

55 Union Street

4th Floor

Boston, MA 02108

We validate parking at the Haymarket Garage. Our office is above the Bell in Hand Tavern.

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