Kathleen M. Glynn

Kathleen M. Glynn is a 2005 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). At Boalt, Katie was a part of the International Human Rights Clinic and interned with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). Her research and writing with CLINIC on the regulations governing immigration detention was published in Bender's Immigration Bulletin. Katie was also a student researcher and author on a report published by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom addressing the detention of asylum-seekers. In 1995, Katie graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Theology.

Katie’s practice includes immigration law and the representation of immigrant children and their caregivers in Colorado state guardianship, parental responsibilities (custody), and adoption proceedings. Her areas of expertise include: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, removal (deportation) defense of unaccompanied children, children’s asylum claims, citizenship claims, and the intersection of immigration law and adoption. Katie lectures frequently on representing immigrant children before the immigration tribunals and on obtaining Special Immigrant Juvneile Status orders from the Colorado state courts. Katie also serves as litigation support in the area of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for the Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative (OCR). 

Prior to joining Grob & Eirich, LLC, Katie was the Equal Justice Works Fellow and Managing Attorney of the Children's Program at the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN). During her time at RMIAN, Katie worked with Colorado’s county Departments of Human Services to provide immigration-related legal services to children and families involved with the child welfare system. Katie continues to support RMIAN as a pro bono lawyer and mentor to other pro bono lawyers.

In 2015, Katie, along with many other advocates and attorneys, was named a Michael Maggio Pro Bono Honoree by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for her participation in the AILA Artesia Project, which sought the release of immigrant families detained in Artesia, New Mexico. In 2019, Katie participated in the drafting, and testified for the passage, of Colorado HB19-1042, “Concerning Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Courts for Certain Vulnerable Youth,” which allows for expanded Colorado state court jurisdiction over immigrant youth up to age 21 years who are seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status orders. In 2022-23, Katie returned to school to teach Legal Writing and to co-teach Refugee and Asylum Law as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Colorado Law School.

Katie is fluent in Spanish and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 2007 and the US District Court, District of Colorado Bar in 2008. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the National Lawyers Guild’s National Immigration Project, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Colorado Women’s Bar Association.