Attorneys

Courtney McDermed joined Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP, in February 2004. Prior to joining Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, she practiced immigration law in the Bay Area litigating cases in the areas of asylum, cancellation of removal, NACARA, naturalization, 212(c) and writing appeals. Ms. McDermed also has experience analyzing the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Previously, Ms. McDermed spent a year clerking for a district court judge in the Eastern District of Washington. She received her juris doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2001. Before earning her law degree, Ms. McDermed worked for the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Florence, Arizona ; the University of Arizona Immigration Law Clinic; and the Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights in El Paso, Texas. She received her bachelor of arts from Whitworth College in 1992. Ms. McDermed speaks Spanish and French.