Meet the Blogger - Randolph P. McGrorty

Executive director, Catholic Legal Services of the Archdiocese of Miami, since the agency was founded in 1998, supervising a staff of 32, including nine staff attorneys. Catholic Legal Services is one of the largest providers of immigration services to the Haitian migrant community in the country; more than 1,000 individuals each month seek the agency’s services.

Received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, magna cum laude, and his juris doctor, as well as master’s in social work, from the University of Wisconsin.

Frequent speaker on asylum issues and immigration law; recipient of the Adalsinda Lomangino Award for outstanding contributions to the field of immigration law; of the St. Vincent DePaul Award from the Archdiocese of Miami “in recognition of … faithful and compassionate service to those who seek sanctuary, shelter and security in a new land;” and of the Community Advocacy Award presented by Legal Aid of Broward County, Inc.