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 Carlos
E. Candal has been practicing law for over fourteen years and
currently manages a solo practice in
New Haven,
Connecticut.
He grew up in a small
Northeast
Pennsylvania coal mining town as a first generation
American. His parents, both medical doctors, immigrated from
Argentina
in the 1960’s and settled in that region around 1970, raising
six children before moving back to
Buenos Aires
in the mid 1980’s with his five siblings. He, on the other hand,
stayed in the United States and traveled to
Florida to
attend college and pursue a career as a
professional
baseball player. He eventually received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
while majoring in Finance at
Florida Atlantic
University in
Boca Raton,
Florida. He paid for the majority of my studies through a
baseball scholarship.
In 1991 he attended law school at
Quinnipiac University School of Law and received his
Juris Doctor
in 1994. In January of 1995 he was offered a position with the
Hartford Public Defender’s Office where he represented
indigent individuals for approximately five years. This
experience included representing clients in all aspects of
criminal matters ranging from minor motor vehicle infractions to
homicide, from arraignment through trial.
In November, 1999 he founded the Law Offices of Carlos Candal,
LLC in New Haven, Connecticut. His firm specializes in
immigration
law, criminal
law and appeals in state and federal court, as well as
personal
injury matters. The majority of his clients are from the
Latino community.
In addition, he currently serves as a
Member of the Board of Directors for Centro
San Jose,
a Non-Profit Community Agency located in New Haven,
Connecticut. He is also an active member of AILA, the American
Immigration Lawyers Association, which is a national association
of over 10,000 immigration lawyers who meet several times a year
through local and national chapters.
His wife Sharon, also an attorney, works for Comcast Cable
Television as a representative in their Governmental Affairs
Division. They reside in Cheshire, Connecticut with their three
young children. Their oldest daughter Emily attends the third
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