Maureen Ketler Schad is Pro Bono Senior Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, where she litigates and supervises immigration and family law cases and directs the firm’s pro bono program.  For the last 14 years, she has worked with a wide range of legal services organizations and other community partners to ensure access to legal representation and other critical social services for immigrant youth in NYC and across New York State.  She currently serves on the ABA's Commission on Immigration, the New York State Advisory Council on Immigration Issues in Family Court, NYCLA’s Justice Center Advisory Board and the NYC Bar Association's Pro Bono and Legal Services Committee.  

Maureen was previously a Senior Staff Attorney at The Door’s Legal Services Center, where she represented youth for five years in a wide range of immigration and family court proceedings.  She continues this focus in her current role.  She graduated magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she worked with NYU’s Immigrant Rights Clinic, Make The Road New York, and The Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Unit. From 2001-2004, Maureen worked at The Legal Aid Society as a public benefits and housing advocate.  Before that, she was a founding program coordinator of Project HEALTH/ Health Leads, creating legal and benefits resource centers for adolescents and families at public hospitals in Boston and New York.  She is a graduate of Harvard College.