COLLABORATIVE LEGAL COUNSEL
WORKING TO PROTECT WHAT MATTERS MOST
ALEKSANDRA GONTARYUK
Immigration is complex. I make it make sense.
I help people navigate one of the most confusing legal systems in the world by turning complexity into clear strategy and real progress.
Here's why I see things differently:
I’ve lived through the immigration system myself. Coming to the U.S. as a refugee, I know what it feels like to face uncertainty, delays, and decisions that don’t always make sense.
That’s exactly why I built my practice differently. My job isn’t just to file paperwork, it’s to take a complicated situation and break it down into a clear, strategic path forward. If there’s a path forward, I will find it. And if there isn’t a clear one, I build one. You will always know where you stand. No confusion. No sugarcoating. Just clarity. You won’t be left guessing. You’ll know what’s happening, what’s next, and why.
Most immigration cases don’t fail because there’s no solution, they fail because no one took the time to fully understand the problem.
My job is to take everything: your history, your risks, your options, and turn it into a strategy that actually makes sense. If your situation feels complicated, that’s exactly where I do my best work. Let’s figure it out.
Background
Over a Decade of Solving Complex Immigration Cases
Over the past decade, I’ve built my practice around one thing: taking on complex immigration cases and finding a way forward.
My work goes far beyond routine filings. I handle cases where the stakes are high, the facts are complicated, and the path forward isn’t always obvious. That includes removal defense, waivers, humanitarian relief, and cases that require creative legal strategy, not just process.
I’ve successfully represented clients in matters that required navigating multiple layers of the immigration system, and I’ve litigated cases at the federal level, including securing a precedential decision in the Third Circuit.
That experience matters because immigration law isn’t just about knowing the rules, it’s about knowing how to apply them strategically, when to challenge them, and how to build a case that actually works.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Aside from the practice of law, Aleksandra spent many years translating for people with legal needs such as asylum, special immigrant juvenile status, workers’ compensation, municipal, and contract work.
ASSOCIATIONS
Aleksandra served as the supervising attorney for Latin American Legal Defense and Education, a highly revered non-profit organization, for several years. Ms. Gontaryuk is admitted to the State of New Jersey Bar, the New Jersey District Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. She is currently a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has also served as a co-chair for AILA’s New Member Division and Law Student Committee as well as a member on AILA’s USCIS Mt. Laurel Committee.