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Bretz & Coven, LLP expands law practice with new office in the Bronx

Bronx, NY According to Bretz & Coven, LLP, the firm has opened a new office located at 2555 Grand Concourse. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony were held on November 22nd. This is the firm’s third location.

The new office will provide access to immigrants who live in the city, but outside Manhattan. The new location is accessible via bus through the BX1-LTD, BX1, BX2, BXM4, BX32, BX18, BX11 routes, and subway (D, B and 4 trains to Fordham Rd. Station).

The location also holds special meaning to Kerry Bretz, Partner, Bretz & Coven, LLP, having grown up in the area and attended Cardinal Spellman High School and Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. He is also involved at Bronx Judo and Martial Arts, a nonprofit martial arts studio where he teaches judo to local children.

“The new Bronx office will provide a more centralized location for the immigrant community who lives outside of Manhattan,” said Bretz. “It will also allow us to expand our clientele to more non-citizens living in the Bronx–as well as New York City–who seek to obtain work visas or permanent residency.”

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