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Attorneys - Nikiki T. Bogle, Esq.

Nikiki T. Bogle, Esq.

Ms. Bogle is an experienced trial lawyer; conducted over 100 criminal trials as Lead Counsel. In addition, she has substantial negotiation expertise. She is the Managing Partner of Bogle & Chang, LLC law firm, handling legal matters in: Immigration, Entertainment, Criminal Defense, International, Nonprofit and Appeals. Her entertainment practice focuses on music contracts, music publishing, literary contracts, copyright, trademark, and negotiating successful deals for clients.

Nikiki T. Bogle is the Managing Partner in the law firm of Bogle & Chang, LLC and Chair of the firm’s Immigration, Criminal and Entertainment Practice Groups. Ms. Bogle concentrates her practice on corporate immigration, family immigration, international, human rights, criminal appeals and music matters.

Ms. Bogle’s Immigration practice encompasses both business immigration and family immigration. She represents companies, employees, families and individuals in assessing immigration options to live and work in the United States. Her entertainment law practice includes drafting and negotiating management, recording artist, and music publishing agreements.

In addition to her practice in the music industry, Ms. Bogle represents visual artists and literary artists in the protection and exploitation of their intellectual property. Ms. Bogle concentrates her practice in entertainment, specializing in music law, corporate immigration, international business, human rights and criminal appeals. Her music business practice includes drafting and negotiating management, recording artist, and music publishing agreements. In addition to her practice in the music industry, Ms. Bogle represents visual artists and literary artists in the protection and exploitation of their intellectual property.

Achievements

LAW SCHOOL

The George Washington University Law School
Washington, D.C.
Juris Doctorate

The University of Oxford
New College Oxford, England
Certificate in International Human Rights Law

UNIVERSITY

The Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Arts Degree: International Affairs
Bachelor of Arts Degree: Political Science

Education

Ms. Bogle earned her Juris Doctorate degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. She was a selected member of the Moot Court, Dean’s List and Student Appellate Attorney in the Federal Criminal Appellate Clinic.

She obtained her Certificate in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, New College, in Oxford, England as a human rights scholar in the Oxford/George Washington Joint Programme in International Human Rights Law.

Ms. Bogle was awarded her Bachelor of Arts degree, Cum Laude, in both International Affairs and Political Science from The Florida State University. She is a member of the elite Academic Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa.

Global Clients

Ms. Bogle’s clients are diverse in origin, language and culture. She hasre presented clients from several countries across the globe including: Jamaica, Barbados, Canada, Trinidad, Brazil, Guyana, Australia, Egypt, Russia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Congo, Nigeria, Cape Verde, India, Guatemala, Pakistan, England, Bosnia, The Dominican Republic, Argentina, Honduras, Ireland, France, Dominica, Columbia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Turkey, Greece, Italy, China, Taiwan, Korea, Hungary, Mexico and Germany.

Ms. Bogle is admitted to practice in Massachusetts; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

She is fluent in Jamaican Patois and has a working knowledge of French.

Pro Bono Legal Work

Ms. Bogle is also a Pro Bono Child Immigration Attorney with the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, where she represents unaccompanied immigrant children in removal proceedings before the Department of Homeland Security.

Prior to Bogle & Chang, Ms. Bogle is an experienced litigator who began her legal career as a trial lawyer. Prior to co-founding Bogle & Chang, LLC, she was an Assistant District Attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a Point Prosecutor for Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and Identity Fraud, in Boston’s busiest courts.

She prosecuted thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases including: possession of a firearm, carjacking, drug distribution, aggravated assault and battery and operating under the influence. Ms. Bogle was an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Attorney General, Criminal Division, in Wilmington, Delaware.

As a criminal prosecutor, she conducted over 100 trials before both juries and judges. Ms. Bogle was also a Pro Bono Immigration Attorney for the Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project in Boston, Massachusetts, where she represented asylum clients in trial and formerly INS administration proceedings.

Beyond Legal Practice

Ms. Bogle is the President and Founder of the Caribbean Education Foundation, Inc. (CEF), a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to poor children in Jamaica and the Caribbean to attend schools and receive a quality education in the developing world.

In August 2011, she was awarded a New York State Assembly Citation for legal work in assisting immigrants from over 30 countries as the Immigration Chair for Bogle & Chang law firm and her tireless efforts in helping poor children receive access to quality education in the Caribbean as President of the Caribbean Education Foundation.

Bar Leadership

President, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association 2007-2008 Trustee, Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF) – 2011-3013 Strategic Planning Committee, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Counsel, Criminal Law Section, Boston Bar Association Diversity Leadership Committee, Boston Bar Association Mock Trial Judge, Massachusetts Bar Association House of Delegates, Massachusetts Bar Association 2007-2008 Criminal Law Section, American Bar Association Professional Associations

She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ABA Immigration and Naturalization Committee, Latin American & Caribbean Committee, International Law Section (ABA), American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys.

Outside Legal Community

Ms. Bogle is also active in the community. She is a Big Sister with Big Sister Organization of Greater Boston, serving as a mentor to young girls. She is a member of the Urban League of Greater Boston and Child Reach Inc. Child Sponsors, where she provides educational and nutritional support to a young girl in Haiti for many years.

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Top Rated Immigration Attorney 2021Avvo, January 2021
  • Top Rated Immigration Attorney 2020Avvo, January 2020
  • Top Rated Immigration Attorney 2019Avvo, January 2019
  • Top Women Attorneys 2018Boston Magazine, April 2018
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2017New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines
    October 2017
  • Top Women Attorneys 2017Boston Magazine, April 2017
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2016New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines
    October 2016
  • Top Women Attorneys 2016Boston Magazine, April 2016
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2015New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines
    October 2015
  • Top Women Attorneys 2015Boston Magazine, April 2015
  • “Top 40 Under 40” Business LeaderBoston Business Journal October 2011
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2014New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines October 2014
  • Top Women Attorneys 2014Boston Magazine, April 2014
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2013New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines October 2013
  • Top Women Attorneys 2013Boston Magazine, April 2013
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2012New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines October 2012
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2011New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines October 2011
  • Super Lawyer Rising Star 2010New England Super Lawyers & Boston Magazines October 2010

Her Story

Over the Years

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2006

February

Nikiki Bogle was a Speaker on “Prosecuting the Media and The Life of a Prosecutor” at the American Bar Association, Law Student Divison Annual Conference held at the New England Law School in February 2006.
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2007

February

Nikiki Bogle was an invited Criminal Law Panelist at the American Bar Association, Law Student Division Annual Conference held at Boston College Law School Feb. 2007.
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2007

April

Nikiki Bogle was the Keynote Speaker at the Charles Hamilton Houston Program (CHHEP) Awards Ceremony at the New England Law School on April 20, 2007. The awards honored outstanding law students of color who achieved high academic results.
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2007

June

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist at the Federal Judicial Conference for the Massachusetts District Court at “The Bar Speaks”. She presented on behalf of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association on June 15, 2007.
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2007

August

Nikiki Bogle was a Speaker at The Boston University Minority Law Students Orientation Panel on August 27, 2007.
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2007

October

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist at the Women of Color in Business: An Entrepreneurial Venture at the Suffolk University Law School on October 27, 2007.
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2008

April

Nikiki Bogle was the host, a speaker and presenter at the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association 2008 Gala Dinner, entitled “Honoring Our Legacy, Strengthening Our Future” on April 27, 2008 at the Boston Sheraton Hotel.
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2010

January

Nikiki Bogle was the Speaker on the “Intersection of Criminal Justice System and Lack of Education” on Touch 106.1 FM Radio Station on January 11, 2010 in Boston. She addressed issues involving Massachusetts CORI Reform and the lack of education of many criminal defendants.
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2010

January

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist on the “Criminal Justice System and Role of the Criminal Defense Lawyer” in Boston, Massachusetts on January 28, 2010. The Panel was presented in conjunction with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts Probation Department and the Bird Street Community Center.
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2010

January

Attorney Bogle presented on the issues of Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship. The Immigration Forum was presented by the Jamaican American Bar Association, North East and the Jamaica Diaspora, NE.
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2010

June

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist on the “Forum on Immigration Issues” in Boston, Massachusetts on June 6, 2010.
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2010

October

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist on the Immigration Law Panel on October 30, 2010 in Hartford, Connecticut. It was presented by the Jamaica Diaspora North East USA Annual Conference 2010 at the West Indian Social Club.
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2011

May

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist on the Immigration/Criminal Law Panel on May 21, 2011 at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College in Boston, Massachusetts. The theme was “Remember the Foreigner.” It was held in conjunction with the Boston Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Jamaican Diaspora of Massachusetts, Inc.
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2011

July

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist at the Immigration Seminar in Brooklyn, New York on July 30, 2011 presented by the Jamaican American Bar Association, North East in conjunction with the Consulate General of Jamaica New York. She will present on Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship matters.
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2011

August

Nikiki Bogle was a Speaker on “Achieving Meaningful Independence by Educating Our Youth” in the Caribbeanon August 26, 2011: Caribbean Education Foundation Film Screening & Reception, Tribeca Cinemas, New York, NY.
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2012

June

Nikiki Bogle was a Panelist, Education Forum: “Role of non-profits in enhancing youth development”on June 16, 2012: Jamaica Diaspora Conference Education Forum, 50th Anniversary, held in Boston, MA.
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2013

April

Nikiki Bogle was a Speaker at the Mary Louis Academy on April 25, 2013 in New York, NY. She spoke with 230 graduating seniors about law, career and nonprofit work.