Yolanda E. Garcia Balicki, Esquire
for
Cumberland County Commissioner

Ms. Garcia Balicki is an associate attorney with Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A. in the firm’s Bridgeton and Vineland offices.  She is fluent in Spanish and practices immigration law representing immigrants in pursuit of lawful permanent residence in the United States through family petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status, as well as applications for US citizenship, and special visas for victims of crimes and domestic violence.  Ms. Garcia Balicki also represents parolees before the NJ State Parole Board in matters concerning parole revocation and parole release.

Prior to joining Helmer, Conley, & Kasselman, P. A., she was employed with the NJ State Parole Board for 33 years.  Ms. Garcia Balicki began her career with the Parole Board upon graduation from college.  While working full-time with the Parole Board she realized her dream of attending law school and upon graduation served in many positions including a Governor’s appointment as Deputy Executive Director.  As an advocate of fairness and equality she volunteered to serve as the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Officer and oversaw the committee responsible for providing reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities. She served on committees charged with writing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state and federal mandates and fairness in the workplace.  She was a strong voice for equal opportunity for women and minorities and equal pay for equal work. Because of her legal skills and her commitment to fairness Ms. Garcia Balicki was assigned the most complex hearings from parole hearings to departmental level employee disciplinary hearings.  She also assisted the State Parole Board in matters litigated in the Office of Administrative Law as well as matters referred to the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations.

As the proud mother of three sons and as a then working, single parent, Ms. Garcia Balicki also found the time to volunteer for the many curricular and extracurricular activities her children were involved in within the Vineland Public Schools District.  She served as the president of the Vineland High School Marching Band parent’s association for five years and was a member of the executive board of that organization for a total of eight years.  She is an avid supporter of the music and performing arts programs in our schools and appeared before the Vineland Board of Education on several occasions to advocate for the performing arts programs in our schools whenever proposed budget cuts threatened the programs.

Ms. Garcia Balicki is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the NJSBA Immigration Law Section. and is the current President of the Cumberland County Bar Association.  She also previously served several terms on the Rowan College of South Jersey Board of Trustees, the Rowan College of South Jersey Hispanic Advisory Board and the Gloucester County NAACP Executive Board.

Ms. Garcia Balicki earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1990 from Rutgers Law School-Camden and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, in 1982.  She is admitted to the bar of New Jersey, the Third Circuit District Court, and the Federal Immigration Court.