MANAGING PARTNER MICHAEL WILDES IS PICTURED WITH HIS SUDANESE DOCTOR CLIENT IN NYC AS HE AWAITS NEWS OF HIS FAMILY’S ARRIVAL AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMPS IMMIGRATION BAN WAS SET IN PLACE, FEBRUARY 2017.
A prominent New York City based Sudanese-born U.S. citizen and neurosurgeon went into the OR Tuesday morning February 7, 2017 without knowing if his family, who was scheduled to arrive via JFK airport early the same morning, would be waiting for him after a complex 12 hour brain surgery. Michael sent Felicia Zeidman, Esq, a member of our litigation team, to JFK to provide assistance, if needed. Luckily, the family arrived without incident and the patient is mending well.
According to Michael Wildes, “We were glad we could provide the reassurance necessary to allow the good doctor to do his work. We continue to remain glued to the legal briefings and outcomes of the current debate about the Executive Order in order to assist our clients.”
Wildes & Weinberg is a boutique law firm specializing exclusively in the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law and was founded in 1960 by Senior Partner Leon Wildes, whose best-known accomplishment was his successful representation of John Lennon in his widely publicized deportation proceedings, the circumstances of which have inspired several films and documentaries.
Today, the firm, which has offices in New York City, Englewood, NJ, Miami, FL, and Los Angeles, CA, services a distinguished domestic and international clientele and covers all areas of U.S. immigration law, including employment and investment-based immigration, work permits, permanent residence for qualified individuals, family-based immigration, asylum applications and all temporary and permanent type visas.
In addition to running a highly successful immigration law practice, Michael is also of counsel to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and two international/corporate law firms. A former Federal Prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn (1989-1993), Michael has testified on Capitol Hill in connection with anti-terrorism legislation, and is a frequent participant on professional panels and commentator on network television and radio with regard to US immigration law, employer sanction work and compliance.
Michael also served two terms as the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, was appointed to the District Appeals Board of the Selective Service System for the State of New Jersey, was a member of the New Jersey Governor’s Blue Panel on Immigration, and has been a guest lecturer at many distinguished forums and institutions including Yale University, New York University, Brooklyn Law School, and The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where Michael is an Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law.
Despite difficulties currently being encountered in dealing with U.S. immigration authorities, Wildes & Weinberg has maintained an extraordinary track record for success for its cases. Moreover, the firm’s multilingual staff is known for its experience and special expertise in processing each foreign national’s case with nothing less than the highest level of professionalism.
To learn more about Wildes & Weinberg, please contact Managing Partner Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com