Wildes & Weinberg is perhaps best known for our Founding Partner Leon Wildes' representation of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.
Between 1972 and 1976, Leon represented Lennon and Ono in their struggle to remain in the United States, despite the concerted attempts for the Nixon Administration to deport them.
The case (which included bringing four separate Federal lawsuits) not only resulted in John and Yoko getting their green cards and being able to remain in the United States, but it also led to substantial changes in immigration law and brought to light secretive government practices and undue political influence, and has resulted in greater transparency in the U.S. immigration system.
Leon and Michael Wildes discuss the case on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell:
- Leon Wildes Discusses the Lennon Case on NPR
- Leon Wildes Interviewed by Associated Press on John Lennon Case
- Immigration Law Has Some Rock 'N' Roll Roots, Associated Press article on roots of DACA in the John Lennon case
- John Lennon and his American lawyer, profile appearing in The Los Angeles Daily Journal
- Read Leon Wildes' article about the case
- View Footage of John Lennon and Leon Wildes
- PBS Newshour Article: You May Say He's a DREAMer
- NY1 Interview of Leon and Michael Wildes on the Lennon Case
- Huffington Post Article: The Ballad of John and Leon
- HIAS Cover Story
- Leon Wildes Quoted in New York Times Article
- Leon Wildes Quoted in Dallas Morning News Article
- Leon Wildes Appears in Movie The U.S. vs. John Lennon
- Leon Wildes Appears in LENNONYC Documentation on PBS
- More on LENNONYC
- Leon Wildes "Lennon Lecture" at Cardozo Law
- Lexis/Nexis Immigration Law Communities Posting on Leon Wildes, John Lennon and DACA
- John Lennon and Young DREAMers, Article by Leon Wildes appearing in ILW.com
- Leon Wildes on the "Inner Workings of the Immigration Law", circa 1972
- Leon Wildes Book on the Lennon Case Profiled in Publications Worldwide
- The Reviews are In: John Lennon vs. The USA
