Managing Partner Michael Wildes is pleased to announce that the firm has successfully obtained O-1 visa classification once again for the talented Brazilian Artist Joao Henrique Brandao, based on his extraordinary ability in the arts.
Joao Henrique Brandao has built a renowned reputation as a fine artist. His works are in public and private collections in Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Poland, and the United States, including the permanent collection of the Art Students League of New York. His work has been exhibited at prestigious forums globally, including at Studio 57 Fine Art in New York; Miguel Angelo Pucci Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil; and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where he has also been invited to teach painting courses and workshops.
Joao has also garnered much acclaim for his talent as a restoration and conservation artist, having done substantial work in the recreation and restoration of architectural decorative interiors in classical styles. He has worked on several noteworthy projects restoring landmark buildings throughout the New York City area. Copious articles have been published about Joao Brandao and his ork in major art publications, and he has been the recipient of numerous distinguished awards. We wish him much continued success in the United States!
Wildes & Weinberg was founded in 1960 by Senior Partner, Leon Wildes. Nearly three quarters of a century later, the firm continues to concentrate its practice in all aspects of U.S. immigration and nationality law, servicing the immigration requirements of prominent American and International firms, banks, industrial, financial, and manufacturing concerns, as well as law firms in connection with the personnel needs of their foreign national employees.
In addition, the firm has a distinguished clientele and has done substantial immigration work for performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors/actresses, athletes, fine artists, art dealers, curators, and literary agents. Most notable was Leon Wildes’ successful representation of former Beatle John Lennon and his artist wife, Yoko Ono in their deportation proceedings, the basis of which has inspired legislation, and has been portrayed in films, plays, and literary works worldwide. Some of the firm’s other distinguished clients include scholar Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (z”l), as well as soccer icon Pele, Master Chef Jean-Georges and Former First Lady Melania Trump and her family.
Michael Wildes, the firm’s Managing Partner, is also currently serving his fourth term as Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, is the author of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door (which draws on over a quarter of a century of his practice in the immigration field), is an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, and serves as Counsel to Lincoln Center and several international/corporate law firms.
Despite difficulties currently being encountered in dealing with U.S. immigration authorities, the firm has maintained an extraordinary track record for success in its cases. The firm’s litigation group has expanded its efforts in filing Mandamus Actions and other Actions in Federal Courts throughout the nation.
In addition, Wildes & Weinberg’s multilingual staff is spread throughout its offices in New York City, Englewood, New Jersey, Miami, Florida, and Los Angeles, California (by appointment only) and are known for their experience and special expertise in processing each foreign national’s case with nothing less than the highest level of professionalism.
For more information on our firm please visit www.wildeslaw.com or contact Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.