Managing Partner Michael Wildes is honored to announce that Wildes & Weinberg is privileged to represent Ms. Noa Argamani in her U.S. Immigration matters.
Ms. Argamani was abducted by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attacks at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. Video footage of her being taken away on a motorcycle and into Gaza became a symbol of the hostage crisis that ensued.
Noa was held in captivity for 245 days and on June 8, 2024, she, together with three other hostages, were rescued from Gaza in a joint operation by the Israel Defense Forces, the Shin Bet, and the Israel Police. After her release, Noa became a staunch advocate for the return of the remaining hostages and was listed as one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2025.
The firm is committed to helping Noa continue her advocacy work and helping support her throughout her U.S. immigration process and beyond.
Wildes & Weinberg was founded in 1960 by Senior Partner, Leon Wildes. He was best known for his successful representation of former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono as they fought the Nixon Administration during a five year bitterly contested Deportation Proceeding.
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 icons Pele and Karim Benzema, Master Chef Jean-Georges, musicians Joe Cocker, Sinead O’ Connor and Boy George, Gisele Bundchen, Ana Ivanovic, Millie Bobby Brown, as well as First Lady Melania Trump and her family.
Michael Wildes, the firm’s Managing Partner, is also currently serving his fifth term as Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. He 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) and From Origin to Opportunity: Unlocking U.S. Immigration Law, Mr. Wildes is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York and serves as Counsel to Lincoln Center.
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 by appointment only in Los Angeles, California and Tel Aviv, Israel, 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