MANAGING PARTNER MICHAEL WILDES ATTENDS “THE TREASURER”,  A MAX POSNER PLAY AT THE PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS THEATER, STARRING THE FIRM’S CLIENT, PUN BANDHU, NOTED ACTOR, SEPTEMBER, 2017. Pun, who played several different characters in the cast, made his Playwrights Horizon’s debut. He has also starred in Wit on Broadway and in several Off-Broadway shows. According to… Continue reading Michael Wildes Attends Play Starring Our Client Pun Bandhu

Managing Partner Michael Wildes attends the Appeal of Conscience Foundation Annual Awards Dinner September 18, 2017, at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel. Awards were presented to Brian T. Moynihan, Chairman, CEO, Bank of America; Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever and Masayoshi Son, Chairman, CEO, SoftBank Group Corp. The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, founded by Rabbi… Continue reading Michael Wildes Attends Appeal of Conscience Foundation Annual Awards Dinner

MANAGING PARTNER MICHAEL WILDES ATTENDS NYFW 2017, ART HEARTS FASHION, AND ATTENDS SNAKES ALIVE, GIRL GONE WILD, 21 REASONS WHY CLUB WEAR, BY MADELINE STUART AT THE ANGEL ORENSANZ CENTER, SEPTEMBER 2017. MADELINE, AN 0-1 CLIENT OF THE FIRM, HAILS FROM AUSTRALIA, AND IN ADDITION TO SHOWCASING HER BRAND WITH A PYTHON AROUND HER NECK,… Continue reading Michael Wildes Attends Madeline Stuart Fashion Shows

FOUNDING PARTNER LEON WILDES AND MANAGING PARTNER MICHAEL WILDES HEAD TO LONDON, WHERE LEON RECALLED HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE JOHN LENNON MATTER – JOHN LENNON VS. THE USA – THE INSIDE STORY OF THE MOST BITTERLY CONTESTED AND INFLUENTIAL DEPORTATION CASE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY – SEPTEMBER  2017. Leon’s discussions included speaking engagements at The… Continue reading Leon and Michael Wildes Travel to London for Presentations on John Lennon Case

MANAGING PARTNER MICHAEL WILDES TELLS NEWSWEEK THAT HE FULLY SUPPORTS THE DACA PROGRAM, SEPTEMBER 2017. The history of DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,  has its roots in the John Lennon case, which was handled by Senior Partner Leon Wildes.   DACA allows certain undocumented immigrants who entered the United States  before their 16th birthday and before… Continue reading Michael Wildes Quoted in Newsweek on Support for DACA

Managing Partner Michael Wildes presents a workshop on U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law in connection with New York State’s Office for New Americans and the Liberty Defense Project,  August 2017. The seminar was arranged in response to recent anti-immigrant rhetoric and expanded federal deportation efforts and as a means to provide worried immigrants with the… Continue reading Michael Wildes Presents “Know Your Rights” Workshop

Managing Partner Michael Wildes met up with Neil Innes,  the writer, comedian and musician, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles, at Chicago’s Beatle Fest Weekend, August 2017.  Michael and his father Leon Wildes, ere featured panelists. Founded in 1960,… Continue reading Michael Wildes Meets Neil Innes at Beatle Fest

It was my father Leon Wildes who discovered the Deferred Action program in the 1970s when he represented famed Beatle John Lennon in a bitterly contested deportation proceeding lodged against him by then President Richard Nixon.    DACA is not and never was law, it was prioritizing enforcement of the existing law, and as such… Continue reading Michael Wildes on President Trump’s Ending of DACA

FOUNDING PARTNER LEON WILDES RECALLED HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE JOHN LENNON CASE – JOHN LENNON VS. THE USA – THE INSIDE STORY OF THE MOST BITTERLY CONTESTED AND INFLUENTIAL DEPORTATION CASE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY – AT CHICAGO’S BEATLE FEST WEEKEND, AUGUST 2017. Founded in 1960, Wildes & Weinberg is perhaps best known for… Continue reading Leon and Michael Wildes Attend Chicago Beatle Fest

Managing Partner Michael Wildes recently appeared on PIX 11 News with reporter Maggie Hickey to discuss the case of Amanda Morales.  Ms. Morales, who has been in the country since 2004  and has three U.S. citizen children, has sought sanctuary in a church in fear of removal. Michael Wildes was consulted as an expert on immigration… Continue reading Michael Wildes Appears on PIX 11 News to Discuss Amanda Morales Sanctuary Case