The attorneys behind the name.

Founding Partner

The dean of American immigration law. In 1960 he founded the practice that would become Wildes & Weinberg, and in the 1970s he made history defending John Lennon and Yoko Ono against the Nixon administration's effort to deport them. Past National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a beloved professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law for over four decades.

• Represented John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1972–1976)
• National President, AILA (1970)
• Professor of Immigration Law, Cardozo School of Law

Managing Partner

A former Federal Prosecutor and nationally recognized authority on immigration, Michael Wildes leads the firm his father built. He has represented First Lady Melania Trump, Pelé, Yoko Ono, Sarah Brightman, Boy George and a generation of the world's most celebrated artists, athletes and innovators — and he fights for every client, famous or not, with the same tenacity.

• Former Federal Prosecutor, U.S. Attorney's Office (E.D.N.Y.)
• Author, “Safe Haven in America” (American Bar Association)
• Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law (15+ years)
• Five-term Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey

Senior Partner Emeritus

A founding name of the firm and a steady hand across decades of its most consequential matters, Steven Weinberg helped build Wildes & Weinberg into the institution it is today, shaping its business-immigration practice and its enduring standard of individualized client care.

• Decades of business-immigration leadership
• Architect of the firm's client-care standard