About the Firm
Sixty-five years at the golden door.
Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. is perhaps the United States' premier law firm concentrating in U.S. immigration and nationality law.
Our Story
Wildes & Weinberg grew out of the practice of Leon Wildes, Esq. — a distinguished immigration practitioner in New York City — more than sixty-five years ago. In the beginning, the work was deeply personal: individuals facing deportation, families seeking citizenship, lives that hung on the outcome of a single case.
As America's demand for global talent grew, so did the firm. We began representing the banks, industrial companies and financial institutions that needed the world's best people — and, in time, the actors, performing artists, writers, filmmakers, athletes, esports professionals, chefs, scholars and business leaders who define their fields.
Yet through six decades of growth, the hallmark of this practice has never changed. It remains, as it was on the first day, the individualized attention we give to every client's problem — whether that client's name is known to the world or known only to us.
“The hallmark of this law practice remains the individualized attention to its clients' problems.”
A Living History
Six decades that shaped a field.
A practice is founded
Leon Wildes opens a New York practice defending individuals against deportation and pursuing citizenship — the seed of the firm to come.
Leading the profession
Leon Wildes is elected National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The John Lennon case
Leon Wildes defends John Lennon and Yoko Ono against the Nixon administration — and changes American immigration law forever.
A second generation
Michael Wildes — a former Federal Prosecutor — joins and ultimately leads the firm, expanding its renowned business and entertainment practice.
A global firm
More than forty professionals across six offices, from Madison Avenue to Tel Aviv, serving clients nationwide and worldwide.
What Sets Us Apart
A standard you can feel from the first call.
One field, mastered
We concentrate solely in immigration and nationality law. It is not one of our practices — it is our only practice.
Individualized attention
The hallmark of this firm since 1960. Every client's matter receives the personal care of senior counsel.
Famous and everyday, the same
We have represented icons and heads of household alike — and we fight for each with identical tenacity.
Reach without distance
Six offices and counsel fluent in eleven languages bring the firm to wherever our clients are.
In Memoriam
Leon Wildes
1933 — 2024
The dean of American immigration law, a beloved professor, and the father whose name and whose standards this firm carries forward. He taught a generation of lawyers that the law, practiced with conscience, can open any door.
