Immigration law covers the rules about who may enter, live, work, or remain in the United States, and how people can apply for those permissions. Typical matters include family-based petitions, work visas, green cards, citizenship and naturalization, asylum and other humanitarian protections, student visas, and defending against removal (deportation) in immigration court. Attorneys may also help with renewing documents, responding to government notices, and correcting errors on applications.
Organizations in this directory that list immigration include solo practitioners, private law firms, and nonprofit legal service providers, some of which focus on particular communities or languages. When choosing counsel, ask how often the attorney handles matters like yours and what the process and fees will look like. You can confirm that an attorney is registered and in good standing through the New York Attorney Search. Be cautious of anyone who is not a lawyer offering to prepare immigration filings, and keep copies of everything you sign or submit.
Firms and organizations listing Immigration
Listed because each organization describes this area on its own website. This is not a referral, a ranking or a certification of any attorney's specialty. Ordered by the number of attorneys in the New York registry who list the organization.
The Legal Aid Society 1,254 attorneys Latham & Watkins LLP 898 attorneys Office of the New York State Attorney General 650 attorneys New York City Law Department 614 attorneys Sidley Austin LLP 544 attorneys Greenberg Traurig, LLP 381 attorneys Brooklyn Legal Services 335 attorneys Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC 317 attorneys Brooklyn Defender Services 313 attorneys Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP 301 attorneys New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) 242 attorneys The Bronx Defenders 228 attorneys Pryor Cashman LLP 215 attorneys Holland & Knight LLP 213 attorneys Rivkin Radler LLP 212 attorneys Hodgson Russ LLP 208 attorneys Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC 204 attorneys Jackson Lewis P.C. 175 attorneys Cozen O'Connor 143 attorneys Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 143 attorneys Lowenstein Sandler LLP 138 attorneys Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP 136 attorneys Harter Secrest & Emery LLP 129 attorneys Fox Rothschild LLP 126 attorneys Akerman LLP 119 attorneys Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP 113 attorneys Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP 109 attorneys Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 109 attorneys Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP 106 attorneys Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) 101 attorneys Mobilization for Justice, Inc. 94 attorneys Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP 93 attorneys Littler Mendelson P.C. 84 attorneys Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem 84 attorneys Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR) 84 attorneys The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc. 81 attorneys American Civil Liberties Union 80 attorneys New York County Defender Services (NYCDS) 74 attorneys New York University School of Law 73 attorneys Dorsey & Whitney LLP 70 attorneys Foley & Lardner LLP 65 attorneys Withers Bergman LLP 64 attorneys Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP 63 attorneys Vedder Price P.C. 58 attorneys Hiscock Legal Aid Society 58 attorneys Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP 56 attorneys Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP 55 attorneys Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 54 attorneys James F. Butler & Associates 52 attorneys Sanctuary for Families 51 attorneys Warshaw Burstein, LLP 51 attorneys The Children's Law Center 51 attorneys Robinson+Cole 49 attorneys The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, New York 47 attorneys Wiggin and Dana LLP 46 attorneys Department of Homeland Security 45 attorneys Norris McLaughlin, P.A. 42 attorneys McCarter & English, LLP 41 attorneys Phillips Nizer LLP 41 attorneys Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP 40 attorneys Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University 39 attorneys DC 37 Municipal Employees Legal Services (MELS) 38 attorneys The City University of New York School of Law (CUNY School of Law, also styled CUNY Law) 38 attorneys New York University School of Law (NYU Law) 37 attorneys CAMBA Legal Services, Inc. 36 attorneys Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. 36 attorneys Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP 36 attorneys Urban Justice Center 35 attorneys Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 35 attorneys Lawyers For Children 35 attorneys New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) 33 attorneys Safe Passage Project 32 attorneys Greenspoon Marder LLP 32 attorneys TakeRoot Justice 31 attorneys Leech Tishman Robinson Brog 30 attorneys Mackenzie Hughes LLP 30 attorneys U.S. Department of Homeland Security 29 attorneys Empire Justice Center 29 attorneys Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. 29 attorneys Saul Ewing LLP 28 attorneys Barton LLP 28 attorneys Gross Shuman P.C. 27 attorneys Tully Rinckey PLLC 27 attorneys City Bar Justice Center 26 attorneys Wuersch & Gering LLP 26 attorneys JunHe LLP 25 attorneys Make the Road New York 24 attorneys Hall Booth Smith, P.C. 24 attorneys Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 23 attorneys Prisoners' Legal Services of New York 23 attorneys Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP 23 attorneys Rawle & Henderson, LLP 22 attorneys Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York 22 attorneys Clifton Budd & DeMaria, LLP 22 attorneys Romer Debbas LLP 21 attorneys Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC) 21 attorneys Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP 21 attorneys Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Inc. (NAICA) 20 attorneys Hudson Valley Justice Center 20 attorneys New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (NYLPI) 20 attorneys Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc. 19 attorneys Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP 19 attorneys Catholic Migration Services 18 attorneys Vera Institute of Justice 18 attorneys Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 18 attorneys Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC 17 attorneys Children's Rights, Inc. 17 attorneys Connell Foley LLP 17 attorneys Reid & Wise LLC 17 attorneys McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP 17 attorneys Kelley Kronenberg 17 attorneys International Refugee Assistance Project 17 attorneys Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 17 attorneys Queens Defenders 16 attorneys The Door's Legal Services Center 16 attorneys Black Marjieh & Sanford LLP 16 attorneys Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner P.C. 16 attorneys Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC 16 attorneys Peña & Kahn, PLLC 15 attorneys Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University 14 attorneys Potomac Law Group, PLLC 14 attorneys Cooper Erving & Savage LLP 14 attorneys Ballon Stoll P.C. 14 attorneys Foster Garvey PC 14 attorneys Siben & Siben LLP 14 attorneys Fox Horan & Camerini LLP 14 attorneys Ortoli | Rosenstadt LLP 13 attorneys Her Justice 13 attorneys U.S. Customs and Border Protection 13 attorneys Maidenbaum & Sternberg, LLP 13 attorneys Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 13 attorneys United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York 13 attorneys Hecht Partners LLP 13 attorneys Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & DeCicco, LLP 13 attorneys Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) 13 attorneys Human Rights Watch 13 attorneys Housing Conservation Coordinators, Inc. 13 attorneys Gorlick, Kravitz & Listhaus, P.C. 12 attorneys The City University of New York School of Law 12 attorneys International Rescue Committee 12 attorneys Stevens & Lee 12 attorneys Cabanillas & Associates, P.C. 11 attorneys Human Rights First 11 attorneys The Legal Project 11 attorneys FisherBroyles, LLP 11 attorneys Stinson LLP 11 attorneys Green Kaminer Min & Rockmore LLP 11 attorneys Hinckley Allen 11 attorneys The Crone Law Group, P.C. 11 attorneys LatinoJustice PRLDEF 10 attorneys Immigrant Justice Corps 10 attorneys Kavinoky Cook, LLP 10 attorneys The Towne Law Firm, P.C. 10 attorneys Mirkin & Gordon, P.C. 10 attorneys Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices 10 attorneys BronxWorks, Inc. 10 attorneys Reinhardt Savic Foley LLP 9 attorneys Jia Law Group 9 attorneys Siri & Glimstad LLP 9 attorneys Miller Mayer, LLP 9 attorneys Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY, Inc. 9 attorneys Martenson, Hasbrouck & Simon LLP 9 attorneys Morgan Legal Group, P.C. 9 attorneys Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) 9 attorneys Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP 9 attorneys New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) 9 attorneys Yuanhe Partners 9 attorneys Immigrant Defense Project 9 attorneys iLead Law Group, P.C. 8 attorneys Law Offices of Robert Tsigler, PLLC 8 attorneys Journey's End Refugee Services, Inc. 8 attorneys Bartko Pavia LLP 8 attorneys Genova Burns LLC 8 attorneys United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York 8 attorneys Fisher & Phillips LLP 8 attorneys Russo, Karl, Widmaier & Cordano PLLC 8 attorneys CUNY Citizenship Now! 8 attorneys Mancuso Brightman PLLC 8 attorneys Safe Horizon, Inc. 7 attorneys New York City Bar Association 7 attorneys Urban Resource Institute (URI) 7 attorneys Immigration Equality 7 attorneys Breuer Herskowitz LLP 7 attorneys Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP 7 attorneys Office of the Principal Legal Advisor 7 attorneys Gary Tsirelman P.C. 7 attorneys UnLocal, Inc. 7 attorneys Nave Law Firm 7 attorneys Central American Legal Assistance (CALA) 7 attorneys Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) 6 attorneys Jaffe & Velazquez, LLP 6 attorneys Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. 6 attorneys Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC 6 attorneys United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York 6 attorneys Archer & Greiner, P.C. 6 attorneys U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) 6 attorneys Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, LLP 6 attorneys The Law Offices of Fuqiang Zhang, P.C. 6 attorneys Fuller & Fuller LLP 6 attorneys Demidchik Law Firm 6 attorneys Church World Service 6 attorneys The Law Office of Usman B. Ahmad, P.C. 6 attorneys Thompson LLP 6 attorneys United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York 6 attorneys Berardi Immigration Law 6 attorneys U.S. Department of State 6 attorneys Schumann Burghart LLP 6 attorneys Pardalis & Nohavicka, LLP 6 attorneys DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP 5 attorneys Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C. 5 attorneys JustCause 5 attorneys My Sisters' Place 5 attorneys DGW KRAMER LLP 5 attorneys Scott Legal, P.C. 5 attorneys Neighbors Link Community Law Practice 5 attorneys Office of General Counsel (OGC), New York University 5 attorneys FordHarrison LLP 5 attorneys Cohen Forman Barone, PC 5 attorneys Messner Reeves LLP 5 attorneys Youman, Madeo & Fasano, LLP 5 attorneys Malik & Popiel, P.C. 5 attorneys Musa-Obregon Law PC 5 attorneys Davis Ndanusa Ikhlas & Saleem LLP 5 attorneys Boyle & Anderson, P.C. 5 attorneys Anderson Bowman PLLC 5 attorneys Alpha Law LLP 5 attorneys Goldstein & Lee, P.C. 5 attorneys Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN-N.Y.) 5 attorneys Spodek Law Group P.C. 5 attorneys Frenkel, Hershkowitz & Shafran LLP 5 attorneys Vedder 5 attorneys Blodnick, Fazio & Clark 5 attorneys Building Service 32BJ Legal Services Fund 3 attorneys International Institute of Buffalo 1 attorneysBefore you hire
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