What Wildes & Weinberg PC does

Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. is a boutique U.S. immigration and nationality law firm founded in 1960 by Leon Wildes in New York City and currently led by Managing Partner Michael Wildes. The firm is organized as a New York Professional Corporation under family/partnership ownership with no external investors, and it employs more than 40 individuals, all specialists in U.S. immigration law, supported by multilingual staff. Its practice covers business immigration, family immigration, O-1 visas for individuals of extraordinary ability, EB-5 investor visas, asylum and federal-court litigation, consular practice, naturalization, PERM labor certification, Form I-9 compliance, and specialized services for charitable/religious organizations and the esports industry.

The firm operates from five locations — New York City (headquarters at 515 Madison Avenue), Englewood (New Jersey), Aventura/Miami (Florida), Los Angeles (by appointment), and Tel Aviv (by appointment) — and serves clients nationwide and worldwide. Its core technology stack consists of standard legal case management systems, including a client login portal (wildesweinberg.casemgmtsys.com) and a third-party integration with TrackerCorp for I-9 compliance; no proprietary AI, ML, or platform technology is disclosed. Marketing and distribution are sales-led, driven by personal referrals, Managing Partner media appearances on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, and ABC News, high-profile client testimonials, and The Wildes Files podcast.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional legal fees for case representation across the practice areas above, with pricing not publicly disclosed and quoted on a case-by-case basis. The firm's customer base is a hybrid of high-profile individual clients in entertainment, music, sports, and culinary fields (including historical representations of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Melania Trump, Lionel Richie, Boy George, Pele, and Karim Benzema) and corporate clients in banking, industrial, financial, legal, and manufacturing sectors, supplemented by general family-immigration individual clients. The firm supplements its legal services with educational content (Immigration 101, CLE courses, two published books) that reinforces its brand and referral pipeline.

Name

Wildes & Weinberg PC

Legal name

Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.

Website

https://wildeslaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. is a privately held, family-led U.S. immigration and nationality law firm founded in 1960, headquartered in New York City with four additional offices. It serves high-profile individuals, corporate clients, and families worldwide across the full spectrum of U.S. immigration practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Immigration Law (BPAHAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immigration Legal Services & Representation (Law Firms) (THACAKAF), Corporate Immigration Compliance & Employer Sponsorship (I-9/Right-to-Work, Policy, Audits) (THACAKAC), Global Mobility & Cross-Border Tax/Immigration Advisory (THACAKAG)

Keywords

• Business immigration services
• Family immigration law
• Visa application assistance
• Deportation defense
• Naturalization services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Immigration Law: The firm provides comprehensive immigration and nationality law services including business immigration, family immigration, consular practice, litigation, asylum, naturalization, EB-5 investors, O-1 visas, compliance (Form I-9), labor certification, and waivers. Revenue is generated through professional legal fees for case representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. is a U.S. immigration and nationality law firm providing legal representation across business immigration, family immigration, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, EB-5 investor visas, asylum and litigation, consular practice, naturalization, labor certification, Form I-9 compliance, and charitable/religious organization immigration. The firm serves corporate clients, performing artists, athletes, and individuals through offices in New York, New Jersey, Miami, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv, billing through professional legal fees.

Product overview

Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. is a boutique immigration law firm specializing exclusively in U.S. immigration and nationality law. The firm's core offering consists of legal services organized around practice areas including Business Immigration, Family Immigration, O-1 Visas for extraordinary ability individuals, EB-5 Investor Visas, Asylum & Litigation, Compliance (Form I-9), Consular Practice, Naturalization, Labor Certification, and Charitable/Religious Organizations. The firm handles a comprehensive range of visa categories including H-1B, L-1, E-1/E-2, O-1, R-1, EB-4 (religious workers), J-1, H-3, Diversity Lottery, K-1 Fiancé, E-3 (Australian), TN (NAFTA), and Investor Visas. Specialized services include Esports Immigration and DACA assistance. The firm supplements its legal services with educational content including The Wildes Files Podcast, Immigration 101 resources, CLE courses, and published works such as John Lennon vs. The USA and Safe Haven in America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Wildes Files: An immigration law podcast from Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. that explores the dynamic and often complex world of U.S. immigration.

Products and services

• Business Immigration Services
• Family Immigration
• O-1 Visas for Extraordinary Ability
• EB-5 Investor Visas
• Asylum and Litigation
• Compliance (Form I-9)
• Consular Practice
• Naturalization
• Labor Certification (PERM)
• Charitable and Religious Organizations Immigration
• Esports Immigration
• Court Representation, Appeals, and Waivers

Quantifiable outcome

• Extraordinary track record for success in cases despite difficulties with US immigration authorities

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• National CLE (NACLE)minorOthersMichael Wildes serves as CLE Featured Instructor offering courses on US Immigration Law topics including Form I-9 Compliance and An Overview of U.S. Immigration Law.
• Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsminorOthersMichael Wildes serves as Counsel to Lincoln Center, providing immigration legal counsel to the institution.
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael Wildes serves as Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law at Cardozo Law School. The firm supports Cardozo FIRE events and the alumni-student networking reception.
• American Bar AssociationminorOthersMichael Wildes' book Safe Haven in America was published by Ankerwycke Books, an imprint of ABA Publishing.
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)minorOthersReferenced as a resource link for immigration law information on the firm's website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL): Global corporate immigration service provider and law firm with deep business immigration, compliance, and government-relations practices. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in the business immigration and corporate compliance (I-9) domains, though BAL is far larger and more technology-enabled.
• Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy: The largest global law firm exclusively focused on immigration law, with corporate immigration, family-based immigration, and high-net-worth individual services. Most directly comparable to Wildes & Weinberg as a dedicated immigration practice serving enterprise and high-profile individual clients, but at materially larger scale.
• Klasko Immigration Law Partners: Boutique U.S. immigration law firm with a strong business immigration and EB-5 investor practice, also active in compliance and litigation. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg as a focused immigration boutique serving corporate and high-profile individual clients.
• Foster LLP: U.S. immigration law firm with a strong focus on business immigration, I-9 compliance, and global mobility for corporate clients. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in employer-side immigration and compliance work, with similar boutique-mid-market positioning.
• Mark Ivener & Associates: Boutique U.S. immigration law firm with deep entertainment-industry client base (O-1 visas for musicians, actors, and athletes). Closely comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in the celebrity/entertainment immigration niche and premium individual-client positioning.
• Wolfsdorf Rosenthal: Boutique U.S. immigration law firm focused on extraordinary-ability (O-1), EB-1, EB-5, and high-net-worth immigration matters. Closely comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in the premium individual-client / celebrity / investor niche and similar boutique positioning.
• Siskind Susser Bland: U.S. immigration law firm with practice areas spanning business immigration, family immigration, and asylum, serving a mix of individual and corporate clients. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg as a focused immigration boutique with similar practice breadth.

Broad incumbents

• Vialto Partners: Global professional services firm dedicated to immigration, tax, and managed mobility services for multinational employers. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in the corporate immigration and global mobility compliance domain, but at far larger scale and with a consulting-led model.
• Ogletree Deakins: Large national employment and labor law firm with a substantial business immigration practice serving enterprise clients. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in the corporate immigration and I-9 compliance domains, though Ogletree operates a much broader employment-law portfolio.
• Greenberg Traurig: Major international full-service law firm with a sizable immigration and compliance practice advising corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals. Comparable to Wildes & Weinberg in business immigration and EB-5, but as part of a far larger, multi-practice platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wildeslaw/podcasts
• Instagraminstagram.com/wildesimmigrationlaw
• Xx.com/Michael_Wildes
• Facebookfacebook.com/wildesandweinberg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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