Ladik Law Firm

What Ladik Law Firm does

Ladik Law Firm PPLC, operating under the brand Ladik Visa Law, was a Dallas-based boutique immigration law firm specialized in serving athletes, sports teams, leagues, and entertainment tours. The firm operated with a documented core team of two practitioners, founder Steve Ladik and Kerri Wirtz, positioning itself in a narrow practice vertical that combined immigration law with the operational realities of professional sports schedules and touring logistics. Its value proposition rested on domain-specific expertise in athlete visa categories and entertainment-industry mobility rather than on scale, technology platforms, or broad-service breadth.

On January 13, 2026, Ladik Law Firm was acquired by Berry Appleman & Leiden (BAL), a larger global immigration practice, and the firm subsequently ceased independent operations. No revenue, pricing, funding, or financial disclosures are available in the source material. There are no indications of AI/ML tooling, proprietary technology, or external investment prior to the acquisition. The combined entity absorbs the Ladik team's sports and entertainment immigration niche into BAL's broader corporate immigration platform.

Name

Ladik Law Firm

Legal name

Ladik Law Firm PPLC

Website

https://ladikvisalaw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Acquired

Short description

Ladik Law Firm (DBA Ladik Visa Law) was a Dallas-based boutique immigration law firm serving athletes, sports teams, leagues, and entertainment tours. Acquired by BAL on January 13, 2026, and ceased independent operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Immigration Legal Services: Ladik Law Firm generated revenue through providing specialized immigration legal services to athletes, teams, and leagues, including visa planning, immigration compliance, and mobility-related counsel for training, competition, tours, and league play.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Ladik Law Firm (Ladik Law Firm PPLC) was a boutique immigration law firm that provided specialized legal services focused exclusively on the sports and entertainment sector. The firm handled immigration planning and compliance for professional and amateur athletes, teams, leagues, and tours, covering visa processing, work permits, and cross-border mobility matters for training, competition, tours, and league play across multiple jurisdictions. Following its January 2026 acquisition by BAL (Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP), the firm ceased independent operations.

Product overview

Ladik Law Firm was a specialized immigration law firm focused exclusively on sports and entertainment immigration matters. The firm offered a single core service line providing immigration planning, compliance, and mobility guidance for professional and amateur athletes, teams, and leagues. Following its acquisition by BAL, the firm and its team (Steve Ladik and Kerri Wirtz) have been integrated into BAL's Sports and Entertainment Practice, ceasing independent operations as Ladik Law Firm PPLC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sports and Entertainment Immigration Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BAL (Berry Appleman & Leiden)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2026BAL acquired Ladik Law Firm to expand its Sports and Entertainment Practice. Steve Ladik and his team joined BAL to enhance services for professional and amateur athletes, teams, and leagues. The acquisition deepens BAL's capabilities in athlete and team mobility matters including immigration planning and compliance for training, competition, tours, and league play. This strategic acquisition responds to a more volatile global mobility environment where organizations need rapid guidance and the ability to track changing laws and regulations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Vialto Partners: Global immigration and mobility services firm supporting multinational workforces and globally mobile talent. Comparable as a scaled immigration provider, including for sports and entertainment clients requiring cross-border mobility.
• Ogletree Deakins: Large employment and immigration law firm with a sports industry practice group advising teams and athletes on immigration and employment matters. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving similar athlete/team clients.
• Fragomen: One of the world's largest immigration law firms with a global mobility practice that serves professional athletes, sports organizations, and entertainers. Comparable as a scaled incumbent offering immigration services across sports and entertainment verticals.
• Seyfarth: Large full-service law firm with an immigration practice group advising employers and individuals on visa and work authorization matters, including athletes and entertainers. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping immigration capabilities.
• Fredrikson & Byron: Mid-sized U.S. law firm with an immigration practice serving athletes, entertainers, and globally mobile professionals. Comparable as a broader firm with specialized immigration capabilities for sports and entertainment clients.

Direct peers

• Wolfsdorf Rosenthal: Boutique immigration law firm specializing in athlete and entertainer visas, including Olympic and professional sports immigration matters. Highly comparable as a niche immigration practice serving a similar athlete client base.
• BAL (Berry Appleman & Leiden): Global immigration law firm and acquirer of Ladik Law Firm. BAL operates the Sports and Entertainment Immigration Practice to which Ladik's team now belongs, making it the most direct peer and immediate parent platform.

Regional players

• Jackson Walker: Texas-based law firm headquartered in Dallas (same metro as Ladik Law Firm) with sports, entertainment, and immigration practice capabilities. Comparable as a regional player with overlapping practice areas in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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