Managing Partner Michael Wildes is pleased to announce that Wildes & Weinberg has secured an approval of O-1A visa classification on behalf of Ms. Niamh O’Connell, a talented blockchain strategy, delivery and implementation expert.
Ms. Niamh O’Connell has been hired to work with an innovative new company, CasperLabs, to set up, scale and provide blockchain technology services for enterprises for the new blockchain network. Throughout her career, Niamh has worked with several prestigious companies in her industry in Ireland and the United States, and she is a founder of BlockW, the Irish Blockchain Association. She has received illustrious awards, including the “Blockchain Leader of the Year” Award at the Dublin Tech Summit, as part of the Women in Tech Awards. We look forward to watching Niamh’s robust career in the blockchain technology industry continue in the United States!
Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. was founded in 1960 by Michael’s father, Leon Wildes, whose best-known accomplishment was his successful representation of John Lennon in his widely publicized deportation proceedings (the circumstances of which have inspired several films and documentaries). The firm specializes exclusively in the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law, has a distinguished domestic and international clientele, and can assist with any type of immigration matter including employment and investment-based immigration, work permits, permanent residence for qualified individuals, family-based immigration, asylum applications, all temporary and permanent type visas, and U.S. citizenship.
In addition to running a highly successful immigration law practice, Michael is also currently serving his third term as Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, is the author of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door (which draws on over a quarter of a century of his practice in the immigration field), is an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York and serves as Counsel to Lincoln Center and several international/corporate law firms. Moreover, Michael is internationally renowned for his successful representation of distinguished individuals and corporate clients such as performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors/actresses, athletes, race car drivers, fine artists, art dealers, curators, musicians, photographers, stylists, and literary agents. Some of the firm’s other distinguished clients include scholar Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (z’l), as well as soccer icon Pele, Master Chef Jean-Georges and Former First Lady Melania Trump and her family.
Today the firm of Wildes & Weinberg has offices in New York City, New York, Englewood, New Jersey, Miami, Florida, and a presence in Los Angeles, California, and continues to maintain its stellar reputation in the field of U.S. Immigration & Nationality Law.
For more information on our firm please visit www.wildeslaw.com or contact Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.