Managing Partner Michael Wildes has been honored to serve as immigration consultant for the motion picture film adaptation of the New York Times best-seller The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon, July, 2018.
Michael poses on the set with lead actors Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton.
Nicola Yoon’s young adult novelThe Sun Is Also a Star centers around Natasha (Black-ish, Grown-ish’s Shahidi), a girl in New York City whose pragmatism is challenged when she falls in love with Daniel (Riverdale’s Melton) right before her family is set to be deported back to Jamaica. MGM and Warner Bros. are behind the feature. Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip) adapted the book for the screen, and Ry Russo-Young (Before I Fall and Nobody Walks) is the director. The Sun Is Also a Star is scheduled to be released next Spring.
For more information on the movie, please click here: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6423362/
Wildes & Weinberg is a boutique law firm specializing exclusively in the practice of U.S. immigration and nationality law and was founded in 1960 by Senior Partner 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, books, and documentaries.
Today the firm, which has offices in New York City, Englewood, NJ, Miami, FL, and by appointment in Los Angeles, CA, services a distinguished domestic and international clientele and covers all areas of U.S. immigration law, including employment and investment-based immigration, work permits, permanent residence for qualified individuals, family-based immigration, asylum applications and all temporary and permanent type visas.
In addition to running a highly successful immigration law practice, Michael is also of counsel to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and two international/corporate law firms. A former Federal Prosecutor with the United States Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn (1989-1993), Michael has testified on Capitol Hill in connection with anti-terrorism legislation, and is a frequent participant on professional panels and commentator on network television and radio with regard to US immigration law, employer sanction work and compliance.
Michael also served two terms as the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey (where is he currently the Democratic mayoral nominee once again), was appointed to the District Appeals Board of the Selective Service System for the State of New Jersey, was a member of the New Jersey Governor’s Blue Panel on Immigration, and has been a guest lecturer at many distinguished forums and institutions including Yale University, New York University, Brooklyn Law School, and The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law.
Despite difficulties currently being encountered in dealing with U.S. immigration authorities, Wildes & Weinberg has maintained an extraordinary track record for success for its cases. Moreover, the firm’s multilingual staff is known for its experience and special expertise in processing each foreign national’s case with nothing less than the highest level of professionalism.
To learn more about Wildes & Weinberg, please contact Managing Partner Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.