New York Immigration Lawyers

Immigration Law

230 Park Avenue, 3rd Fl West, New York, NY 10169-0005

I work with leaders of healthcare organizations and their foreign national employees in all phases of the immigration process, helping multinational corporations and providers find the best short and long-term visa strategies for their specific needs. My team and I are committed to delivering personalized and effective representation to every client. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their immigration goals quickly and ethically while keeping them informed throughout the process. We are the law firm healthcare leaders come to when other law firms can’t or won’t help. With creativity, resourcefulness, and dedication, we devise effective solutions tailored to your unique needs.

Immigration Law

30 Wall Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005

Ms. Gunjan Rekhi is the founder and principal Attorney of Rekhi Law Offices, located in New York City. Ms. Rekhi completed her Master’s of Law degree (LL.M.) from New York University (NYU) School of Law. She has a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) from Campus Law Center, and a Bachelor of Economics degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi, India. Ms. Rekhi is admitted to practice in the State of New York. She is also a member of several legal and professional organizations, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Ms. Rekhi has been practicing immigration law for over a decade and has represented large corporate clients, startups and individuals on a full range of employment and family-based immigration matters. Ms. Rekhi strongly believes in the tenets of integrity and transparency and has built strong reputation of her firm amongst the corporate clientele as a reliable and one stop shop for their immigration needs.

Immigration Law

140-25 Queens Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435

Immigration Law

659 West Onondaga Street, Upper Floor, Syracuse, NY 13204

Jose is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Venezuela. Jose began his career as an attorney in Venezuela. Jose’s outstanding Venezuelan practice was recognized several times by the Miranda State Bar Association, which awarded him with honors in three different years. In 2002, Jose decided to come to the United States to further develop himself academically and professionally. In 2004, Jose was admitted to Syracuse University College of Law, where he graduated cum laude. During law school, Jose clerked for a US District Court in Florida. Jose joined the Smith Sovik law firm in 2007. Since joining the firm, Jose was involved in all areas of litigation. Jose has been and is a member of the Latin American Law Student Association; Hispanic National Bar Association; Black Law Student Association; DRI; American Bar Association; New Jersey State Bar; New York State Bar; Law Students in Action Project-Spanish Translation and Interpretation Assistance Team; Onondaga County Bar Association; AILA, among others. In 2012, Jose decided to open his new and independent law firm. After opening the Law Offices of Jose Perez, Jose has been involved in all areas of litigation, including construction, labor and employment, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation, SSI/SSD, and immigration. Jose has been a speaker/panelist at numerous events dealing with his legal practice, Workers’ Compensation, and immigration issues. Jose also has a “Know-Your-Rights” column in the CNY Latino newspaper.

Immigration Law

185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Lenni B. Benson has been teaching and writing in the field of immigration law since 1994. She is the Distinguished Chair of Immigration and Human Rights Law at New York Law School. She founded the Safe Passage Project, which recruits, trains, and mentors attorneys to assist unaccompanied youth who are facing deportation. Safe Passage Project began as an NYLS pro bono project/clinic and is now a nonprofit with a staff of over 40 professionals housed at NYLS that partners with the School’s clinic. With more than 500 pro bono attorneys, Safe Passage Project is currently assisting over 1,000 unaccompanied minors in New York. Professor Benson has won national awards for her pro bono leadership and excellence in immigration teaching. She has served as a member of several national task forces on the needs of migrant youth and has been a speaker for the federal government at national trainings. She also served as one of the founding steering committee members of the American Immigration Representation Project, formed in 2017, to expand pro bono representation of detained immigrants. In 2012, she completed, with Russell Wheeler, a study of the immigration courts for the federal government’s Administrative Conference of the United States. She served as the chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2012 to the end of 2014. Professor Benson is an emeritus trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation (now the American Immigration Council), is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and served on the board of the Center for Human and Constitutional Rights. Her co-authored book Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies was published by LexisNexis in 2013 and a new edition was issued in December of 2019 by Carolina Academic Press. In addition to teaching at NYLS, she has also served as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School. Most recently, Professor Benson edited an academic volume of international essays with Professor Mary Crock of the University of Sydney entitled Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice. She will prepare a new book for Elgar Press in its Advanced Legal Studies Series on U.S. Immigration Law that is expected to be published in early 2021. Professor Benson teaches Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and several advanced seminars ranging from asylum to business immigration.