Harlan G. York
Harlan York
Newark
New Jersey (NJ)
Immigration
Profile
Harlan York is Former Immigration Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Best Lawyers has named Harlan York as the “Newark Immigration Lawyer of the Year” for 2012. Mr. York is the only Immigration Attorney in the State of New Jersey to be named Immigration Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers.
His full service Immigration Law Firm, Harlan York and Associates, is located in Newark. The three attorneys at the firm appear regularly at Immigration Courts and Immigration Service offices in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
The firm handles all immigration matters, particularly Deportation and Detention, Federal Appeals, Visa Petitions, Permanent Residence Applications, Citizenship, Employment and Family Based Immigration, as well as all Applications for Victims of Violence.
Mr. York lectures often at programs run by the Federal Bar Association, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Rutgers Law Symposium, New Jersey State Bar Foundation as well as Lawline and ILW.com Webinars.
He has appeared on Primer Impacto, televised nationally on Univision, as well as frequently speaking on a host of immigration topics on Telemundo/NBC, the NJ Network/PBS and News 12 New Jersey.
A graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall, the State University of New York at Albany and the Tulane Law School, Mr. York is fluent in Spanish.
Selected To
New Jersey Super Lawyers 2011
New Jersey Super Lawyers 2010
New Jersey Rising Stars 2009
New Jersey Rising Stars 2008
New Jersey Rising Stars 2007
New Jersey Rising Stars 2006
About Harlan York
Admitted: 1995, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: www.ImmigrationLawNJ.com/york.html
Honors and Awards:
- The only attorney in the State of New Jersey to be named Immigration Lawyer of the Year 2012 by Best Lawyers.
- Superb, Avvo
- US News and World Report Best Law Firms
- Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Women's Self Defense Instructor
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Former Immigration Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association.
- Former Chair, YLD, American Immigration Lawyers Association, New Jersey Chapter
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Judge, American Mock Trial Tournament, Yale University
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Lecturer, Lawline.com CLE; Immigration Detention
- Moderator, New Jersey State Bar Association; Immigration Law and Crime
- Speaker, NJICLE; Protecting Victims of Violence - Relief Under Immigration Law
- Speaker, Rutgers Law Symposium, Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Lecturer, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education , Removal Proceedings
- Lecturer, ILW.com Webinar , Family Based Immigration
- Lecturer, New Jersey State Bar Foundation , Current Immigration Policy
- Lecturer, Federal Bar Association , Immigration Consequences of Plea Bargains
Video:
- From State Bar Foundation Lecture , Waivers of Deportation
- From State Bar Foundation Lecture , Abandonment of Green Cards?
- Excerpt from State Bar Foundation Presentation , Marriage & Family Based Green Cards
- From a presentation for the State Bar Foundation, O Visas for Aliens of Extraordinary Ability
- Excerpt from CLE Seminar that I gave for LawLine.com, Immigration Detention: From Pickup to Release
- This is an excerpt from a one hour lecture on the U Visa. The topic here is: How can attorneys obtain helpful documentation from law enforcement agencies that shows evidence of domestic abuse?, Visas for Victims of Violence, 2011
Educational Background:
- Choate Rosemary Hall (Harris Scholar), 1987
- State University of New York at Albany, Bachelor of Arts, Spanish (Regents Scholar), 1991
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