Bradford Bernstein

Practice Areas

Bradford H. Bernstein is a nationally recognized U.S. immigration attorney and Managing Partner of Spar & Bernstein. His practice focuses exclusively on immigration law, representing individuals, families, entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses in complex immigration matters. He handles employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, green card applications, citizenship and naturalization, deportation defense, removal proceedings, asylum applications, immigration waivers, investor visas, business immigration, and corporate immigration compliance. Brad regularly assists clients with H-1B visas, L-1 visas, O-1 visas, E-2 investor visas, EB-1 petitions, EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green cards, EB-5 investor immigration, family petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, and immigration appeals. He has helped more than 100,000 clients successfully navigate the U.S. immigration system.

Career

Bradford H. Bernstein joined Spar & Bernstein in 1993 following his graduation from Brooklyn Law School. He became a partner in 1997 and assumed leadership of the firm in 2000. As Managing Partner, he oversees one of the most established immigration law practices in the United States. For more than three decades, Brad has represented clients in family immigration, employment-based immigration, deportation defense, investor immigration, citizenship applications, immigration litigation, and business immigration matters. He has built a reputation for helping families obtain green cards, secure U.S. citizenship, prevent deportation, and reunite loved ones through successful immigration petitions.

Professional Memberships

Bradford H. Bernstein is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the leading professional organization for attorneys practicing immigration and nationality law. He is also a member of the New York County Lawyers' Association and is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey. Through his involvement in these organizations, he remains engaged with developments in immigration law, policy, and legal advocacy while maintaining strong connections within the legal community.

Publications

Bradford H. Bernstein regularly contributes immigration law commentary, legal analysis, and educational content focused on U.S. immigration law and policy. His work covers topics including employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, green cards, citizenship, deportation defense, investor visas, and immigration reform. In addition to publishing immigration-related content through digital and social media platforms, he frequently provides analysis of USCIS policy changes, visa programs, removal proceedings, and developments affecting immigrants, employers, and families. He has also served as an immigration law commentator for major media outlets, helping educate the public on complex immigration issues and changes to U.S. immigration laws. Brad is also a featured immigration law commentator for Fox Business, BBC World Radio, and other media outlets, discussing immigration law developments and policy changes.

Personal

Bradford "Brad" Bernstein is a second-generation immigration lawyer who followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, Harry Spar, a pioneer in the field of immigration law. Throughout his career, Brad has dedicated himself to helping immigrants achieve lawful status, permanent residence, and U.S. citizenship. He is a nationally recognized immigration commentator and educator who regularly provides legal analysis on immigration policy, visa programs, deportation issues, and immigration reform. He has appeared on television, radio, podcasts, and digital media platforms, including CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and NBC, discussing developments in U.S. immigration law.

Education

Languages Spoken

English

Awards

Clients

Throughout his career, Bradford H. Bernstein has represented a diverse client base that includes multinational corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, healthcare professionals, technology workers, executives, students, academics, and families seeking immigration benefits. He regularly assists employers sponsoring foreign workers, individuals pursuing employment-based and family-based immigration benefits, and clients facing deportation proceedings, visa denials, or other complex immigration challenges. His practice is built on providing strategic immigration solutions tailored to the unique goals of both individual and corporate clients.

Work Highlights

Over the course of more than thirty years practicing immigration law, Bradford H. Bernstein has helped more than 100,000 individuals, families, and businesses successfully navigate the U.S. immigration system. He has secured employment-based visas, family-based green cards, investor visas, and U.S. citizenship for thousands of clients while also representing individuals in removal proceedings and deportation defense matters. His experience includes assisting multinational companies with business immigration strategies, helping entrepreneurs and investors obtain immigration benefits, and guiding families through complex immigration processes to achieve lawful permanent residence and citizenship. As Managing Partner of Spar & Bernstein, he has played a significant role in establishing the firm as one of the nation's most recognized immigration law practices.

Industry Sector Expertise

Bradford H. Bernstein concentrates his practice on immigration and nationality law, with extensive experience in employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, business immigration, and corporate immigration compliance. His expertise includes H-1B visas, L-1 intracompany transfer visas, O-1 extraordinary ability visas, E-2 investor visas, EB-1 extraordinary ability petitions, EB-2 National Interest Waivers, EB-3 employment-based immigration, and EB-5 investor immigration. He also regularly advises clients on adjustment of status applications, consular processing, naturalization and citizenship matters, deportation defense, removal proceedings, immigration appeals, asylum claims, humanitarian relief, and immigration waivers.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bradford H. Bernstein practices primarily in the area of U.S. federal immigration and nationality law, representing clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (Immigration Courts), the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. consulates and embassies worldwide. He is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey and regularly handles immigration matters with national and international scope involving individuals, families, employers, investors, and multinational corporations.

Experience

Managing Partner | Spar & Bernstein | 2000–Present: Leads one of the nation's most recognized immigration law firms, representing clients in family immigration, employment-based immigration, citizenship, deportation defense, asylum, waivers, investor immigration, and complex immigration litigation.

Partner | Spar & Bernstein | 1997–2000: Managed a growing caseload involving green cards, work visas, removal defense, business immigration, and family-based immigration petitions.

Immigration Attorney | Spar & Bernstein | 1993–1997: Represented individuals and businesses before USCIS, Immigration Courts, and U.S. consulates worldwide in immigration and nationality matters.