Ranking tables
Immigration | USA
USA - Nationwide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
BAL LLP 13 Years Ranked- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Clark Hill PLC 2 Years Ranked
Duane Morris LLP 12 Years Ranked
Mintz 7 Years Ranked
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC 8 Years Ranked
Pryor Cashman LLP 1 Years Ranked
Sidley Austin LLP 3 Years Ranked
UB Greensfelder LLP 5 Years Ranked- Foster LLP
- Grossman Young & Hammond
- Siskind Susser, PC
- Van Der Hout Brigagliano & Nightingale LLP
Senior Statespeople
- H Ronald Klasko Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP13 Years Ranked
- Stephen W Yale-Loehr Miller Mayer LLP20 Years Ranked
- Carl ShustermanCarl Shusterman, Immigration Lawyer
- Charles C FosterFoster LLP
- Deborah NotkinBarst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP
- Denise HammondGrossman Young & Hammond
- Gordon J QuanQuan Law Group, PLLC
- Josie GonzalezSGG Immigration LLP
Eminent Practitioners
- William Stock Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP13 Years Ranked
- Bernard WolfsdorfWolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP
- Gregory SiskindSiskind Susser, PC
Star Individuals
Band 1
David Leopold UB Greensfelder LLP6 Years Ranked
Denyse Sabagh Duane Morris LLP20 Years Ranked
Eleanor Pelta Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP20 Years Ranked
John Patrick Pratt Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli & Pratt16 Years Ranked
Kathleen Campbell Walker Dickinson Wright PLLC20 Years Ranked
Marketa Lindt Sidley Austin LLP7 Years Ranked- Angelo PaparelliVialto Law (US) PLLC
- Charles H KuckKuck Baxter LLC
- Cyrus D MehtaCyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC
- David GrunblattFragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Band 2
Anastasia Tonello UB Greensfelder LLP13 Years Ranked- Dagmar Butte Parker, Butte & Lane PC16 Years Ranked
Elizabeth Espín Stern Mayer Brown LLP20 Years Ranked
Jeff Joseph BAL LLP5 Years Ranked
Leon Rodriguez Seyfarth Shaw LLP7 Years Ranked
Lynden Melmed BAL LLP15 Years Ranked
Michael Nowlan Clark Hill PLC9 Years Ranked
Thomas K Ragland Clark Hill PLC9 Years Ranked
Vince Lau Clark Lau LLC5 Years Ranked- Alexis S AxelradBarst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP
- Ava BenachBenach Collopy LLP
- Bo CooperFragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
- Cheryl DavidThe Law Office of Cheryl R. David
- Marc Van Der HoutVan Der Hout Brigagliano & Nightingale LLP
- Tammy Fox-IsicoffRifkin and Fox-Isicoff PA
Band 3
Amy Peck Jackson Lewis P.C.10 Years Ranked
Avram E Morell Pryor Cashman LLP19 Years Ranked
Eric S Bord Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP17 Years Ranked
Laura Foote Reiff Greenberg Traurig, LLP20 Years Ranked
Mark D Koestler HSF Kramer20 Years Ranked
Sarah Lea Tobocman Gunster17 Years Ranked- Becki YoungGrossman Young & Hammond
- Mary PivecPivec & Associates PLLC
- Sandra GrossmanGrossman Young & Hammond
- Sharon R MehlmanMehlman Jacobs LLP
- Suzanne SeltzerThe Seltzer Firm, PLLC
- Zachary M NightingaleVan Der Hout Brigagliano & Nightingale LLP
Band 4
Colleen Caden Pryor Cashman LLP10 Years Ranked
Matthew S Dunn HSF Kramer20 Years Ranked
Shannon Donnelly Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP11 Years Ranked- David A IsaacsonCyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC
- Robert LoughranFoster LLP
- Thomas MoseleyThe Law Offices of Thomas Moseley
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 BAL LLPImmigration2025 | Band 1 | 13 Years RankedBAL is a powerful force in corporate immigration with the capacity to handle a range of highly complex matters, with substantial consular, auditing and compliance experience. The team regularly advises multinational companies on their immigration programs and global mobility strategies, in addition to providing representation in investigations concerning allegations of visa abuses. The firm is particularly adept at assisting clients in the energy and technology sectors.
Band 2
2 Greenberg Traurig, LLPImmigration2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years RankedGreenberg Traurig LLP is a full-service group providing high quality advice on employment-based business immigration to clients in a number of sectors, including pharmaceuticals and technology. The team is renowned for its EB-5 immigrant investor program and for implementing strategic mobility systems for multinational corporations, alongside strengths in government audits and legislative representation. Its lawyers are further recognized for their wider capabilities in family-based immigration and US citizenship issues, with niche expertise in tax planning matters.2 Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLPImmigration2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years RankedKlasko Immigration Law Partners fields several standout individual attorneys to advise a diverse roster of clients, from international companies and healthcare organizations to private individuals. The team is especially active counseling clients from the education sector, while still providing the full spectrum of business immigration services, with impressive compliance and consular-related experience. The firm is esteemed for its EB-5 capability and considerable O-1 visa expertise.
2 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPImmigration2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years RankedMorgan, Lewis & Bockius is a full-service global firm with a well-known immigration practice, acting for a range of household names in sectors including technology, retail and financial services. The team delivers high end global business immigration services, together with employment and general corporate development advice. Its lawyers are noted for their US and non-US visa, PERM and compliance expertise.
Band 3
3 HSF KramerImmigration2025 | Band 3 | 13 Years RankedHSF Kramer is a specialist business immigration practice housed within a full-service firm, acting for a range of multinationals and major financial institutions. The team offers extensive experience working with clients to tailor optimal workforce mobility strategies, alongside wider expertise advising on the immigration aspects of M&A transactions. Their client roster includes those in the fashion, telecommunications, healthcare and advertising sectors.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP combined on June 1st to form HSF Kramer.
3 Jackson Lewis P.C.Immigration2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedJackson Lewis P.C. houses an esteemed team who provides expert immigration guidance to employers. The team assists clients with securing visas as well as handling regulatory enforcement and compliance counseling.
3 Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli & PrattImmigration2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedKurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli & Pratt has a stable of stellar immigration specialists among its bench. The dedicated team delivers a wide array of services to corporate and individual clients including deportation defense, immigration appeals, EB-5 immigration and detention hearings.
3 Mayer Brown LLPImmigration2025 | Band 3 | 11 Years RankedMayer Brown boasts a highly capable team offering guidance on all aspects of business immigration, including compliance and audits, as well as visa and residency issues. The team advises major corporations in the technology, finance and entertainment industries, offering clients the advantage of the firm's wide global network and technology-based tracking system.
3 Seyfarth Shaw LLPImmigration2025 | Band 3 | 13 Years RankedSeyfarth Shaw has a sizable group undertaking all aspects of business immigration for an impressive corporate client portfolio, calling upon a well-resourced team of immigration experts in major hubs across the USA. The team is recognized for its eminent compliance practice, comprising I-9 audits, work site raids and E-Verify expertise and offers additional experience advising clients on global immigration policies and EB-5 issues and the immigration aspects of M&A transactions.
Band 4
4 Clark Hill PLCImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedClark Hill PLC provide a wide range of immigration services being particularly noted for their strength in immigration-related litigation, deportation and removal, as well as government audits and I-9 compliance. The practice regularly represent large companies, spanning sectors from sports to technology.4 Duane Morris LLPImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 12 Years RankedDuane Morris has a respected business immigration team with expertise securing US and global visas. The lawyers are frequently retained by both public and private companies from a number of sectors including telecommunications and technology, while also assisting clients with immigration-related litigation.
4 MintzImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years RankedMintz has a highly capable employer-focused immigration practice. The team advises an impressive client roster, which includes Fortune 500 companies, on visa and green card applications as well as broader immigration policy. The firm offers noted expertise in EB-5 investor visas, and is also adept at handling pro bono asylum cases.4 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PCImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 8 Years RankedOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart is a renowned national labor and employment firm with significant expertise handling business immigration issues. Areas of focus of the team include H-1B visas, I-9 compliance and advising on the immigration implications of corporate transactions.4 Pryor Cashman LLPImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedPryor Cashman LLP is a full-service firm with a recognised business immigration practice. The group regularly assists large corporates with H1-B visa applications and E-Verify and I-9 Compliance, among other matters. It advises clients across a wide variety of sectors, including noted expertise in the sports industry.
4 Sidley Austin LLPImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedSidley Austin's immigration team is well regarded for providing strategic immigration advice to US and multinational employers. Its lawyers advise clients in a range of sectors, including technology and consulting.4 UB Greensfelder LLPImmigration2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years RankedUB Greensfelder LLP assists a varied client base with business immigration matters, including clients from the healthcare and education sectors. The team advises businesses on intracompany transfers as well as I-9 compliance, and is further adept at assisting with PERM certifications.