Lawyer Profile

Harlan G. York

Attorney Bio

The only attorney in New Jersey to win "Immigration Lawyer of the Year" in 2012 from Best Lawyers, Harlan York is Former Immigration Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  

Mr. York currently serves as Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association CFLS Committee on Immigration. 

He has lectured on a variety of topics for the Federal Bar Association, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, at Columbia, New York, and Rutgers Law Schools, as well as Lawline.com and ILW.com.

The bilingual attorney has appeared on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose and Primer Impacto on Univision, both airing nationally, and has spoken on a host of immigration issues on Telemundo, NBC, and PBS.

His full service Immigration Law Firm, Harlan York and Associates, is located in Newark. The four attorneys at the firm appear regularly at Immigration Courts and Immigration Service offices in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and beyond.  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 Deferred Action and all Applications for Victims of Violence.

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.

He is admitted to courts in New Jersey and Connecticut as well as the United States Supreme Court.

Practice Areas

• Immigration Law

Client Comments

• When I first came to Mr. York, I was overwhelmed by the American immigration process, lost and confused by the complexity of this matter, but he was able to start quickly and move me forward through the paperwork. He was very reassuring and professional in his handling of my case that finalized exactly the way Mr. York told me from the beginning. I had and I will continue to highly recommend him to anybody who needs help in immigration.

  Alina J

• I was introduced to Mr. York's office back in 2002 and he was willing and did take on a case that other attorneys were not capable of handling or even figuring out an angle of approach. Mr. York is honest, straight forward, and knows the law. In addition, he's interesting to talk to and an extremely kind individual that you can consider a friend and not just your attorney.

  Tarek Ismaeil
  
  Client

• I have hired many professionals for many different services and Mr. York has to be at the top of the list. Not only is he an expert in current immigration law, but he is well versed in changes that have occurred in the last 20 years. I have always found his rates to be fair and reasonable. Some of the cases that I have referred to Mr. York have been difficult ones, and every time he has found several creative ways to find a satisfactory resolution. Through my dealings with Mr. York, I have found him to have the utmost integrity. I recommend him wholeheartedly

  Alberto Artasanchez
  
  Smart Components, Inc.

Lawyer of the Year

Education

• Tulane University (J.D.) (1994)

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, United States
• Connecticut, United States

Organizations & Affiliations

• NJ State Bar Association — Former Chair, Immigration Section
• American Immigration Lawyers Association — Fomer Chair, YLD

Awards

• Listed in "The Furthered 40," the Top 40 Lawyers Accountants & Entrepreneurs that Further Education in Their Professions
• Super Lawyers
• Superb ("10.0"), Avvo
• US News and World Report Best Law Firms, Tier One

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