Harlan York

Harlan York is a distinguished immigration attorney in New Jersey, celebrated as the first in the state to receive the "Immigration Lawyer of the Year" award from Best Lawyers. As a former Immigration Chair of the NJ State Bar Association and Co-Chair of the NY State Bar Association CFLS Committee on Immigration, Mr. York has a profound influence in the legal community. He also contributed to the American Immigration Lawyers Association National Practice Management Committee.

Mr. York is the author of the book Three Degrees of Law, which made notable debuts on Amazon.com, ranking #6 in Law Office Education and #4 in Immigration. He is a sought-after speaker, having lectured for the Federal Bar Association, NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and at prestigious institutions such as Columbia, New York, Rutgers, and Seton Hall Law Schools, as well as on platforms like Lawline.com and ILW.com.

Fluent in Spanish, Mr. York has appeared on national media outlets including CBS This Morning, Primer Impacto on Univision, Bloomberg Law, Telemundo, NBC, Fox, and PBS, discussing a range of immigration issues. He also regularly writes for publications like The Hill, NJ.com, and Law360.com.

His full-service firm, Harlan York and Associates, is located in Newark. The firm, comprising five attorneys, actively represents clients in Immigration Courts and Service offices across NJ, NY, PA, CT, and beyond. They expertly handle all immigration matters, including deportation, detention, federal appeals, visa petitions, permanent residence, citizenship, employment and family-based immigration, deferred action, and applications for victims of violence.

A graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall, the State University of New York at Albany, and Tulane Law School, Mr. York holds admissions to several courts, including the US Supreme Court.