Mr. York has appeared on CBS This Morning and Univision’s Primer Impacto. He has also spoken out about a myriad of immigration issues on Telemundo, NBC, Bloomberg Law, and PBS.

In his twenty-five years exclusively practicing immigration law, Mr. York notes among his most memorable cases:

• Arguing that immigrants with crimes should be allowed to remain in the U.S. upon proving rehabilitation and hardship to their American spouses and children
• Countless successful appeals before federal and administrative courts on issues regarding waivers of removal and political asylum
• Preparing applications for companies sponsoring immigrants in industries ranging from restaurants to construction to agriculture, to academic institutions and research labs
• Representation of high-level athletes, artists, and entertainers, including winners of Emmys, Grammys, and Olympic Medals
• Winning deportation cases for immigrants whose children have special needs
• Assisting victims of violence who suffered at the hands of both foreign and domestic aggressors

He frequently lectures on Immigration Law, at institutions including Brooklyn, Columbia, New York, Seton Hall, and Rutgers Law School. He is a well-known speaker at events sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and Federal Bar Association. Mr. York was also a Judge at the American Mock Trial Tournament at Yale University.

Mr. York has also provided expert opinions to plaintiffs’ and defendants’ attorneys in civil matters and counsel to federal and state criminal defense lawyers in cases relating to immigration, including the recent “Real Housewives of New Jersey” matter.

His chapter on Immigration Law Enforcement: Collaboration and Authority appears in the 2014 Thomson Reuters/Aspatore book, New Developments in Immigration Enforcement and Compliance: Leading Lawyers on Navigating Trends in Immigration Law (Inside the Minds).

Mr. York moderates annual panels for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on the topics of “Protecting Immigrant Victims of Violence” and “Immigration and Crime.”

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 in many jurisdictions, including the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. York has coached youth soccer for many years and is a Certified Women’s Self-Defense Instructor.

Maggie Dunsmuir has successfully handled a great deal of applications for visas and green cards under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).  She has also achieved positive outcomes in reopening cases that were previously denied before the firm became involved. She has lectured numerous times on VAWA for the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Ms. Dunsmuir frequently works on H and L visas as well as employment-based permanent residence applications.  Additionally, she has successfully obtained various waivers of inadmissibility for clients all over the world.

A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Dunsmuir received a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. She also studied in both Ireland and Guatemala. She is conversant in Spanish.

Ms. Dunsmuir’s immigration law experience included interning at Catholic Charities Immigration Services and the New York Immigration Court, where she researched complex legal issues and drafted decisions for Immigration Judges. She also interned at Advocates for Children of New York, Legal Services and Legal Aid. A member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, she is admitted to practice in New York.

Ms. Tedesco has won asylum and withholding of removal, protection under the UN Convention Against Torture, permanent residency, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and termination of removal proceedings due to improper allegations of fraud and crime. Additionally, she has won countless waivers and appeals. She is particularly focused on complex matters of statutory interpretation and where criminal and immigration law intersect.

Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Tedesco is a Seton Hall Law School graduate and The Catholic University of America. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and North Carolina, as well as before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In addition to being Of Counsel to Harlan York & Associates, Ms. Tedesco operates her own immigration firm in Charlotte, North Carolina.