Steven Garfinkel

Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm limits its practice to U.S. immigration law setting itself apart from other areas of practice. We pride ourselves on our profound understanding of U.S. immigration law, which is constantly evolving.

Garfinkel Immigration’s value is in its ability to make the immigration process as smooth as possible. Our lawyers and paralegals know U.S. immigration law. Steven H. Garfinkel is nationally-recognized by his peers and is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in U.S. immigration law. All of our attorneys have dedicated their careers to the practice of U.S. immigration law. A number of our paralegals have worked for Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm for many years or have previous experience with U.S. immigration law.

BIO

Steven H. Garfinkel is a nationally recognized immigration law specialist with over twenty-five(25) years of business immigration law experience. He is one of eighteen (18) attorneys certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the North Carolina State Bar and is the Immediate Past Chair of the Immigration Specialization Committee.

He has practiced Immigration and Visa Law in Charlotte, North Carolina, previously working in one of North Carolina’s largest law firms from 1989 to 1997 where he was the partner in charge of the immigration and visa practice of that firm’s Charlotte office from 1992 until September 1, 1997, when he established the Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm.

Mr. Garfinkel has been rated by his peers with an AV® Peer Review Rating and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.

Education

J.D., Wake Forest School of Law (1984)
B.A. (cum laude), Wake Forest University (1981)

Memberships and Associations

North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
Mecklenburg County Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers