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Lawline Faculty Bio

Phil Kleiner

Law Firm: Barst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP
Website: www.bmkllp.com
Practice Areas: Immigration Law, Employment Law
Phone Number: (212) 686-3838

PHILIP J. KLEINER, born April 10, 1946, Wolfratshausen, West Germany.
Admitted to practice: 1974, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1973.
College: Yeshiva University, B.A., 1968; Columbia University, Graduate Studies in Romance Philology, 1968-1970.
Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association: Co-Chairman, Visa Liaison, New York Chapter, 1984-1985; Member, Committee on Ethics and Grievances, 1985-1986; Congressional Liaison Committee, 1991-1992;  Member-National Business Immigration Committee, 2005-2007. Chambers of Commerce: British-American; German-American; Israel-American; Swiss-American; Swedish-American; Netherlands-American. Languages: French; Spanish; Yiddish; Hebrew; Romanian; Thai.
Biography: Lecturer: Practicing Law Institute; Halfmoon Seminars; Medical Society of the State of New York; "Life After F-1 Visas," SUNY at Stony Brook, N.Y.; Stanley Kaplan Institute. Contributing Writer on Immigration Law - Yomiuri America Shinbun Newspaper; Annual Seminar Course Leader: "Employing Foreign Nationals in the U.S.," 1983-2009. Course Leader, U.S. Immigration Law and Its Impact on Hiring Practices, American Management Association. Lecturer, "E-Start Up Companies," Tel Aviv. Speaker: "Society of Human Resource Managers". CLE lecturer, www.lawline.com.