AdvisorMichael Wildes

Michael Wildes is the Managing Partner at Wildes & Weinberg, P.C., a premier boutique immigration law firm. He has represented notable clients including Yoko Ono, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and Lionel Richie. Michael’s guiding principle is a simple one: treat all of his clients with the same respect and fights for their rights with tenacity regardless of their notoriety.

Michael is a former federal prosecutor with the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, has testified on Capitol Hill on anti-terrorism immigration legislation, and currently acts as Immigration Counsel to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Yeshiva University. He has also served his community as the current Mayor of Englewood, NJ, as a volunteer EMT, and as a former Auxiliary Police Officer.

At AddressHate, Michael brings experience defending the rights and dignity of people. He pairs his legal expertise with a scholarly background, having been an adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law for the past 15 years and the author of Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door. His counsel strengthens AddressHate’s ability to navigate the legal dimensions of countering hate.