Practice Areas: Immigration; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2004
Education: Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2024 Details
Rakhel Milstein is founder and CEO of the Milstein Law Group, and she represents clients in the New York, New York, metropolitan area. For over two decades, she has focused her legal practice on immigration law, including the following: naturalization and citizenship, work visas/green cards, nonimmigrant visas for those with extraordinary abilities and lawful permanent residence. As she has worked with nonprofits and multinational corporations during her career, she has gained extensive experience in complex immigration cases that are argued in federal court.
With a goal to help her clients work, live and train in the United States, Ms. Milstein is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the state of New York. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Ms. Milstein is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. At Bard College, she earned her Bachelor of Arts before moving on to law school to prepare to represent those who are navigating a complicated legal process. At the Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she earned her Juris Doctor. While in law school, she was also the articles editor for the school’s Journal of International and Comparative Law.
Practice areas
Immigration: BusinessFocus areas
Naturalization & Citizenship
- 100% Immigration: Business
First Admitted: 2004, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.milsteinlg.com/about-us/
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court, District of Nebraska
- United States District Court, District of Colorado
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- District of Columbia
- New York
- We have succeeded in obtaining hundreds of EB-1 and O-1 approvals for our clients over the last 20 years. We have also obtained approvals from the Appeals Office for many complex matters, including numerous EB-1As and EB-1Cs. These achievements span the fields of the arts, sciences, tech, cybersecurity, fashion, film and sports., 2024
- I am a volunteer attorney for the organization Volunteer Attorneys for the Arts. I am also the President of the Board of Directors for the Center for Art Law, a nonprofit that provides services to artists and art lawyers. I offer free 20-minute consultations to all my clients in order for them to understand their options without having to pay for this information. I believe it is imperative, especially today with so much misinformation online and on social media, for nonimmigrants to understand their real options in order to make their own decisions regarding their next steps in this complex immigration system., 2024
- Our firm, MLG, has been selected two years in a row for the Chambers Spotlight. I personally have been selected to Chambers for the last 2 years, as well., Chambers Spotlight, Chambers, 2024
- Bard College, B.A.
- We provide updated information regarding various changes in immigration law on our website. This information is updated as changes occur in the administration in order to keep our clients up-to-date with these developments., FAQs, Business, Law, Tech, Fintech, Finance, Film, Journalism, Arts, Design, Hospitality, Academia, 2024
- I have been lecturing at various institutions for well over a decade. I provide these lectures to a range of colleges at Columbia University, at CUNY, Stanford Business School and NYU Tisch School for the Arts. I have also spoken at the annual conference for the Center for Art Law on two occasions, and various NYC theatres. I have also serviced as a panelist at many immigration conferences, including at Cardozo Law School., Lecturer, Immigration Lawyer, Academic, Film, Journalism, Arts, 2024
- Articles Editor, Journal of International and Comparative Law, Cardozo School of Law
- We continue to do the same work as detailed above in 2019. Our success rate is extraordinarily high because we only accept cases we are confident of success. Our firm has consistently proven that our cases are nearly always approved due to our exceptionally high level of excellence, our selectivity of cases, and our unparalleled client services., 2024
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Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2024
