Filomena Lepore

Filomena is the founder and principal of Lepore Taylor Law LLC in Ridgewood, NJ. Fiomena, or Fil as her clients call her, is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York and has over 12 years of experience as a U.S. immigration attorney.  Over the course of her career, she has counseled businesses of various sizes on the attainment of visa petitions to facilitate both long and short-term work assignments of specialized personnel, professional workers, managers and executives.  She also advises clients on the development of immigration compliance programs, ongoing developments in immigration law and policy, and government enforcement actions.  She is particularly experienced in the preparation of PERM labor certification applications before the U.S. Department of Labor, marriage-based immigration, and U.S. citizenship and naturalization.

Filomena has cultivated lasting relationships with her clients who range from Fortune 500 corporations to individuals and entrepreneurs spanning many industries including finance, information technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, bio-tech, food and beverage, construction, engineering, architecture and design.  Prior to establishing her practice in 2016, Filomena was a Partner with the immigration practice group of a prominent New York-based full service law firm, and remains Of Counsel to the firm.  Prior to that, Filomena worked for a boutique immigration practice in Philadelphia, PA.  During law school, she was a member of the Law Review and worked with the U.S. Department of State in Naples, Italy.

Filomena holds a Juris Doctor law degree from New York Law School and a Bachelor’s degree in History from Colgate University.  She has studied and lived abroad in Italy and speaks fluent Italian.

Filomena is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Associate and actively speaks on various immigration topics.