also known as Dennis Ortiguera, Ortiguera
I have been in legal practice for over 30 years and 23 years exclusively in immigration. I have vast experience with employment-based immigration matters, and have worked with companies across many different industries to secure immigration benefits for their employees. I have been successfully filing PERM applications, H-1B visas, EB-1/EB-2/EB-3/Religious Workers immigrant petitions. I have been filing family petitions for spouses, parents, children, step-children, adopted children, siblings, and fiancés. I regularly represent clients before the Immigration Court and the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
I have been awarded 10 Best Immigration Attorney by the American Institute of Legal Counsel. I am a regular member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. I have a Master of Laws degree from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.
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303 Fifth Ave., Suite 1101, New York, NY, 10016
22 Client Reviews
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Posted by Charlene | September 30, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Compassionate Immigration Attorney
Attorney Ortiguera was instrumental in assisting my spouse with his green card application and assistance with paperwork for citizenship His comprehensive knowledge of US Immigration laws gave us the confidence we so desperately needed. The compassion and patience he showed us with our redundant que...
Posted by Craig | August 24, 2020 | Immigration
Pandemic travel problems
Atty. Ortiguera is a top notch immigration lawyer, an expert in his field. Helped us tremendously in getting my wife to the US during this pandemic.
Posted by Romina | August 23, 2020 | Immigration
Highly recommended.
Atty. Ortiguera has been very helpful with our immigration inquiries. He was easy to talk to, quick to reply and undoubtedly knowledgeable in his field. His explanations and advice were easy to understand. His clients are definitely in capable hands, and we are very grateful for all his help....
Posted by J | July 22, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Thanks Dennis!
Dennis help me with me H1 visa. I hired other attorneys before. Dennis is the more responsive and reliable one with very reasonable price. He knows what he was doing. I would definitely recommend him for my other friends.
Posted by Andrew | June 06, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Excellent lawyer - Difficult case
My case is very complex that involves a law not a lot of people (even lawyers!) are familiar about —Child Status Protection Act. I have been to 4 different lawyers in three states (NJ, NY, PA), none of them attempted to take my case for different reasons - the first two weren’t familiar with it, the ...
"Dennis is an incredibly hardworking and thoughtful attorney who really gets to know his clients personally and fully understand their issues. His experience and expertise in immigration court is the result of 20+ years of hard work! Happy to endorse him and privileged to count him as a colleague."
"I have had the pleasure of working with this lawyer several times. I have always found him to be professional and very knowledgeable on the law. I would highly recommend this lawyer."
"Dennis is an experienced immigration attorney who gets great results for his clients. I endorse him strongly."
"I heartily endorse Mr. Ortiguera. We have worked together for more than 10 years and he has a vast knowledge of immigration law. He is honest and trustworthy and finds solutions to the most difficult problems."
"I have worked on several cases with Dennis that had both immigration and criminal components. He is a knowledgeable and reputable immigration attorney and one that I trust completely."
Securities and investment fraud lawyer
Criminal defense lawyer
2023
10 Best Attorney, American Institute of Legal Counsel
2023
Top 10 Attorneys, American Jurist Institute
2017
Top 100 Lawyers, The National Advocates
2019 - Present
Head of firm, Dennis Ortiguera, Esq
2006 - 2019
Of Counsel, Lubiner, Schmidt & Palumbo LLC
2002 - 2006
Attorney, Abad, Constancio & Mallonga
1994 - 2000
Attorney, Alfonso M. Cruz Law Office
2022 - Present
Filipino American Lawyers Association of New YorkMember
2004 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
2002 - Present
New York State Bar AssociationMember
2002 - Present
US District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkAdmitted to Practice
2002 - Present
US District Court for the Southern District of New YorkAdmitted to Practice
2015 - 2016
American Bar AssociationMember
2006 - 2023
Filipino-American Association of Central New JerseyLegal Counsel
2001
LL.M - Master of Laws
1993
JD - Juris Doctor
1989
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2016
Obrtaining E-2 and EB-5 visa
2014
EB-5, Investors visa, other immigration issues
2016
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English
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