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Rafael Urena has a long history of vigorously advocating for his clients on important matters.
Mr. Urena has represented clients in federal and state courts in a wide spectrum of cases. He has argued on a multitude of complex civil, constitutional, criminal, and immigration matters. He has persuaded courts to award some of the largest preservations of immigrant visas in history and successfully upended hundreds of the government’s attempts to deport noncitizens.
Mr. Urena is a frequent commentator on legal issues. He has been featured in Once-In-A-Lifetime U.S. Visas to Be Lost Unless Court Intervenes, Forbes Magazine, Afghan visa lottery winners ‘hopeless’ to leave Afghanistan, Los Angeles Times, US State Dept. Ordered to Issue 9K More Diversity Visas, Law360, and Fifteen People Successfully Beat Trump's Travel Ban In Court - Gothamist, Gothamist
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42 West Street, Suite 136, Brooklyn, NY, 11222
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Posted by Abdulrahman | June 18, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
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I had a great experience working with Attorney Rafael Urena and his paralegal Ahmed Kaid on my fiancée’s K1 (Fiancé) visa. Ahmed handled our I-129F petition, and he did an excellent job from beginning to end. He was knowledgeable, organized, and always responsive whenever we had questions. Rafael ...
Posted by Ahmed | April 10, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
JacobvBiden Client
Please expect Mr. Rafael to easily put your interests in jeopardy if they conflicted with his "financial" interests. The attorney accepted over 24,000 new clients who were competing with JacobvBiden clients for a very, very limited number of visa interviews and for a limited number of 2021 Diversey V...
"Mr. Urena is a serious attorney who achieves results. It has been my pleasure to get to know him over the past six years. He has spearheaded landmark diversity visa cases and has helped change the lives of thousands of individuals and their families. I highly endorse Mr. Urena for any immigration needs you may have!"
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2023
2023 New York Metro Rising Stars, SuperLawyers
2023 - Present
Principal Attorney, Urena & Associates PLLC
2022 - Present
Partner, Morrison Urena
2018 - 2022
Principal Attorney, The Law Office of Rafael Urena
2017 - 2018
Senior Litigation Attorney, Goldberg & Associates
2013 - 2017
Immigration Attorney, Law Office of Andrew Friedman
2011 - 2012
Assistant District Attorney, Bronx District Attorney's Office
2018 - Present
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationMember
U.S. Judge Mehta ordered the Biden administration to reserve more than 7,000 expired diversity visas for the winners whose applications were not prioritized for processing.
2011
JD - Juris Doctor
2007
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2023
Asylum Law in the US
2022
2021
2021
Spanish
Arabic
Portuguese
English