Immigration

Brian M. Wang is a Partner with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP and joined the Firm in 2018. Mr. Wang focuses his practice on all aspects of immigration law, including family- and employment-based immigration, I-9 compliance and worksite enforcement, nonimmigrant employment and investor visas, asylum and humanitarian relief, naturalization, inadmissibility waivers, and removal defense. He consults with criminal defense attorneys on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and advises on crafting plea agreements to avoid deportation. He has developed an expertise in citizenship matters, including military naturalization, expeditious naturalization, and complex acquired/derivative citizenship claims. He is regularly featured as a speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs, educational seminars, and community organizations. Mr. Wang speaks Mandarin Chinese.

Affiliations

Mr. Wang is admitted to practice in New York State and the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.  He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and has served on the Executive Committee of the Upstate New York Chapter of AILA. He currently serves as a member of the AILA Liaison Committee to the USCIS Albany Field Office. Mr. Wang is a member of the New York State Bar Association and has served on its Committee for Immigration Representation. He is a member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) and the National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).

Professional/Community

• Super Lawyers, 2018 Upstate New York Rising Star

Mr. Wang assists low-income clients on a pro bono basis through the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York and The Legal Project. He is an active member of the Capital Region Immigration Collaborative (“CRIC”) of The Legal Project. He serves as a mentor to law students and new attorneys through the mentorship program of the Asian American Bar Association of New York.

Background/Education

Mr. Wang received his Juris Doctor degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law where he completed the nationally acclaimed Integrated Trial Advocacy Program and received the Barrister Award. He was a Staff Editor of the Temple Journal of Science, Technology, and Environmental Law and Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society Fellow. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University where he majored in East Asian Languages and Cultures.