Immigration Lawyers

The Partners:
Robert D. Kolken, Esq. is a former member of the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a past Chair of its Upstate New York Chapter, a past chair of the Immigration Law Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County, and a current member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the American, New York State, and Erie County Bar Associations. He has been a frequent speaker at various immigration law conferences, and has successfuly litigated innumerable cases in both the Immigration and Federal Courts. Mr. Kolken has been practicing law for over 45 years.
Matthew L. Kolken, Esq. is a trial lawyer with experience in all aspects of United States Immigration Law – including deportation defense before Immigration Courts throughout the United States, appellate practice before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Courts of Appeals. He is admitted to practice in the courts of the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 1997.
Mr. Kolken has appeared on CNN American Morning, been quoted in Forbes Magazine and the Los Angeles Times among others, has been an invited speaker at AILA's annual conference on grounds of removability, is the author of the Deportation and Removal Blog on ILW.com, is a member of the advisory board of the Immigration Daily, an online immigration news periodical with more than 35,000 readers, and he is a prominent immigration reform activist listed as one of the top-ten most influential people on Twitter in the area of Immigration Law.
Matthew L. Kolken, Esq. in the news:
- Confusion over Obama's Immigration Changes, NBC Latino
- Reactions on #DACA, The Next America
- President Obama: Deporter in Chief, Forbes Magazine
- SB 1070 ruling spurred muted response at first, The Arizona Republic
- President Obama limits deportations for some immigrants, The Los Angeles Times
- Obama Immigration Plan: Advocates offer mixed reactions, The Los Angeles Times
- Lies and Immigration, The Philadelphia Daily News
- Allowed to stay, Miami student becomes face of Obama immigration policy, The Christian Science Monitor
- Barnaby admits DWI but avoids jail, The Buffalo News
- Longtime legal residents get caught in ramped-up campaign of deportations, Albany Times Union
- Are Obama Deportations truly aimed at 'criminals'?, The Christian Science Monitor
- 'Dreamers' languish in deportation limbo, The Buffalo News
- Immigration Lawyers Say Enforcement of Deportation Memo Falls Short, The Daily Beast
- Albion Killing Sparks New Debate on Illegal Immigrants, NBC News
- Immigration memo called 'backdoor amnesty' by ICE union, Yahoo News
- Undocumented immigrant tries to navigate uncertain future, Salt Lake City Tribune
- Americans Married to Immigrants Push for Reform, Huffington Post
- Motion seeks dismissal of UC student's deportation case, Cincinnati.com
- Proceedings in Liberian's Deportation Trial Closed, The Daily Record
- UC Honor Student Faces Deportation, NBC News
- Immigration Courts Face Backlogs, The Daily Record
- Former U.S. Ambassadors testify at trial for alleged Liberian Warlord, Democrat and Chronicle
- Somali arrested in Montreal no-fly case released, National Post
- George Boley Sr. deportation trial set to start, Democrat & Chronicle
- Could Missing Soldier's Wife Be deported?, ABC News
- Missing Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation, CBS News
- Missing Soldier's Wife Won't be Deported, Fox News
- Green Card for Missing Soldier's Wife, USA Today