H. Ronald Klasko

Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP
1800 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 825-8600
Fax: (215) 825-8699
E-mail: Ron.Klasko@abil.com
Web: www.klaskolaw.com

Additional Office:
317 Madison Avenue, Suite 1518
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 796-8840
Fax: (212) 297-1799

Profile:

Mr. Klasko is the Managing Partner of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP, a firm devoted exclusively to the practice of immigration and nationality law with offices in Philadelphia and New York. A former National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Mr. Klasko served as General Counsel of that organization for three Presidents and has been a member of its Board of Governors since 1980. Mr. Klasko was invited to present testimony by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform and has been invited to lecture or provide training for the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, INS General Counsel Management Conference, Immigration Judges Association and U.S. Department of Justice. He co-authored the two volume Employers’ Immigration Compliance Guide. He has been Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Villanova University Law School and is a frequent lecturer on immigration law subjects.

Ron’s firm was chosen as one of the top six business immigration firms in the U.S. by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers For Business 2006. Ron himself was chosen as one of the 12 “top band” immigration lawyers in the U.S. by Chambers, which quoted clients and other immigration lawyers describing him as “a leading national practitioner who really does it all” and “literally on the cutting edge when it comes to immigration policy and legislative issues”. Mr. Klasko has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America every year since 1991. The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers selected Mr. Klasko as one of the 25 most highly-regarded immigration lawyers in the world. He was one of two practicing immigration attorneys ever honored with the AILA Founders Award for his contributions to immigration jurisprudence.

He has served as National Chair of AILA’s U.S. Department of Labor Liaison Committee; and he served as National Chair of that organization’s INS General Counsel Liaison Committee and the National Task Forces on Labor Certifications, H-1 visas, L-1 visas and Employer Sanctions.

Ron’s practice includes representation of multinational and domestic corporations, as well as universities, hospitals and research institutions. He is particularly well known for cutting edge solutions to complex problems, for dealing with projects involving multiple government agencies, for defending employers involved in compliance proceedings and for representation of aliens with extraordinary ability.

Listed as top U.S. Immigration lawyer in Chambers Global 2007

Practice Areas:

Business Immigration Law, including Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Visas; Investors; Labor Certification Applications; Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver Petitions; Employer Sanctions and Department of Labor LCA Audit Defense; representation of Universities, Hospitals and Research Institutions; J-1 Waivers and Federal Immigration Litigation

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1974
  Lehigh University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1971 (Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions:

• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1974
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1981

Professional Activities:

American Immigration Lawyers Association:

• General Counsel - 1996 to 1999
• National President - 1988 to 1989
• Executive Committee 1984 to 1990, 1996 to 1999
• Board of Governors - 1980 to present
• Chairman, Philadelphia Chapter - 1980 to 1982
• National Chairman, Business Immigration Committee, Department of Labor Liaison, Task Force on Employer Sanctions, H & L Visa Task Force, Committees on Information Retrieval, Membership, By-laws, Section on Administrative Law, INS General Counsel Liaison, Annual Conference
• Member, National Liaison Committees with Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Labor, Visa Office, U.S. Information Agency, Department of Commerce, Business Immigration Task Force, AFL-CIO

American Immigration Law Foundation:

• Board of Directors - 1987 to 1990

American Bar Association:

• Chairman, Subcommittee on Unfair Immigration-Related Employment Practices of Section on Employment and Labor Law Committee on Immigration
• Member, Coordinating Committee on Immigration

Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law, Villanova University Law School - 1985 to 1987

Lecturer on Immigration Law, Temple University Law School Graduate Legal Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Delaware Law School, and University of Hawaii Law School

Member, Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL)

Articles/Papers/Speeches:

Ron has published hundreds of articles in national and international publications and delivered more than 500 speeches to groups of businesses, universities, hospitals and lawyers. The topics of his articles and speeches cover the entire gamut of immigration law issues.