Andrew Lerner is counsel to Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP, an established general practice law firm with offices in New York City and White Plains, NY. Practice areas include corporate, commercial and contract law, construction law, real estate, alcoholic beverage and hospitality industry law, banking, trusts & estates, civil litigation, municipal/environmental law, international law, and taxation. The firm's corporate immigration practice has an outstanding reputation within the field.
Andrew R. Lerner is Counsel to Wormser,Kiely, Galef & Jacobs, LLP in New York City. He has practiced immigration law for more than 15 years, focusing on immigration-related business, entertainment and family-based legal matters. A substantial amount of his time is dedicated to analysis, strategic planning and development of immigration-oriented solutions for the firm’s corporate, entrepreneurial and investor clients.
Mr. Lerner has been selected annually for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America since 2003, is listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers (2010), and since 2007, has been selected annually as a New York Super Lawyer. He is a former Chair of the New York Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and has also served as a member of AILA’s INS Vermont Service Center Liaison Committee, Co-Chair of NY AILA’s District Director Liaison Committee, Chair of NY AILA’s Corporate Practice Committee, member of NY AILA’s USCIS Liaison Committee, Co-Chair of NY AILA’s 8th Annual Immigration Law Symposium, and Co-Chair of NY AILA’s Department of Labor Liaison Committee. Mr. Lerner most recently served on AILA National’s USCIS Vermont Service Center 2008/2009 Liaison Committee.
Education
- J.D. Fordham Law School, 1989
- B.A. (Theater & English) Occidental College, 1977