Lorenz Wolffers
OF COUNSEL

Lorenz Wolffers focuses his practice on immigration and naturalization law. Lorenz has served as counsel to CBS News and major clients in the financial and fashion industries.  He has an excellent track record with complex business immigration cases, including temporary visas and green cards for individuals with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business visas for intra-company employee transfers (L-1), for the employment of foreign individuals (H1-B) as well as for investors and treaty-traders.

Lorenz also has a background in finance and audit law and has worked on major international SEC enforcement matters.  He has worked as a staff attorney in an international law firm, as an associate in a criminal law firm and was a legal adviser to government agencies and non-profit organizations in Switzerland, including the Swiss Federal Audit Office and the Swiss Fund for Needy Victims of the Holocaust.

Practice Areas

Immigration & Naturalization Law

Education

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (New York), LL.M., 2004
University of Bern (Switzerland), School of Law, lic.iur. (J.D.), magna cum laude, 1994

Bar Admissions 

New York

Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association
Swiss-American Lawyers Association of Greater New York, Inc. (Director and Vice President)

After Hours

Lorenz and his wife love to travel the world.