Leon Wildes

Leon Wildes was the founder and senior partner of Wildes & Weinberg P.C. He was best known for his successful representation of former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in deportation proceedings, and was the author of a book about the case, John Lennon vs. The USA. For more than 30 years, he was an adjunct professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, where he taught immigration law. He regularly published scholarly articles in the field and lectures widely to both immigration lawyers and lawyers in general practice. He practiced law for more than 50 years.