
Matthew Lindsay Kolken
Matthew L. Kolken 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 nationally on MSNBC, FOX News, and CNN. His legal analysis has been solicited by the Washington Post's Fact Check of the immigration statements of Secretary Hillary Clinton, and Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and his opinions on immigration issues have been published in Forbes Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Fox News Latino, and NBC Latino among others.
You may follow Matthew Kolken on Twitter @mkolken.
- Immigration Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
- New York
- Attorney
- - Current
- Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
- J.D. (1996)
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- New York State Bar # 2826972
- Member
- - Current
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member
- - Current
- Website
- Website
- Blog
- Immigration News Blog
- A review from a satisfied client.
11 April 2019 - Removal Proceedings Cancelled Prior to First Hearing
14 March 2019 - A review from a satisfied client.
6 March 2019 - Another Victory to Report
25 February 2019 - 80,051 Deportation Hearings were Canceled Due to the Government Shutdown and New Filings Plummet
20 February 2019 - Withholding of Removal Granted for Citizen of Mexico Fearing Cartel Violence
12 February 2019 - Matthew Kolken's Response to the Immigration Portion of the State of the Union address
6 February 2019 - Highest Annual Total of Civil Immigration Naturalization Lawsuits in a Decade
23 January 2019 - A review from a satisfied client:
22 January 2019
- Blog
- Matthew Kolken on Deportation And Removal