Our Team: H. Ronald Klasko

Phone: 215-825-8608
Email: rklasko@klaskolaw.com

H. Ronald Klasko (Ron) (rklasko@klaskolaw.com) is recognized by businesses, universities, hospitals, scholars, investors and other lawyers as one of the country’s leading immigration lawyers.  A founding member of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP and its Managing Partner, he has practiced immigration law exclusively over three decades.

Under his leadership, the firm was chosen with five other firms by Chambers Global 2007 as the top U.S. business, hospital and univerisity immigration law firm.  Ron, himself, was named as the world’s most respected corporate immigration lawyer (The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2007) and one of the country’s top immigration lawyers by clients and other immigration lawyers who said he is “revered for coming up with unique arguments that can save a client” (Chambers Global 2007).

A former National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Ron served as General Counsel of that organization for three Presidents and has been a member of its Board of Governors since 1980.  He has served as National Chair of AILA’s U.S. Department of Labor Liaison Committee and Business Immigration 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.

At the request of members of Congress and their staffs, Ron has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.  He has been invited to lecture and provide training to staff members and lawyers of 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.  In addition, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Villanova University Law School and is a frequent lecturer on immigration law subjects.

A member of the prestigious Academy of Business Immigration Lawyers, Ron is the co-author of the two volume Employers’ Immigration Compliance Guide (Matthew Bender 1985).

For the last 15 years, Ron has been included in the highly regarded Best Lawyers in America (Woodward and White).  He is one of only two practicing attorneys ever honored with the AILA Founders Award for his contributions to immigration jurisprudence.

Recent Representative Matters:

• Ron's clients run the gamut from multinational corporations and their employees, to hospitals, to many of the nation's universities, to investors and other private individuals.

  His practice focuses on:

  • The representation of multinational and domestic corporations, their employees and private individuals in immigration matters before USCIS, Department of Labor and at U.S. Consulates;
  • Immigration matters involving administrative and federal court litigation;
  • Advising employers on immigration compliance and defending employers in enforcement actions;
  • Consultation and outreach services to community and foreign student organizations and to attorneys;
  • Representation of universities and hospitals, as well as students, researchers, faculty and medical doctors;
  • Representation of foreign investors;
  • Matters involving: Adjustment of Status, Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver Petitions, Exchange Visitors, Immigrant Visa Processing, Labor Certifications, Naturalization, Temporary Work Visas and Waivers of Inadmissibility.

Speeches:

• Ron is one of the most sought after and active immigration law speakers in the country. His talks are in demand from Coast to Coast. He speaks extensively on the latest and most significant immigration issues and how legislative changes will affect multinational corporations, leading universities and research institutions, hospitals, and individuals.

  Within the last year, Ron has spoken at the following venues, among many others:

  • Harvard Business School
  • Tenet Healthcare Corporation
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI)
  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators  
  • Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
  • Yale University
  • Columbia University
  • Florida Bar Conference
  • New York University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Texas

Publications and Presentations:

• Ron is a prolific writer and has published hundreds of articles in national and international journals, newspapers, and conference handbooks. Many of Ron's articles can be found in the "Immigration Resources" section of this website. In addition, Ron is the co-author of the two-volume Employers' Immigration Compliance Guide (Matthew Bender 1985). To request a copy of a specific publication or presentation, e-mail Ron at rklasko@klaskolaw.com.