Matthew L. Kolken

Matthew L. Kolken is an elected member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Board of Governors where he has been a member since 1997. 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, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. Kolken was also awarded the American Immigration Lawyers Association Upstate New York Chapter’s Equal Justice Under the Law Peter J. Murrett III Pro Bono Award in recognition for community service, and the Erie County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award in recognition and appreciation for legal services performed in immigration matters before the Court.

Mr. Kolken has appeared nationally on FOX News, MSNBC, and CNN. His legal analysis has been solicited by the Washington Post’s Fact Check of the immigration statements of Secretary Hillary Clinton, then Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and the immigration status of the parents of First Lady Melania Trump.

His opinions on immigration law have been published in Forbes Magazine,  Bloomberg,  The Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, and FOX News among others. He has been an invited speaker at AILA’s annual conference on grounds of removability. He is also a prominent immigration reform activist having been ranked as the most influential person on Twitter in the area of Immigration Law.