Lincoln Stone, of Stone Grzegorek & Gonzalez, LLP, is
an immigration attorney working in Los Angeles. Lincoln is
part of a team of 20 immigration attorneys and he has played
an important role in overseeing the growth of the firm. Not
only is Lincoln one of only five attorneys at the firm who are
certified specialists in immigration and nationality law, he is
also an expert in investor immigration, in particular.
Lincoln Stone
Lincoln has used his expertise to handle the cases of 2,000
clients. He is proud of the fact that he has worked with many
domestic clients to raise over $2 billion of funds through
the EB-5 program. However, his practice spans beyond
EB-5 and Lincoln has worked with hundreds of investors
and entrepreneurs, helping them achieve their immigration
dreams through an array of visa options.
When he is not working directly with clients, Lincoln
speaks and presents on investor and entrepreneur immigration. Some of his recent presentations have been in
front of audiences at the American Immigration Lawyers
Association, the University of Notre Dame Law School, and
the University of San Diego International Tax Conference.
Lincoln is a prolific writer and has published works on
a wide array of EB-5 issues. Additionally, he is the Editorin-Chief of the first three editions of AILA’s Immigration
Options for Investors and Entrepreneurs. Lincoln is proud
of his pro bono work and his involvement with Catholic
Bernard Wolfsdorf took on his first EB-5 case in 1993,
saving all the jobs at a troubled business by getting approval
in 48 hours. Bernie, like many others on our list, has seen
the program evolve and develop since the early 1990s when
little was clear. Bernie is Managing Partner at Wolfsdorf
Immigration Law Group, that has offices in Los Angeles
and New York, and a recent past President of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Charities Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, and Friends
of St. Lawrence—Watts Youth Center.
Bernard Wolfsdorf
Bernie ensures success by taking a comprehensive approach
to working with his EB-5 clients. Looking at the EB-5 field
as a deck of cards, Bernie says you need the whole deck to
win—for him, leaving out investor options is simply not
smart. Among many other accolades, Bernie has repeatedly
been named “most highly rated immigration lawyer in the
world,” and “Lawyer of the Year” by the International Who’s
Who of Business Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal, respectively.
Apart from his work on individual cases, Bernie has made
it his mission to save children from aging out of green card
eligibility because of delays in their parents’ cases (see his
article on this topic on page 40). He sees the EB-5 program
as an unparalleled opportunity for immigrant children to
gain a world-class education.
Bernie brings much more to the table than just technical
expertise. As an immigrant who is married to a Chinese
immigrant, Bernie has a unique ability to connect with
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clients, especially investors from China. Additionally, his
involvement in the leadership of AILA, and the everyday
challenges that come along with it, have equipped him very
well for EB-5 work.
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