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Wendy Castor Hess, Esq.

Of Counsel

Bio

Wendy Castor Hess, Esq. serves as Of Counsel to Green and Spiegel. She has been practicing Immigration & Nationality Law exclusively for over 44 years, in diverse legal environments, including as a former partner at Philadelphia immigration law firms concentrating on medical and university immigration, at the U.S. Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals and at Traveler’s Aid Society in Chicago. She offers strategic and practical non-immigrant and immigrant immigration law solutions to individuals and businesses, particularly in the medical, university, pharmaceutical and IT communities, in I-9 related compliance matters and in family immigration matters. Fluent in Spanish, Wendy serves as trusted counsel to the Mexican Consulate in Philadelphia. She is a frequent national/local speaker and author on immigration matters and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) since 1981.

  • George Washington University, JD
  • SUNY Binghamton, Bachelor of Arts, History
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association, Board of Governors, Co-Chair, Immigration Committee
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Co-Chair, Immigration Committee
  • HIAS Pennsylvania, Board Member
  • AILA Philadelphia, Co-Chair, CBP Liaison Committee, Chair, DOL Liaison Committee, Chair, VSC Liaison Committee
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Immigration Law Pro Bono Award
  • AILA Philadelphia Matthew Baxtor Mentorship Award
  • City of Philadelphia “Take Action Philly Immigration Clinics”
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award
  • 2024, 2018, 2014 Best Lawyer of the Year, Immigration, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
  • International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and Chambers

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