Andrew M. Wilson, Lippes Mathias LLP partner, chief advisory officer, and co-leader of the firm’s immigration practice team, spoke at the 2025 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Northern Border Conference, held September 25–26.

Wilson served as a panelist for “H-1B Under Pressure: Terminations, RFEs, Wage-Based Selection Changes,” which examined recent developments and regulatory trends affecting H-1B visa filings and compliance. On the panel, he spoke alongside Brendan Venter of Harris Beach Murtha and Danielle Rizzo of Phillips Lytle LLP.

About Andrew M. Wilson

Andrew M. Wilson, a partner at Lippes Mathias LLP, co-leader of the firm’s immigration practice team, and chief advisory officer, focuses on building long-lasting relationships with clients as a trusted advisor rather than solely completing transactions and filings. He represents companies, major league sports teams and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based matters. This includes preparing case-specific strategies to address both short- and long-term objectives.

Wilson has extensive experience with challenging H-1B, NAFTA/USMCA, and O-1 extraordinary ability cases. He is frequently consulted by other AILA immigration attorneys for assistance with complex NAFTA/USMCA matters. He also handles green card matters, including EB-1, EB-2, and PERM labor certification filings. In addition, Wilson represents individuals and families with family-based immigration petitions and waivers for admissibility issues.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with 220-plus attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.

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