Orlow, Kaplan & Hohenstein, LLP
BIOGRAPHIES
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JAMES J. ORLOW
James J. Orlow graduated from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor's in Economics, with Honors, and the Harvard Law School. Following active duty as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Naval Reserve he entered private practice. Mr. Orlow has limited his practice to immigration and citizenship law since 1965. He has served as the National President of American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Chairman of various committees of the American Bar Association dealing with immigration and citizenship law. While Mr. Orlow accepts most types of cases, the cases for which he become best known are those that other lawyers refer to him, involving complex issues for which novel resolutions are required.
DAVID KAPLAN
David Kaplan graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1994. He earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Drexel University in 1987. After law school Mr. Kaplan worked as a commercial litigation associate for two years and then opened his own practice concentrating in Immigration Law. Mr. Kaplan is a native of Colombia and a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Kaplan has succesfully represented clients in deportation and removal proceedings before the Immigration Courts, in appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and in federal litigation before Federal District and Circuits Courts.
JOSEPH C. HOHENSTEIN
Mr. Hohenstein has been a practicing immigration attorney for more than ten years. He was an Independence Foundation Fellow from 1996-97 working with the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program and has worked for other non-profit agencies as well as having prior private firm experience.

Mr. Hohenstein's specialty is handling complex litigation in federal and immigration courts, especially relating to asylum and safe haven in the United States. He has also done extensive work on behalf of immigrant victims of domestic abuse, assisting many women to obtain permanent residence and protection from their abusers. He is also experienced in cases dealing with the controversial use of secret evidence in immigration proceedings. He is an advocate who is dedicated to securing justice for our clients.
CHERYLLE C. CORPUZ
Cherylle C. Corpuz has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration law. For the last 16 years, she has counseled a broad range of individual and institutional clients on immigration matters and advocated before the USCIS, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, and immigration and federal courts. Ms. Corpuz represents employers and employees, investors, scientists, researchers, executives, artists, athletes, asylum seekers, and naturalization applicants.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Corpuz managed the immigration practice at Blank Rome LLP. Prior to that, she established her own firm providing counseling in immigration matters and representation in all venues to individuals as well as organizations, including hospitals, social service agencies, and criminal defense firms.

Ms. Corpuz began her career at Nationalities Service Center, where she directed the nonprofit legal services department and served as Vice President responsible for the overall operations of this refugee resettlement organization. Ms. Corpuz is a leader in the immigration bar serving as the chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a frequent speaker on CLE-accredited courses, and a mentoring attorney, as well as a former instructor with the Temple University Beasley School of Law Immigration Clinic.
OUR IMMIGRATION SPECIALISTS
Alison Leight Aster, Lisa Ferri, Diana Klepach, Danielle Leone, Emma Ciafullo and Maria Agbay are experienced in the preparation of forms and documentation relating to immigration and citizenship. Their familiarity with individual cases, types of applications and government filing procedures adds to the rapid turnaround and accuracy of our clients' petitions and applications as well as to our speed of response to client questions.