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Email: rklasko@klaskolaw.com
H. Ronald Klasko (Ron) (rklasko@klaskolaw.com) is one of the country's leading lawyers representing investors in EB-5 cases and treaty investor (E-2) visas. He is the Chair of the EB-5 Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In that capacity, he meets regularly with USCIS Headquarters personnel involved with the EB-5 program.
Ron is the designated preferred attorney for filing EB-5 petitions for four of the approved regional centers. He has spoken at conferences around the country on EB-5 issues, including serving as discussion leader on the EB-5 program at the AILA Annual Conference.
Ron is also a frequent author on EB-5 issues. Some of his articles include: "Pooled Investment Arrangements: Unraveling the Controversy," "EB-5 Regional Centers: For Many Immigrants the Key to Unlock the Closed Door;" and "Immigrant Investors: Two Choices, One Goal."
Ron is also well known for his work in the treaty investor (E-2 visa) area. Ron was the lead attorney on the famous Matters of Walsh and Pollard case, which established the key precedent for treaty investor visas.
Ron Klasko is a founding member of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP and serves as its Managing Partner. He has practiced immigration law exclusively for over three decades. Under his leadership, the firm has been chosen with five other firms by Chambers Global as the top U.S. business immigration law firms. Ron, himself, was named as one of the top two most respected corporate immigration lawyers in the world for the last three years by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.
Ron is a former national president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He served as General Counsel of that organization and has been a member of its Board of Governors since 1980. He has also served as National Chair of AILA's Business Immigration Committee. He is a member of the prestigious Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers.
For the last seventeen years, Ron as been included in the highly regarded Best Lawyers in America. He is one of only three practicing attorneys ever honored with the AILA Founders Award for his contributions to immigration jurisprudence.
