Maine Immigration Attorneys

Maine Immigration Attorneys is an immigration law firm in Lewiston, Maine, at 139 Newbury St. The firm handles family and employment based petitions, all types of visa applications, asylum cases, removal proceedings, adjustment of status and permanent resident applications, citizenship and naturalization applications, and criminal and immigration issues. Its named specialties include family and marriage based petitions, adjustment of status under Form I-485, removal of conditions of residency under Form I-751, consular processing at embassies around the world, and citizenship and naturalization under Form N-400. The firm holds a rating of 4.90.

The practice is led by partners Leslie Silverstein, Esq. and Phil Notis, Esq. Silverstein has been in private practice since 1989 and has represented numerous victims of domestic violence and handled complex asylum, disability, immigration, and family law cases. She received her BS from Tulane University and her law degree from Tulane Law School, and is a member of the Maine State Bar, the United States District Court for the District of Maine, and the United States Supreme Court. She belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers Association and serves as president of the Board of Directors of ILAP. In 2015 she received the ABA Pro Bono Publico Award, given to only five recipients each year; she was the only small firm practitioner in the country to receive it that year, and she has also received the Immigration Legal Advocacy Project's Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award.

Notis was born and raised in Maine, earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1985 and his law degree from Vermont Law School in 1988, and has owned and operated his own law practice since becoming licensed. He has maintained a general practice for 28 years focused on family law, child protective cases, landlord and tenant issues, and personal injury, and is known for individualized attention to each client. The firm has been in practice for more than 30 years and describes itself as small, with personal attention given to each case.

For clients in Lewiston and across Maine, the firm brings more than three decades of immigration practice and a 4.90 rating from the customers who have reviewed it.