William A Stock

William A. Stock is an EB-5 immigration attorney, and one of the founders and a partner of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP, an immigration and nationality law firm with offices in Philadelphia and New York. Attorney Stock practices exclusively in the area of U.S. immigration law. His clients include families, individuals, professionals, skilled workers, investors, small- and medium-scale businesses, as well as large, multinational firms. As an immigration lawyer, he has served a variety of industries such as engineering, information technology, medical communities (doctors, nurses, medical technologist, etc.), research institutions, scientific communities, universities, biotechnology, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, and transportation.

Attorney Stock offers a wide and rich variety of immigration services to his clients. He represents local and multinational firms and businesses (as well as their employees), and individuals with business or investor immigration concerns before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. consulates and embassies, and the U.S. Department of Labor. He provides legal assistance, outreach services, and consultation to many communities and foreign student organizations. He also represents private individuals and companies in federal court litigations and immigration-related administrative cases.

Attorney Stock’s skills, knowledge and experience in handling complicated U.S. immigration cases have made him one of the country’s best immigration lawyers. Attorney Stock is a recipient of several awards and recognitions from different institutions and organizations. He has been on the list of Woodward/White Inc’ Best Lawyers in America since 2007; he has been considered one of the country’s top immigration lawyers since 2006 by the Chambers Global; he is a recipient of the Joseph Minsky Award (2006) given by the American Immigration Lawyers Association for his outstanding contributions to U.S. immigration law; and he received the Order of the Coif, which was awarded by the University of Minnesota Law School.

In addition to handling immigration cases and providing legal advice, attorney Stock is also involved with numerous organizations and civic groups. Attorney Stock’s professional organization memberships include the American Immigration Lawyers Association (director from 2007 to 2011, national secretary from 2011 to present); Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (2005 to 2007); Young Lawyers Division of AILA (national chairperson from 1998 to 1999); and a board member of the Nationalities Service Center (from 2000 to 2003). Attorney Stock was also a foreign student advisor at the University of Minnesota (from 1991 to 1993), and an adjunct faculty member of the Villanova University School of Law.

Attorney Stock completed his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota in 1990. He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, at the University Of Minnesota School Of Law in 1993. He is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and New Jersey State Bar.