N. Peter Antone | Dedicated Immigration Attorney

Background & Education

Mr. Antone believes America is and should always be a great nation of immigrants, and that most immigrants represent a human story of courage and ambition, inspiring people to cross oceans and continents to immigrate, work hard, and help make this country the best in the world. N. Peter Antone graduated, Summa Cum Laude, from the Detroit College of Law, currently Michigan State University School of Law, in 1985. He then practiced for three years with the well-known firm of Bodman in Detroit, Michigan. In 1993, Mr. Antone started this firm specializing in all areas Immigration Law, and has since successfully represented major international corporations as well as families and individuals in various aspects of U.S. Immigration Law, both in the United States and abroad. His current focus is on the overall strategy for skills – based immigration cases, as well as acting as the managing partner for the firm’s general immigration practice.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Antone is a former adjunct professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law where he taught the subject of Immigration and Nationality Law. He is also a frequent speaker on immigration issues and has participated in several seminars, public policy panels; business institute workshops, TV interviews, and various public events dealing with immigration matters.

Experience

Mr. Antone has significant educational and work experiences that complement his legal practice. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Antone obtained a Bachelor’s degree (with highest distinction) from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, and he managed a consulting firm. In addition, he has studied, done graduate work, and performed work in the fields of business administration, economics, and finance. He has worked and studied in the U.S.
Europe, and the Middle East.

Mr. Antone had over the years volunteered his time to serve in many non-profit organizations and had participated in several task force and Judicial Advisory committees, all intending to serve the community or improve the judicial system. Currently, he serves as an honorary but active member of the Board of Directors of the French School of Detroit.

Mr. Antone is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a member of the Michigan Bar.

The Law Firm of Antone, Casagrande & Adwers, P.C. specializes in assisting individuals and businesses worldwide with all of their immigration needs including employment visas, obtaining green cards for business and corporate employees and family members, visas for doctors and health care workers, together with waivers for physicians under J visa training program, labor certifications (PERM), national interest waivers, marriage-based green cards, fiancee visas, family immigration preferences, naturalization and citizenship, including medical waivers, asylum, deportation, hardship waivers, voluntary departure and removal. We serve clients in southeast Michigan including the Detroit Metro area, Ann Arbor, and Lansing. With offices in Farmington Hills, MI, we are close to Southfield, Troy, West Bloomfield, Birmingham, Canton, Plymouth, Ann Arbor, Novi, Dearborn, Detroit, Auburn Hills, Warren and Sterling Heights, Michigan. Although the majority of our clients are located in the tri-county area of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb, we also serve clients in nearly every state in the U.S. including Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, New York, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington D.C., Virginia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and many others, as well as countries around the globe such as Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, and other countries of the United Kingdom (U.K.), France, Germany, Japan, India, Brazil, Italy, China, Belgium, the Philippines, and many other countries in Europe, Asia and South America.

Awards and Accolades

Mr. Antone is rated by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory (a highly regarded lawyer-ranking company) as AV, which is the highest possible ranking given to an attorney for both competency and adherence to ethical standards. He is also listed in Marquis Who’s Who in American Law. In addition, he has been selected as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyer Magazine since 2011, and as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine since 2012, based on a peer-review survey open to all area lawyers where thousands of votes are cast honoring excellence in the practice of law. He has also been recognized as a member of the “Who’s Who Legal Corporate Immigration”, a publication by the Law Business Research Ltd., a United Kingdom research-based publication whose research revealed a few hundred lawyers from 40 different jurisdictions that they consider to be leaders in the field.