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Michael Jay Wildes (born November 27, 1964) is an American immigration lawyer and politician who served as the 36th Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, Wildes served as a Federal Prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York and as a City Councilman for Englewood before he was elected mayor in 2003. He was reelected in 2006. A nationally recognized authority on American immigration law, Wildes has been called “attorney to the stars” for his success in defending the immigration rights of his clients, many of whom are celebrities. Wildes is the managing partner of the law firm Wildes and Weinberg PC. He also serves as immigration counsel to Pavia & Harcourt LLP, Saiber, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pavialaw.com/att-mwildes.cfm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wildeslaw.com/index.php/events-and-outreach/1325-another-yearanother-acknowledgment-lincoln-center-recognizes-the-hard-work-and-dedication-of-its-counsels-council-including-michael-wildes )〕 Born in New York City, Wildes is a graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he currently teaches immigration law as an adjunct professor. A community activist since the age of 14, Wildes was an auxiliary police officer with the New York Police Department from 1982 to 1992, during which time he was also a member of Community Board 6, a member of the Local Claims and Adjudication Board of New York State, and a candidate for Democratic District Leader of the 28th Assembly District of New York State. In 1989, Wildes became a federal prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office, where he participated in several high profile cases, including a corruption case involving former U.S. Congressman Mario Biaggi. In 1993, Wildes joined the law firm Wildes and Weinberg PC, where he represented several defectors who had provided difficult to obtain national security information to the United States, as well as high profile immigrant parents who had been separated from their children. Wildes also obtained visas, green cards, and United States citizenship for his foreign clients, many of whom are well-known artists, athletes, models, and businesspeople. In 1998, Wildes was elected to the Englewood, New Jersey City Council, serving two terms until 2003. He testified in front of Congress about anti-terrorism legislation in 1999, at the request of U.S. Representative Rob Andrews. In 2003, Wildes ran for Mayor of the City of Englewood, New Jersey, a position he held for two terms from 2004 to 2010. ==Early life and family== Wildes' paternal grandfather, Harry Wildes, was a retail store owner who immigrated to the United States from Białystok, Poland, in 1920.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cuny.tv/show/buildingny/PR2004247 )〕 Wildes' maternal grandfather, Max Schoenwalter, owned a paint company and escaped Nazi Germany in the late 1930s to immigrate to the United States. Schoenwalter was also instrumental in the creation of the Queens Jewish Center. Wildes' mother, Ruth Wildes, was a prominent member of the Jewish community in Forest Hills, NY, where she lived and raised her family. Ruth Wildes' welcoming and hospitable demeanor inspired the creation of the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), which was established in her memory. MJE hosts the annual Ruth B. Wildes Memorial Lecture on her ''yahrtzeit'' (Jewish anniversary of her passing). The memorial lecture has been given by Jonathan Sacks, Alan Dershowitz, Meir Soloveichik, Jacob J. Schacter, Norman Lamm, Adin Steinsaltz, Shlomo Riskin, Malcolm Hoenlein, and several other notable speakers. Ruth Wildes died of breast cancer in 1995.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://jewishexperience.org/dedication )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wildeslaw.com/index.php/news-events/in-the-news/1131-prof-alan-dershowitz-lectures-in-memory-of-ruth-wildes )〕 Wildes' father, Leon Wildes, is an American Jewish lawyer who was born and raised in Olyphant, Pennsylvania. He studied the Bible at Yeshiva College, where he obtained a bachelor's degree with magna cum laude honors. He was awarded both a J.D. and an LL.M from NYU Law School and went on to open his own law firm, Wildes and Weinberg PC, in 1960. Leon Wildes attracted worldwide fame in 1972 when he successfully defended John Lennon and Yoko Ono from a deportation attempt by the US government. Wildes was born on November 27, 1964 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was raised in Forest Hills, Queens, and grew up watching his father practice law in the 1960s and 70s. In a 2013 LawCrossing profile, Wildes was quoted saying, "As a young boy, I looked forward to going to work with my father and as a result, I became interested in following in his footsteps." Wildes has repeatedly expressed a deep attachment to, and admiration for, his father, whom he credits with inspiring and encouraging him to go into law. When asked why he became an attorney, Wildes said, Wildes was raised in a high-achieving Modern Orthodox Jewish home where self-discipline and personal development were stressed as a means of contributing to society. Raised in the Jewish tradition of ''tikkun olam'' (Hebrew: , "fixing the world"), Wildes was taught to reflect personal values of "selflessness, charitable behavior, and communal outreach" in his daily life, according to a LifeStyles Magazine article. Wildes' brother, Mark Wildes, has a J.D. and is a practicing Rabbi. Wildes began volunteering with his local ''chevra kadisha'' (Aramaic: חברא קדישא, "holy society"), a group of men and women who ensure that dead bodies are properly buried according to Jewish law, when he was 14. He interned with Congressman Gary Ackerman and Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro when he was 18. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Wildes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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