Lodestone Legal, LLC

Lodestone Legal, LLC is a Cambridge-based immigration law firm serving international clients navigating U.S. and Canadian pathways. The firm specializes in visa acquisition, green card applications, and citizenship matters, with particular expertise in employment-based petitions and strategic immigration advising for professionals and startups. With a 4.8 Google rating and leadership by Elite Lawyer Allison Kranz, Lodestone Legal emphasizes personalized planning and self-sponsored solutions.

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Lodestone Legal, LLC is an immigration law firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving clients from around the world who are navigating U.S. and Canadian immigration pathways. With a 4.8 Google rating, the firm has earned a strong reputation for its achievement-focused approach to helping busy professionals, startups, and advanced degree international students build pathways toward their professional and personal goals.

The firm's practice centers on visa acquisition, permanent residence (green card) applications, citizenship matters, and strategic immigration advising. Lodestone Legal handles nonimmigrant visas across multiple categories—including H-1B, E-2, E-3, TN, O-1, and L-1 visas—as well as employment-based immigrant petitions (EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 classifications) and Adjustment of Status applications. The firm also counsels clients on family-based immigration, waivers, and preservation of family unity. The firm does not directly handle asylum, refugee, U visa, or removal and deportation cases but maintains affiliated attorneys to whom it can refer clients in those practice areas at no referral cost.

Managing Partner Allison Kranz, JD, LLM, practices exclusively in U.S. immigration law and brings deep expertise in visa and work authorization matters, green card petitions, and citizenship. Her background includes advising Fortune 500 companies on immigration strategy, and her practice emphasizes self-sponsored solutions and personalized planning. She was recognized as an Elite Lawyer in 2023 and 2022 for excellence in immigration law and received a Women in the Law Award from Lawyer Monthly Magazine in 2019. Kranz holds a Master's degree in Human Rights and is licensed in Michigan and Florida.

Partner Joel Wisniewski brings fifteen years of immigration law experience and specializes in comprehensive strategic solutions spanning visa acquisition, work permits, permanent residency, and citizenship. His background includes both law firm and in-house corporate counsel roles, and he has represented Fortune 500 companies in business immigration matters and U.S. Department of Labor audits. His current practice places emphasis on self-sponsored applicants and clients in information technology, finance, national security, and healthcare sectors. Wisniewski is licensed in Michigan.

Senior Attorney Jennifer Fahrenholt, JD, is dual-licensed in both the United States and Canada and is a citizen of both countries. She offers clients unique cross-border immigration strategies, coordinating filings in both jurisdictions to maintain status and achieve long-term objectives.

Lodestone Legal is currently accepting new clients. Consultations are available by video, phone, or in-person appointment. The firm is located at 1 Mifflin Place, Suite 400, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and can be reached at (617) 294-9463 or info@lodestonelegal.com.

Overview compiled from the firm's website