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The busiest immigration law firms in Maine
Ranked by the PERM and H-1B cases DOL decided with each firm named, from DOL's own files. Each firm links to its full record.
PERM labor certifications, FY2025
October 2024 to September 2025, counted where the job is.
The busiest firm
22
FordMurray
PERM decisions naming a firm
153
Law firms that filed them
35
Naming no law firm
2
The employer filed it itself
- The ten busiest firms 116 (75%)
- Every other firm 37 (24%)
- No law firm named 2 (1%)
- 22
7 employers, 100% certified, 4th the year before
- 20
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 16
3 Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C.
3 employers, 100% certified, 19th the year before
- 15
6 employers, 100% certified, 2nd the year before
- 12
3 employers, 100% certified, 1st the year before
- 9
6 Hussain Bendersky and Liston LLC
1 employer, 100% certified, 11th the year before
- 8
7 Law Offices of Beth S. Persky
1 employer, 100% certified, 31st the year before
- 7
8 International Legal and Business Services Group, LLP
1 employer, 100% certified, 6th the year before
- 4
9 LAW OFFICES OF CHANG RYUL JI, PC
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 3
10 FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP
1 employer, 100% certified, 25th the year before
- 3
2 employers, 100% certified, 12th the year before
- 3
12 Law Office of George D. Hepner, III
2 employers, 100% certified, 9th the year before
- 3
13 Law Office of Jing Yeophantong
2 employers, 100% certified, 10th the year before
- 3
1 employer, 100% certified, 38th the year before
- 2
1 employer, 100% certified, 16th the year before
- 2
16 Law Office of Cherie E. Cookorinis, P.C.
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 2
1 employer, 100% certified, 34th the year before
- 2
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
19 Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
20 Dreher Law
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
21 Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before
- 1
1 employer, 100% certified, 8th the year before
The 5 busiest firms' cases waited about the same: a median of 459 to 504 days from filing to certification. Tap or hover over a firm for its own.
Ranks 26 to 35
| Rank | Law firm | Decisions | Employers | Median days | The year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Law Office of Michele Contreras, LLC | 1 | 1 | Too few | 13th |
| 27 | LAW OFFICES OF JULIENNE MARIBAO | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 28 | Legal Immigration Services | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 29 | Maney Gordon Zeller PA | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 30 | Momentum Immigration | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 31 | O'Donoghue Law, LLC | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 32 | Pathway for Immigrant Workers, Inc. | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 33 | Seyfarth Shaw LLP | 1 | 1 | Too few | 15th |
| 34 | Siskind Susser PC | 1 | 1 | Too few | No filings |
| 35 | William Velie, Attorney at Law PLLC | 1 | 1 | Too few | 5th |
H-1B labor condition applications, FY2025
October 2024 to September 2025, counted where the job is.
The busiest firm
73
FordMurray
Certified H-1B LCAs naming a firm
363
Law firms that filed them
61
Naming no law firm
63
The employer filed it itself
- The ten busiest firms 281 (66%)
- Every other firm 82 (19%)
- No law firm named 63 (15%)
- 73
73 positions for 13 employers, 2nd the year before
- 73
73 positions for 12 employers, 1st the year before
- 42
93 positions for 2 employers, 6th the year before
- 38
38 positions for 10 employers, 3rd the year before
- 14
5 FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP
14 positions for 9 employers, 8th the year before
- 12
20 positions for 4 employers, 15th the year before
- 8
7 Hussain Bendersky and Liston LLC
8 positions for 1 employer, 7th the year before
- 8
8 LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS V. ALLEN, PLLC.
8 positions for 3 employers, 10th the year before
- 7
7 positions for 2 employers, 9th the year before
- 6
10 Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon
6 positions for 5 employers, 22nd the year before
- 6
6 positions for 3 employers, 4th the year before
- 6
12 EY Law LLP
6 positions for 3 employers, 16th the year before
- 4
13 MusilloUnkenholt, LLC
4 positions for 3 employers, 47th the year before
- 4
14 Verrill & Dana, LLP
4 positions for 2 employers, no filings the year before
- 3
15 Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C.
3 positions for 3 employers, 11th the year before
- 3
16 MusilloUnkhenholt, LLC.
3 positions for 1 employer, 14th the year before
- 3
17 The Salvetti Law Group, PLLC
3 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before
- 2
2 positions for 1 employer, 29th the year before
- 2
19 Brelje & Bus Immigration Law P.C.
2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before
- 2
2 positions for 2 employers, no filings the year before
- 2
2 positions for 1 employer, 34th the year before
- 2
22 Law Office of George D. Hepner, III
2 positions for 1 employer, 37th the year before
- 2
23 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before
- 2
2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before
- 2
2 positions for 1 employer, 18th the year before
Ranks 26 to 61
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FAQs
How are the firms ranked?
Is a busier firm a better firm?
Why does a state's ranking differ from the country's?
Why are individual attorneys not listed?
How these are counted
PERM counts every case DOL decided in the fiscal year with the firm named on it: certified, denied or withdrawn. The certified share leaves withdrawals out, because a withdrawal isn't a decision on the case. Days to certify run from filing to certification, shown when a firm has ten or more certifications. A case counts in the state of its job; where DOL's older files print no worksite, the employer's state.
H-1B counts certified LCAs for the H-1B class only (H-1B1 and E-3 left out), in the state of the job. Positions are the workers each LCA covers. An LCA comes before the petition, and not every LCA becomes one.
"The year before" is the firm's rank among every firm with filings there that year. Cases that name no law firm were filed by the employer itself: they're in the split above and ranked nowhere.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures has not refreshed in 121 days. It should update quarterly, so the figures below are the last ones that arrived rather than the current ones. Source: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026.
How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
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