Lance J. Madden
Retired Partner
Admissions
- New York
- Licensed Foreign Legal Consultant, Ontario, Canada
Education
University of Rochester and State University of New York at Fredonia, B.A.
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
Lance started the firm’s Immigration Practice more than 35 years ago.
He represented a wide variety of immigration clients, including multinational companies and foreign entrepreneurs and investors.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2007- 2009, 2011 - 2017
- Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Immigration Law) 2005 - 2022
- Best Lawyers Buffalo Immigration Law "Lawyer of the Year," 2012
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Former note and comment editor, Syracuse Law Review
- Former secretary, American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
In the News
- August 28, 2013
- August 30, 2012
- October 17, 2011
- Buffalo Law Journal, December 8, 2008
- September 12, 2008
- July 9, 2008
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2019
- Press Release, September 6, 2017
- Press Release, August 15, 2017
- Press Release, August 31, 2016
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 18, 2016
- Press Release, August 19, 2015
- Press Release, August 17, 2015
- Press Release, August 14, 2014
- August 2013
Publications
- Immigration Alert, February 7, 2011
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, November 22, 2010
- Immigration Alert, December 21, 2009
- Labor & Employment Alert, November 28, 2007
Presentations & Events
- Toronto, ON, November 2, 2010
- Council of American States in Canada Seminar: Canadian Business Expansion Into the U.S.: A Case Study Analysis of U.S. Business, Tax, Banking, and Immigration IssuesMississauga, ON, June 2, 2009
- Toronto, ON, 2005
Professional Associations
- Former secretary, American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
- Past chair, Cross-Border Business Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Past secretary and vice-chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Upstate New York Chapter
- Past chair, Immigration Committee of the Bar Association of Erie County