Bartlett & Weigle Co., L.P.A. is a full-service
immigration firm with 25 years experience offering expertise in all aspects of immigration law. Our specialties include
business, employment, family, international adoption, employer sanctions, asylum, deportation/exclusion and criminal.
The Firm counsels large, multi-national corporations and small companies as well as individuals in matters ranging
from treaty investor/trader status (E visas), intercompany transferees (L visas), temporary work authorization for professionals
(H visas), waiver of foreign residency requirements (J waivers) and permanent residency issues (national interest waivers,
priority worker petitions and PERM applications). Its attorneys are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
(AILA) receiving up-to-the-minute information on new laws and procedures and participating in lobbying efforts on Capital
Hill to affect pending legislation.
One of our attorneys
sat as a Director on AILA's Board of Governors (the governing body) and continues to serve on liaison committee meetings
with Immigration personnel at the highest level, the Firm maintains a high national profile with contacts throughout the country.
Our Attorneys
William
T. Bartlett (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio; 1982, U.S. District
Court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S.I.E., 1967); Salmon P. Chase School of Law
(J.D., 1974). Member: Cincinnati (Member, Sections on: Corporate and Securities; Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning) and American
(Member, Franchising Section) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Immigration Law;
Corporate Law; Franchise Law; Estate Planning Law.
Douglas S. Weigle(Member) born Cincinnati,
Ohio, August 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1977, Kentucky, U.S.
Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 1980, U.S. Supreme
Court. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1972); Northern Kentucky University (J.D., 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa.
Co-editor: Process & Procedures A Guide To Visa Processing At U.S. Consultants And Embassies, Ninth Edition, AILA, 2004,
ISBN, 157370–122-X. Member: Cincinnati (Chairman, Lawyer Referral Service, 1981–1984; Chairman, Criminal Law Committee,
1985–1987), Kentucky, Northern Kentucky (Member, Lawyer Referral Service Committee) and Federal (President, Cincinnati
Chapter, 1997–1998; Chair, Immigration Law Section, 2003–2005);) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers
Association (Chair, Ohio Chapter, 1985–1989; Director, 1991–1994). Reported Cases: Leonid Petkiewytsch v. INS
945F2nd 871 USCA 6th Circuit, 1991 (Limited Application of the Holtzman Amendment) Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Federal
Law; Civil and Criminal Trials.
Darrell S. Wright (Member) born Covington, Kentucky, June 18,
1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Kentucky; 1986, Ohio. Education: Northern Kentucky University (B.S., 1978); Salmon P. Chase College
of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: Kentucky and Northern Kentucky (Member, Probate Committee) Bar Associations; American Immigration
Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Bankruptcy Law; Immigration Law.
Matthew L. Benson(Associate)
born Covington, Kentucky, January 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; 2004, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Southern District
of Ohio, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S.,
Biology, 1999); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Member: Moot Court Board; Law Review. Author:
“Casenote: United States v. Smithers,” 30 N. Ky. L. Rev. 605. "Immigration Considerations for the Kentucky
Criminal Practitioner," 34 N. Ky. L. Rev. 547. Member: Cincinnati, Kentucky and Federal Bar Associations. American Immigration
Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Civil Litigation; Collections; Criminal Law.
Justin W. Bartlett (Associate) Born
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 9, 1978; admitted to bar 2005, Indiana, 2007, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Ohio Education: Butler University (B.S. 2000), Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D. 2004) Member of
the American, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis Bar Association. Member: Ohio Association of Criminal Defense
Attonreys, Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Indianapolis Public Defender Agency 2005-2007. Practice
Areas: Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Personal Injury.
