About Us

About US

Haywood Martin Wise, Avocat is an American-born U.S. and French citizen (naturalized French in 2001) and a member of the bars of the State of New York (1997), New Jersey (1997) (U.S.A.), and Hauts-de-Seine (France) (admitted to the Paris bar in 1998). He is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School (’95) and University of Paris Law

School Panthéon-Sorbonne (Masters of Law – D.E.A.- in French Business and Economic Law). After rigorous training in French law with the prestigious Parisian law firms Gide Loyrette Nouvel (1997 to 1999), Salans Hertzfeld (1999-2002), and Caubet Chouchana Meyer (2003-2004), he opened his own French law firm.

He appears and pleads before French courts, Consulates, and Muncipal Authorities, and before American authorities (US Consulate of Paris, USCIS regional offices, Department of State) and prepares visa and nationality petitions and generally provides legal counsel on French and U.S. immigration, corporate, and family matters. Haywood Martin Wise, Avocat is the author of a number of articles on French and U.S. immigration and business law.t

  • Brooklyn Law School — J.D., 1995
  • University of Paris Law School Panthéon-Sorbonne — D.E.A. in Business Law and Economic Law, 1997
  • State Bar of New York, admitted 1997
  • State Bar of New Jersey, admitted 1997
  • Hauts-de-Seine (Paris, France), admitted 1998

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Haywood Martin Wise brings decades of experience in both U.S. and French law. Licensed on both sides of the Atlantic, he provides trusted guidance on immigration, nationality, and cross-border legal matters with clarity and confidence.

The Law Firm of Haywood Martin Wise is a France-based law firm with bilingual attorneys who are ready to help you relocate overseas and resolve any French immigration or nationality law issues that arise. Please call our New York office today at (973) 685-5501 to schedule a consultation with us.

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