Immigration lawyer profile

Law Offices of Michael J. Gurfinkel, Inc.

Glendale immigration office. Michael Joseph Gurfinkel is an Active California licensee. No languages are printed on the bar page. Bar status checked 29 September 2026.

Reviewed September 29, 2026

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Last reviewed: September 29, 2026
Phone: (818) 543-5800
Headquarters: Glendale, California
Website: www.gurfinkel.com/
Consultation: In person · Phone
Fees as printed: The site mentions a consultation fee. No dollar amount was printed on the pages reviewed.

Credentials

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No ratings. Discipline notes are copied from the source page on the check date.
Person	Authority	Number	Status
Michael Joseph Gurfinkel Attorney	State Bar of California	93944	active · checked September 29, 2026 No public discipline row on the State Bar of California licensee page on 2026-09-29. Not listed on the EOIR currently-disciplined-practitioners page on 2026-09-29.

Offices

Streets the firm or licensee page printed for published metros. Hours are not stored.

Glendale office. 219 N Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91203 · Los Angeles

Practice and languages

Practice areas: Family petitions · K-1 fiancé · Employment-based · Adjustment of status · Naturalization · Removal defense
What the pages printed: Firm page lists family, K-1, employment, adjustment of status, naturalization, and removal.
Languages: None printed
Language note: Bar page lists no languages. Third-party Citizen Pinoy coverage is not treated as a Tagalog claim.

Worth knowing

A Glendale street and a consumer phone are published.
The site states in-person or phone consultations.

Watch

No languages are printed on the State Bar licensee page. Tagalog is not invented from third-party coverage.
A fee is mentioned without a printed dollar amount.

Notes

The firm page publishes 219 N. Brand Boulevard, Glendale, (818) 543-5800, and toll-free (866) 487-3465. San Francisco, New York, and Manila offices are named and are not pinned on the Los Angeles map.

Michael Joseph Gurfinkel, #93944, admitted 16 December 1980, is Active. The bar page lists no languages. Citizen Pinoy coverage exists. That is not a Tagalog-language claim and was not copied as one.

The site mentions in-person or phone consults and mentions a fee without a dollar amount. Practice as printed includes family, K-1, employment, adjustment of status, naturalization, and removal.

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