The Klasko Immigration Law Partners of Philadelphia has announced that William A. Stock, an Abington resident, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 in the area of Immigration Law.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Its lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation, as more than 83,000 leading attorneys worldwide are eligible to vote.

Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Stock has practiced immigration law exclusively for more than 20 years, and currently serves as President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2004 and Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business every year since 2006.

His clients include small businesses, medium-sized companies, multinational corporations, hospitals, institutions of higher education, and scientific research centers.

Stock is a co-author of J Visa Guidebook from Lexis Publishing and an author of numerous immigration law articles. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., he received his law degree from the University of Minnesota.