reviews, media & staff

We’d love to boast about our impressive and inspiring clients, but we respect their confidentiality too much for that. Instead, if you want to read what our clients think about our work, see what they write in our Google Reviews.

CoveyLaw and Tamizdat get a lot of attention in the media. You can see some of the press coverage of our work in our media archive.

CoveyLaw’s staff includes 13 experienced attorneys and 19 management, paralegal, and support staff.

Matthew Covey, Attorney, Partner

Matthew has worked in music and arts immigration since 1996. As a member of the US/Slovak band Skulpey, as Knitting Factory Records’ Amsterdam booking agent, and as the manager of the Klezmatics, his varied career has afforded him a comprehensive understanding of the entertainment industries. He is a founding director of Tamizdat, a non-profit that promotes international cultural exchange.

Amanda leads CoveyLaw’s general immigration division. Working with both individuals and business entities, Amanda regularly files O-1 and EB-1 petitions for individuals in music, theater, tv/film, graphic arts, visual arts as well as fashion, among other industries. Amanda also represents national and international corporate clients as well as start-up entities spanning a range of industries (arts, technology, education).

Amanda Gupta, Attorney, Partner
Will Spitz, Attorney, Partner

Will Spitz leads CoveyLaw’s Performing Arts Division, focusing primarily on preparing O and P visa petitions for artists entering the U.S. temporarily to perform. He also provides pro bono services to foreign artists and arts professionals as a volunteer attorney at Tamizdat, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that promotes international cultural exchange.

Harlan Levine, Chief Operating Officer

Harlan heads the Operations team at CoveyLaw and has over a decade of involvement in New York cultural institutions. He has an undergraduate degree from Eugene Lang and a Masters of Sociology at the New School for Social Research. He has been involved in executing large scale events at MoMA PS1, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Morgan Library.

Will Lulofs, Evidence Chief

Will has worked at Covey Law and Tamizdat since 2009. His interdepartmental work involves research and administrative projects. He graduated from Bennington College with a BA in literature and music composition.