Max Katner

Max Katner serves as Staff Attorney at Pacific Gateway Center, where he provides comprehensive immigration legal services to immigrants and refugees across Hawaiʻi. He works closely with individuals and families navigating complex immigration processes, offering clear guidance, ethical representation, and culturally responsive support.

Max assists clients with a wide range of immigration matters, including family-based petitions (Form I-130), adjustment of status (I-485), naturalization (N-400), employment authorization (I-765), DACA renewals, consular processing, and various forms of humanitarian relief. He also supports clients seeking lawful permanent residency, citizenship, and protection-based pathways, ensuring applications are accurately prepared and filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

At Pacific Gateway Center, Max plays a key role in strengthening access to authorized legal services for underserved communities, helping clients stabilize their legal status, reunite with family members, and pursue long-term security in the United States. His work reflects PGC’s broader mission of advancing economic opportunity, equity, and integration for immigrant communities throughout Hawaiʻi.

Max is committed to providing compassionate, client-centered representation and to expanding access to justice for those who might otherwise face significant barriers to legal assistance.