Areas of Practice Emphasis
Immigration
Prominent Assignments
Immigrant and nonimmigrant status for multinational executives and intracompany transferees, foreign professionals, Treaty investors and traders, and accompanying family members
Employment-based immigration
Work-related visas and employment authorization
Nationality and naturalization issues
Admission of nonimmigrant professionals, intracompany transferees, Treaty traders and investors, and business visitors under the North American Free Trade Agreement
Counseling on establishment of facilities and operations in the United States and related immigration issues
Alien labor certification and adjustment of status
Visa processing at U.S. Consulates worldwide
Education
J.D., Wayne State University Law School, 1980
M.A. in Government (International Relations), Texas Woman?s University, 1977
B.A. in Political Science, Barnard College, 1976
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1980
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1980
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Professional and Community Involvement
Successfully challenged Michigan statute on constitutional grounds, and secured equal rights of aliens to purchase pistols (1996)
Assisted American Citizens for Justice in the Vincent Chin Federal Civil Rights proceedings (1983-1984)
Mediator, Oakland County Circuit Court and Michigan District Courts (1981-1994)
Board of Directors (1989-1991), Chinese American Educational and Cultural Center of Michigan
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Oakland County Bar Association
Founding Member of the Asian American Bar Association of Michigan
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Acknowledgments
Trailblazer Award, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (1998)
Headliner Award, Wayne State University (1990)
Certificate of Appreciation, American Citizens for Justice (1985)
Areas of Practice EmphasisProminent AssignmentsEducationAdmitted to PracticeProfessional & Community InvolvementAcknowledgments.
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