About the Firm

Principal

Alan Lee's law practice exclusively deals in the area of U.S. Immigration and Nationality laws and he has practiced this exclusively for 26 years. He has attained the AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the pre eminent rating system of lawyers in the United States. He was awarded twice by the government of the Republic of China in 1985 for his outstanding work in Immigration and Human Rights Affairs; was selected for Who's Who in American Law; and has appeared as an expert witness on immigration matters in court. He was honorary editor of the newspaper, Pakistan Calling, where his immigration columns were seen on a weekly basis. He writes extensively for the Chinese language newspapers, World Journal and Sing Tao. He previously authored articles in the Japanese language publication, OCA, and in the Pakistani language newspaper, Muhasba. His article, "The Bush Temporary Worker Proposal and Comparative Pending Legislation: an Analysis" was Interpreter Releases' cover display article at the American Immigration Lawyers Association annual conference in 2004, and his victory in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of first impression nationwide, Firstland International v. INS, successfully challenged INS' policy of over 40 years of revoking approved immigrant visa petitions under a nebulous standard of proof. Mr. Lee has over 1,100 legal writings in newspapers and journals on immigration law. 

He is a baccalaureate degree graduate of UCLA, and a juris doctorate graduate of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law where he was awarded the Sidney A. Levine award for best legal writing in 1976-77. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and he has successfully litigated cases before the federal courts, Board of Immigration Appeals, Appeals Adjudication Unit, Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals, and the Regional Commissioners of the INS. He became a member of the Ohio bar in 1977 and the New York bar in 1982. He is further registered to practice before the Southern, Eastern and Western district courts of New York as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

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