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Attorney Ellen Lee has worked for the Law offices of Carl Shusterman for over 15 years and has been practicing immigration law since 1975. She specializes in family based and marriage cases as well as naturalization matters. Over the years, Ms. Lee has successfully helped a vast amount of people obtain marriage visas, fiancée visas and assisted many permanent residents in becoming U.S citizens.
Ms. Lee has also served on the national Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), was the Chairperson of AILA, Southern California Chapter, and is active in various AILA activities.
Her hard work and commitment in immigration law, have helped her earn the highest rating (“AV”) in legal ability and ethics from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. She has also organized innovative seminars including a three-day conference in which various U.S. Consuls from posts in Asia, Canada and Mexico made presentations and answered questions. In addition she has also organized seminars on waivers of excludability and deportability and others which featured the U.S. Consul from Guangzhou, China and the Consul representing the People’s Republic of China.
Ms. Lee has also taken the role of Editor-in-Chief of a major AILA publication and has spoken at various AILA Conferences on the national, state and local levels. Not to mention that she is a member of the national Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Law Foundation.
She testified before the President’s Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy; served on the Executive Committee of the Immigration Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; participates in numerous liaison committees with the Los Angeles District Office of USCIS; and is a volunteer legal advisor to the Chinatown Service Center.
Year after year, she has been voted as a Super Lawyer in Southern California by her colleagues in the bar.
Her fluency in various Chinese dialects has helped establish closer relationships with some of our clients, therefore making Mrs. Lee a wonderful asset to our office.
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Acquired: 1975
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600 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1550, Los Angeles, CA, 90017
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Posted by Farhan | March 13, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Awesome immigration lawyer
Ms.Lee is the best lawyer one could have. She was very patient, calm and meticulous with our citizenship case. She outlined the naturalization process and it happened exactly the way she drescribed . My wife and I got our citizenship in the exact time frame presented to us. She will fight for your ca...
Posted by anonymous | September 01, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Very Complicated Naturalization
Ellen, Elsa, and Giselle were an amazing team that helped me through an extremely complicated naturalization case. They helped me to also return to the United States after I became stuck outside the country. Throughout the whole process they answered all of my frantic questions with the upmost patien...
Posted by anonymous | May 01, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
EXCELENTE CUSTOMER SERVICE
We hired the law office of Carl Shusterman for my husband immigration case. We are glad and happy we did. They very professional and answer all our questions and concerns. A big thanks to Ana and attorney Ellen Lee.
Posted by swong | August 06, 2015 | Immigration
THANK YOU!
If you're looking for an immigration attorney, then you know very well that there are hundreds to choose from and it can be very confusing and overwhelming to choose the right one. The best decision that I made regarding my immigration process was selecting to work with the office of Carl Shusterman...
Posted by Thomas | July 14, 2015 | Immigration
Simply the Best!
The Law Offices of Carl Shusterman have been absolutely amazing! They have exceeded our expectations and where 100% honest with us. Finding an immigration lawyer is a daunting task. We have hired other lawyers that actually made our situation worse, then we found Carl Shusterman. The phone consultati...
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Immigration lawyer
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Super lawyer,
1999 - Present
Attorney at Law, Law Offices Of Carl Shusterman
1977 - 1981
Staff Attorney, Executive Director, One Stop Immigration Center
1974 - 1977
Staff Attorney, Long Beach Legal Aid
Member
Chairperson
Board of Governors
Board of Trustees
Executive Committee, Immigration Section
1974
JD - Juris Doctor
Chinese, Min Nan
Chinese, Hakka
Chinese, Wu
Chinese, Jinyu
Chinese, Xiang
Chinese, Gan