Marriage-Based Immigration Masterclass

I got into immigration law by accident when I was looking for my first job. I was lucky and fell in love with it. At first, I did many types of work—like going to Immigration Court, handling Asylum cases, helping with waivers, investor visas, extraordinary ability visas, and family cases. But when I started my own law firm, I realized I was doing too much. Some work meant driving a lot in busy Los Angeles traffic. Other work, like humanitarian cases, was very hard emotionally. Employment cases were also tough because I had to represent both the employer and the employee.

So, I decided to focus on just three areas: family immigration, extraordinary ability visas, and small investors. During the early Trump administration, some cases became harder because of lots of extra paperwork. This cost more time and money. To avoid that, I focused on marriage-based immigration, which had fewer problems. This allowed me to build a six-figure law firm and still work part-time all by myself and spending core time with my family in Los Angeles.

Eventually, I wanted a new challenge, so I started growing my business and hiring people, like an associate lawyer and paralegals. But you don’t have to grow if you don’t want to—it's possible to earn over $100,000 a year working part-time in this area of law!

• Looking to change to a new area of law that is more fulfilling?
• A new lawyer trying to break into a field?
• Are you an existing immigration practitioner who focused on employment-based law or who did a general practice but never dug into the details of the Immigration Nationality Act, Code of Federal Regulations, the foreign policy manual, and more? You want to feel like an expert in the field!