Stephanie S. Lee practices immigration law focusing on corporate and investment immigration. Stephanie represents multinational corporations, investors, and individuals in all areas of immigration law. Her corporate clients include worldwide automotive, information technology, engineering, industrial, and manufacturing, research and medical institutions.

Stephanie has extensive experience on investment visa successfully representing high net worth individuals in their immigration processing through USCIS and the Department of State. Stephanie served on the EB-5 committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) from 2008-2009. With a strong belief in the EB-5 program, she helps her corporate clients with the regional center designation as well as assisting individual investors and entrepreneurs.

Recently, she participated in the AILA seminar on the EB-5 Investor visas as a faculty member. She also presented for the 2009 AILA Fall CLE Conference: “EB-5 Investors – New Opportunities for Your Clients and Your Practice.”

Currently, Stephanie serves as an advisor on the International Law Section of the State Bar of California to bring an immigration perspective to the committee. She also serves as a legal counsel on the National Unification Advisory Council of Korea. Fluent in Korean, Stephanie is featured on local radio and in newspapers regarding current immigration issues.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Speaker (invited) for the EB-5 session of the upcoming AILA Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico Chapter's Spring Conference which will be held April 15-18, 2010, at the Radisson Hotels & Resorts at Austin-Town Lake in Austin, Texas
• Speaker – American Immigration Lawyers Association 2009 CLE Conference, "Country Specific Issues for EB-5 Practitioners" PARC 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA (October, 2009) discussing
  • the Law and Practice on Investor Source of Funds
  • Representing Investors from Korea, China, India, etc.—Strategies for Success
  • Tips for Documenting Cases from High Scrutiny Countries (Iran, Russia, Pakistan, etc.)
  • Recent Challenges and Solutions at Consular Posts
• Speaker – American Immigration Lawyers Association 2009 CLE Conference, “Examining EB-5 Investor Visas—A Viable Option or Not?” Teleconference (August 20, 2009) discussing:
  • EB-5—Where are We Today? What Works and What Doesn’t?
  • Regular vs. Regional Center Investment—Pros and Cons
  • Evaluating Regional Center Programs—Issues to Watch Out For
  • Financial Planning and Requirements—Is EB-5 a Realistic Option?
  • Counseling Clients Through the Maze
  • Risks of Accepting EB-5 Cases
  • Conflict of Interest/Privacy Issues
• Co-author - “Lawful Source of Funds and Other Consideration for EB-5 Investors From China, Korea, Russia, Iran and India” AILA (October, 2009)
• Speaker – “Immigration Overview,” Presented for continuing education, Hughes & Sullivan, Tustin, CA (September, 2009)
• Stephanie has also authored articles in numerous publications including
  • the International Law Section Newsletter of the State Bar of California (Winter 2010)
  • “ Law and Life”, the Korea Daily, as a regular columnist on the immigration issues (from 2003 to Present)
• Speaker – “EB-5 New Immigration Opportunity” Orange County Korean American Bar Association, Irvine, CA (April 2009)
• Speaker – “Employment Visas Analysis” Orange County Korean American Bar Association, Garden Grove, CA (April 2008)

Professional Honors & Activities

Advisor – the International Law Section of the State Bar of California
American Immigration Lawyers Association, EB-5 Committee Member (2008-09)
Legal Counsel—The National Unification Advisory Council of Korea, Orange-San Diego Chapter

Admissions

California, 2001
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Law School

Loyola Law School, J.D., 2001

• Dean’s Honor
• Loyola Law Review

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