Our Attorneys

Chen Zhang, Esq.

Expertise
Mr. Zhang practices immigration law, nationality law and international trade law in Washington D.C. Mr. Zhang offers legal advice on various aspects of Family, Employment and Business Immigration Law. Mr. Zhang represents corporate clients such as public traded multinational companies, non-profit organizations, start-ups and individual clients such as researchers, scholars, post-doc and entrepreneurs in complying with US immigration laws and securing permanent residency. Mr. Zhang is an area expert on H-1B, L-1 non-immigrant visa and EB1(a), EB1(b), EB1(c) and EB(5) permanent resident categories. Mr. Zhang is also versed in statistical analysis, market research, international trade and logistics.
Outside of his work, Mr. Zhang loves creative writing. His debut novel “The Duties” won favorable comment among readers.

Education
JD Georgetown University Law Center 2005
MBA University of Miami 1998
MA in Political Science Wash U in St. Louis 1996
LLB Foreign Affairs College in China 1994

Experience
Among his earlier business experiences are senior positions with Fortune 500 companies such as Sears and WW Grainger, Inc. and leading US law firms such as Grunfeld Desiderio and White & Case LLP.

License
Mr. Zhang is licensed in District of Columbia.

Language
Mr. Zhang speaks English and fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Membership
Mr. Zhang is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer Association.

Zechen Feng, Esq.

Expertise
Attorney Feng received his legal education in both US and China and has worked in both countries. As the first generation of immigrant, Attorney Feng can feel the pain of clients going through the lengthy immigration petition procedure, frustrated by tons of legal paperwork. It motivates him to use his legal skills to help immigrants navigate the intricate immigration procedures.
Attorney Feng has more than 20 years of corporate legal experience including general counsel position with several public listed high tech companies and his profound knowledge in business transactions well position him to provide clients with strategic guidance and practical advice on the employment-based EB-1C based mergers and acquisitions and EB-5 investment immigrations. In addition, Zechen has extensive practical experience in family-based immigration, adjustment of status within the U.S., and consular processing abroad.
Outside of work, Zechen enjoys reading, traveling and seeing beautiful scenery and historical sites. Most of all, he loves spending time with his family.

Education
Washington University in St. Louis, J.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.A.
Peking University, LL.B.

License
Licensed in the State of Illinois

Language
English & Mandarin

Membership
A member of the American Immigration Lawyer Association

Leye ( Leia ) Yi, Senior Law Clerk

Expertise
Ms. Yi received advanced legal training in both China and the United States in some of the leading legal education institutions and has an excellent working knowledge of both Chinese and English in the legal field.

Ms. Yi possesses comprehensive and in-depth knowledge and extensive experience regarding U.S.bound employment-based permanent residency applications including National Interest Waiver (NIW), Extraordinary Ability Alien EB1(a) and EB1(b) petitions, nonimmigrant visa applications such as extraordinary Ability O-1 visa, specialty occupation H-1B filings and complex response to a request for evidence for above types of petitions. She is also an expert in EB5 investment and U.S.domestic law compliance for fundraising through immigration programs.

Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.)-Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)-Xiamen University

Language
Ms. Yi is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Kaien (Kevin) Chiang, Law Clerk

Expertise
Mr. Chiang graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, International Relations.

Having majored in political science with a specialization in international relations, Mr.Chiang has intimate knowledge of the U.S. political system, its immigration policies and the geopolitical implications of those policies. As such, he is proficient at drafting a range of immigration applications that will take those factors into account and ensure our clients have not only a smooth process but also a high success rate at obtaining their visas.

Education
B.A. University of California, San Diego

Language
Mr. Chiang is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

Victor Shuparsky Senior Legal Consultant

Expertise
Mr. Shuparsky has worked extensively on preparing National Interest Waiver, Extraordinary Ability Alien immigration petition, Intracompany Transferee L-1, Specialty Occupation H-1B, Extraordinary Ability O-1, Consular Processing, Adjustment of Status and various other types of petitions.

Education

Master of Laws (LLM) University of Alabama School of Law
JD University of Moldova School of Law

Languages
Mr. Shuparsky speaks fluent English, Russian and Ukrainian.

Diana Dai Senior Law Clerk

Expertise
Ms. Dai assist attorneys in preparing national interest waiver, extraordinary ability alien immigration petition, intracompany transferee L-1, specialty occupation H-1B, extraordinary ability O-1, complex consular processing, adjustment of status and various other types of petitions. Ms. Dai supports attorneys from our Qingdao office in China.

Education
LLB Shandong University

Language
Ms. Dai speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and English.

Jiayi (Lorraine) Zhou

Expertise
Ms. Zhou graduated from Georgetown University School of Law with a LLM’s degree in 2018. She obtained her Bachelor of Law degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Ms. Zhou possesses comprehensive knowledge regarding US immigration law including Labor Certification, EB1(a), EB1(b) and EB1(c) petitions, as well as non-immigrant solutions such as O-1A, H-1B, H-3, L1 and E2 status applications. Ms. Zhou also has expertise in financial and security law aspects of immigration law such as drafting private placement memorandum and other documents for EB5 investment and federal and state blue sky law compliance for fund raising through immigration programs.

Education
LLM – Case Western Reserve University
LL.B – Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

License
Ms. Zhou is licensed to practice law in China.

Language
Ms. Zhou is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

Ella Peng, Senior Law Clerk

Expertise
Ms. Peng assist attorneys in preparing national interest waiver, extraordinary ability alien immigration petition, intracompany transferee L-1, specialty occupation H-1B, extraordinary ability O-1, complex consular processing, adjustment of status and various other types of petitions. Ms. Peng supports attorneys from our Qingdao office in China.

Education
Master of Universiti Putra Malaysia

Language
Ms. Peng speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and English.

Severino Reyes, Customer Service Manager

Expertise
Mr. Reyes graduated from Centro Escolar University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Mr. Reyes boasts a great understanding of customer relations as well as administrative tasks revolving around operational efficiency. Having several years of customer service experience and managerial experience, Mr. Reyes possesses the required knowledge to adjust to and efficiently handle corporate matters as they come up.

Education
BA–Centro Escolar University

Language
Mr. Reyes is fluent in Filipino and English.