Gary Chodorow Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - Pasadena

Gary Chodorow represents businesses, investors, and families in U.S. and China visa, immigration, and nationality law matters.. Mr. Chodorow has represented startups and Fortune 500 companies, Nobel Prize winners, high tech companies, investors, EB-5 regional centers, symphonies, artists, athletes, health care professionals, diplomats, and many others facing complex immigration matters.. Mr. Chodorow often represents clients before the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China as well as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices here. He also has extensive experience representing clients in Immigration Court, federal courts, and before the U.S. Department of Labor. And he is knowledgeable about the security and export control issues that arise in immigration cases.. Mr. Chodorow He has authored a number of articles and book chapters on immigration law. His publications have been cited in testimony before the U.S. Congress. He is also frequently called on to provide expert commentary on immigration issues for the media, such as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, South China Morning Post, and China Radio International. And he publishes the U.S. & China Visa Law blog.. Mr. Chodorow earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall in 1993, after graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1989. Subsequently, he was a partner in a Chicago law firm, where for ten years he practiced immigration law and employment law. He joined Hong Law Offices in 2004 to head the Beijing office.. An adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Chodorow has also taught courses for Peking University, China University of Politics and Law, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Liaoning University, the Beijing Lawyers Association, and the Shanghai Lawyers Association.. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and currently Co-Chair of the Visa Committee for American Chamber of Commerce-China.. Mr. Chodorow speaks Mandarin and Spanish.. He is admitted to the California bar.