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Education
Yale University, New Haven, Conn., B.A., 1977
The Law School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, J.D., 1981
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
Facultad de Philología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1984
Coro Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 1986
Employment
J Craig Fong has worked for various national law firms, including Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro (San Francisco), and Chapman and Cutler. He was also the former Regional Director of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (Los Angeles) and the Chief Policy Analyst for the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center.
In the immigration and nationality law field, J was the Assistant Director of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Immigration Legal Assistance Project, and Director of the Immigration Project of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California. He entered solo practice, devoted exclusively to the practice of immigration and nationality law in 1997 and has been a Partner in the firm of Fong & Chun since 2002.
J is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He has been the coordinator of the Gay and Lesbian Interest Group since 2003.
Partner
Fong and Chun, LLP - Los Angeles
2002-Present
The Law Offices of J Craig Fong - Los Angeles
1997-2002
Chief Policy Analyst
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center
1996-1997
Regional Director
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
1992-1996
Assistant Director
Immigration Legal Assistance Project - Los Angeles County Bar Association
1989-1992
Director
Immigration Unit - Asian Pacific American Legal Center - Los Angeles
1986-1989
Associate Attorney
Chapman and Cutler - Chicago
1982-1985
Associate Attorney
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro - San Francisco
1980-1982
Summer Associate
Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman - San Francisco
1979
Other
J Craig Fong has been a community leader for many years, in the fields of immigration law as it impacts Asian Americans, and as it impacts persons with HIV and their families. He has testified before the President’s Commission on AIDS and before many other national, state, and local agencies. He has also lectured on various issues, including First Amendment rights related to libraries, the constitutional issues related to same-sex marriage, and served as:
Judge, pro tempore
Small Claims Court
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
2008 - present
Citizenship Workshop Legal Counsel
California School Employees Union
2008 - present
Member - Executive Committee
Immigration Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
2006- Present
Lecturer - Nonimmigrant Visas
Immigration Law Course
Los Angeles County Bar Association
2004- Present
Lecturer - Investor Visas
E-1 & E-2 Investor Visa Course
Los Angeles County Bar Association
2005 - Present
National Coordinator - American Immigration Lawyers Association
Gay and Lesbian Interest Group
2003
Guest Lecturer - UCLA
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
1994-Present
Guest Lecturer - UCLA
School of Social Policy
1994-Present
Volunteer Attorney
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center - Los Angeles
Immigration Law
1990-Present
Member of the Board of Advisors
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
Los Angeles
1993-2000
Chairman of the Board of Advisors
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
Los Angeles
1995-1999
Telecommunications Advisory Committee - Pacific Bell
San Francisco
1995-1997
Scholarship Review Committee
Lambda Alumni Association - USC - Los Angeles
1994-1995
Committee on Sexual Orientation Descrimination
State Bar of California
1993-1995
Member of the Community Advisory Board
AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Los Angeles
1990-1995
Panelist
Law & Policy Issues for Asian Pacific Americans
1995
Keynote Speaker
Asian American Law Students Association - Harvard University
1994
Panelist
Sager Symposium - Swarthmore College
1994
Panelist
Employment Opportunities in the Nonprofit Sector
University of Chicago
1993
Featured Speaker
Monterey Park Library Case
Annual Convention of the American Library Association - Atlanta
1991
Training Leader
Assisting HIV-Affected Immigrants and their Families
California Association of AIDS Agencies
1991
Training Leader
State of California AIDS Program Office - Los Angeles
1991
Co-Chairman & Member
Institutional Review Board - Search Allliance - Los Angeles
1990-1991
Training Leader
Asian Pacific AIDS Education Project - Los Angeles
1990
Training Leader
AIDS Project Los Angeles
1989-1990
Featured Speaker
Monterey Park Library Case
Annual Convention of the California Association of Library Trustees
1990
Panelist
Asian Pacific Immigration Issues
Office of California Secretary of State - March Fong Eu
1990
Requested Witness
Asian Pacific Immigration Issues - Office of Senator Alan Cranston
1990
Requested Witness
HIV/AIDS and Immigrants - Los Angeles County Commission on AIDS
1990
Requested Witness
Impact of AIDS policy on HIV & Immigrants
(Presidents) National Commission on AIDS
1990
Training Leader
HIV and Immigrant Children - County of Los Angeles, Office of Children Services
1989
Author
HIV and the Legalization Applicant:
A practice manual for Attorneys, published by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, Public Counsel, and National Center for Immigrant Rights
1989
Training Leader
Public Counsel - Los Angeles
1989
Training Leader
East Los Angeles Rape Hotline
1989
Keynote Speaker
HIV and Immigrant Communities - Organization of Black County Officials
1989
Training Leader
United Way - San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Task Force
1989
Lecturer
California State University - Psychology Department - Long Beach
1989
Lecturer
National Lesbian & Gay Law Association - Lavender Law
1988
Author
Asian Pacific and US Immigration Policy
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