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J Craig Fong

jfong@fongandchun.com
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Phone: (323) 769-8187
Fax: (323) 856-5808

6255 Sunset Blvd, Suite 915
Los Angeles, California 90028

J Craig Fong has been practicing law for almost 30 years. His practice is devoted exclusively to United States immigration and nationality law. He is a graduate of Yale, The University of Pennsylvania, and la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Mr. Fong handles family–based green cards, applications for adjustment of status, E treaty investors and treaty traders, L intra–company transferees, I journalists, R religious workers, and US naturalization. In addition, he also represents applicants who need I-512 and I-601 waivers for prior deportation, overstay, alleged fraud or misrepresentation, and other grounds of inadmissibility. He is also a nationally-recognized leader in providing immigration advice to non–traditional families.

Mr. Fong has taught immigration law classes for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and the Federal Bar Association (FBA). He has also spoken on other topics at Harvard Law School, at University of California at Los Angeles (School of Social Policy and School of Information and Library Science), and at University of LaVerne School of Law.

From the Fong & Chun law offices in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, Mr. Fong is available for consultation, by appointment. With prior arrangements, J can provide consultations in Palm Springs and other cities of the Coachella valley, as well as from our base in Paris, France.

J currently divides his time between practicing law in Los Angeles and Palm Springs and reading and writing in the "commune libre" of Montmartre in Paris. With the help of his husband, Andrew, and their cats Rose and Félicité, he strives to refresh his Japanese, improve his knowledge of French language, wine, and cheese, and write the Great American Novel.

J is exceptionally known for providing immigration counsel to nontraditional families.

Education

J.D., The Law School, The University of Pennsylvania, 1981

Boalt Hall School of Law, Univesity of California Berkeley

B.A., Yale University, 1977
RJH Kiphuth Scholar, 1974-1977
Yale-Carnegie Foreign Exchange Program, 1976-1976
Sumitomo Scholar. 1977

Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Certificate in Spanish Studies

Coro Foundation, 1986
Certificate

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California, 1982
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1991

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member Since: 1998

Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member Since: 1997
Immigration Section

Federal Bar Association
Member Since: 2011
Immigration Law Section

Speaking and Teaching Engagements

  • Lecturer: Best practices for working with GLBT Immigrant clients and representing them before the Government     Immigration Legal Resources Center     Nov 2011

  • Lecturer: Marriage-based immigration and GLBT couples      Immigration Legal Resources Center      Oct 2011

  • Lecturer: Non-working visas     Los Angeles County Bar Association     2001 - Present

  • Lecturer: Immigration Alternatives for Gay Men and Lesbians     Federal Bar Association     2011

  • Lecturer: Adoption of Foreign-born Children     Academy of California Adoption Lawyers,     January 2010

  • Closing Keynote: Immigrants & HIV/AIDS: Do you remember the time?     US Conference on AIDS      2007

  • Lecturer: HIV/AIDS Law & Practice      American Bar Association,     May 2006

  • Lecturer: E Visas and Investor Visas      Los Angeles County Bar Association      2004

Articles

  • Fong, J Craig, "Building Alliances: The Case of the Japanese American Citizens League Endorsement of Same-Sex Marriage." Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies that Work. Ed. James T. Sears & Walter L. Williams. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. pp. 371 - 379.

  • Fong, J Craig, Non-Immigrant Visas: E Treaty Trader / Investor Visas. MCLE Training Materials. Ed. J Craig Fong, Linda W. Lau, & Mark A. Ivener. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2004.

  • Fong, J Craig, "Other Nonimmigrant Visas." Immigration Law Training Course. MCLE Training Materials. Ed. Mary Mucha. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2008.

  • Fong, J Craig, Ed., Investors & Traders: Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visas (E-1/E-2 & EB-5). MCLE Training Materials. Ed. J Craig Fong, Linda W. Lau, & Wayne Ng. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2006.

  • Fong, J Craig, Ed., HIV and the Legalization Applicant. MCLE Training Materials. Los Angeles: Asian Pacific American Legal Center and Public Counsel. 1989

Pro Bono Activities

  • Judge, pro tempore,
    Superior Court of California, 2008-2011

  • Counsel, "Finish the Dream" Citizenship Workshop
    California School Employees Union (statewide)
    2007 - present

Non-Legal Activities

  • Strathmore's Who's Who

Languages

English, Spanish, French, Japanese