Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
• Adoption

Business and Corporate Law

• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  3. You are unable to resolve issues with a government agency, such as tax, immigration, social security, workers compensation or veteran’s or pension benefits;
• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Contract
  The petitioning employer must establish that the offer of a researcher's employment is intended to be of an indefinite or unlimited duration and that the nature of the position is such that the employee will ordinarily have an expectation of continued employment. According to a USCIS' recent memo, a petition should not be denied solely because the actual employment contract or offer of employment does not contain a "good cause for termination" clause. Thus, an offer of employment that is of indefinite duration, but terminable at will, likely satisfies the requirement of permanent employment.

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  4. Entrepreneur’s ownership interest should be present at the new commercial enterprise’s inception. Several of EB-5 petitions were denied on situations which a partnership normally was created first and the general partner will seek alien entrepreneur as limited partner later on to avoid or limit legal liability. This business operation is normal in real world and typically involved in real estate transaction. However, CIS takes the position that the entrepreneur does not qualify for EB-5 because he or she was not partner when the original partnership was created and then there is no new commercial enterprise established.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization
  If you were born in the United States, you probably are a U.S. citizen. If not, you may be eligible for applying naturalization to become U.S. citizen.
• Family Immigration
  Possessing with three law degrees, Mr. Chao focuses his practices primarily on employment-based immigration, such as EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, National Interest Waiver, PERM labor certification; non-immigrant visas, such as H-1B, L-1A, O-1, and R-1; family-based immigration; removal proceeding; asylum; and naturalization. He is a frequent speaker at local radio stations on a variety of legal concerns for immigrants. Mr. Chao has published articles and makes frequent contributions to local newspaper on various legal issues. His community services include ongoing pro-bono activities with charity institution, bar association, and senior citizen organization.
• Employment Immigration
  Chao Law Firm, PLLC is dedicated and committed to provide professional services in a variety of immigration practices with sufficient expertise and concentration on employment-based immigration.
• Work Visas
  While each individual has different background and situation, we encourage those who are interested to obtain H-1B work visa or green card to take advantage of our free evaluation service by sending your resume or curriculum vitae to info@chaolaw.com for initial review. This evaluation is no charge.
• Investor Visas

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Additionally, we have expertise in business, international trade, family, probate, estate planning, real estate, employment, and intellectual property.
• Power of Attorney
  Estate Planning and Probate: will, trust, durable power of attorney, medical power of attorney, directive to physicians, will probate, and intestate proceeding.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Debt Collection
  Corporate and Business: incorporation, partnership, joint ventures, sale of business, licensing, debt collection, international transactions, mechanical lien, UCC filing, and contract negotiation.