Albert Lu

Albert Lu joined the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's San Diego Office in June 2007 as a contract Attorney.  He practiced immigration and related employment law exclusively since 2000.

Areas of Practice

Extensive experience representing Fortune 500 and other companies in business immigration matters including all aspects of employment-based nonimmigrant visas (A, B-1, E-1. E-2, E-3, F, H-1B, H-2, H-3, J, K, L-1A, L-1B, M, O, P, R, TN, U, V) and immigrant visas (PERM and other Labor Cert's, EB-1, 2, 3 & 5; AOS/CP, and other green card processes) for large and small companies and their employees, university professors and research organization members, and other qualified self-petitioning individuals.  Also practices family-based immigration, naturalization, asylum, deportation and related waiver proceedings.  Volunteers in community and national immigration projects.

Education

• J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 2000
• B.A., U. C. Berkeley, 1997

Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court and Immigration Court

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese
• Spanish

Honors

• CALI Award for Immigration Law, 2000

Memberships

• California State Bar, Admitted in 2000
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2001
• Los Angeles Bar Association and Orange County Bar Association, Immigration Section, 2001, National Immigration Project, 2005

Articles

Labor & Employment Law Blog Articles

• "Form I-9 Remains Valid Beyond Current Expiration of 06/30/2009", July 1, 2009
• "Delay to Form I-9 Employment Verification Changes and Mandatory E-Verify Usage by Federal Contractors", February 9, 2009

Speeches

• "Foreign Students and the Ever Changing SEVIS Requirements and Compliance" N. Kentucky University Immigration Informational Day - March 23, 2004