About the Firm
Principal

Alan Lee's law practice exclusively deals in the area of U.S. Immigration
and Nationality laws and he has practiced this exclusively for 26
years. He has attained the AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law
Directory, the pre eminent rating system of lawyers in the United
States. He was awarded twice by the government of the Republic of
China in 1985 for his outstanding work in Immigration and Human
Rights Affairs; was selected for Who's Who in American Law; and
has appeared as an expert witness on immigration matters in court.
He was honorary editor of the newspaper, Pakistan Calling, where
his immigration columns were seen on a weekly basis. He writes extensively
for the Chinese language newspapers, World Journal and Sing Tao.
He previously authored articles in the Japanese language publication,
OCA, and in the Pakistani language newspaper, Muhasba. His article,
"The Bush Temporary Worker Proposal and Comparative Pending
Legislation: an Analysis" was Interpreter Releases' cover display
article at the American Immigration Lawyers Association annual conference
in 2004, and his victory in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
in the case of first impression nationwide, Firstland International
v. INS, successfully challenged INS' policy of over 40 years of
revoking approved immigrant visa petitions under a nebulous standard
of proof. Mr. Lee has over 800 legal writings in newspapers and
journals on immigration law.
He is a baccalaureate degree graduate of UCLA, and a juris doctorate
graduate of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law where he was awarded
the Sidney A. Levine award for best legal writing in 1976-77. He
is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and
he has successfully litigated cases before the federal courts, Board
of Immigration Appeals, Appeals Adjudication Unit, Board of Alien
Labor Certification Appeals, and the Regional Commissioners of the
INS. He became a member of the Ohio bar in 1977 and the New York
bar in 1982. He is further registered to practice before the Southern,
Eastern and Western district courts of New York as well as the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Associate
Ross
Brady, admitted to the bar in 1996, is an Associate in the law firm
of Alan Lee, Attorney at Law. A graduate of Hunter College, he attended
the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law as part of the May 1992 AEP
program, and while at Cardozo, was President of the Cardozo Law
and Politics Society and ran for a seat in the New York State Assembly.
He has also run for the New York State Senate in 1990 and 2000.
Brady was appointed by the Mayor and served as a Commissioner on
the 2002 New York City Districting Commission, where he and a group
of 14 other men and women redrew the City’s 51 council districts
to reflect population changes detailed in the 2000 Census. His government
service also includes work for the Office of U.S. Senator Daniel
Patrick Moynihan and the Congressional Research Service. He has
previously worked at Simon & Schuster and for Julien & Schlesinger,
PC. He is a Director of the Men’s Club at Congregation Emanu-El
since 1990, serving as President of the Men's Club and as a member
of the Temple's Board of Trustees since 2004.
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