Toni Xu — Co-Founder
To immigrate is to exist in a state of perpetual hope, even as the ground beneath your feet shifts like sand. At 17, I arrived at this country with 2 suitcases and a student visa that promised everything and guaranteed nothing. After graduation, 3 times I offered myself up to the H-1B lottery, 3 times it returned my offering unopened. I refused to give up. In New York, where dreams stack as high as skyscrapers, I built my resistance to exclusion: a law firm and a tech startup that carve new pathways through the fortress of American immigration. Each petition we craft – EB-1, O-1, NIW, L1, E2, H1b – represents a kind of cartography of possibility, mapping the ways that merit can still triumph over chance when guided by those who know the terrain. My team, predominantly immigrants, understand that revolution sometimes wears a business suit and speaks in legal codes. We're not just practicing immigration law. We are telling the stories of those who refuse to be reduced to numbers. It's the power of knowing how to open closed doors. It's the power of helping a star rise up from the ashes. Let me tell your story.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a legal tech entrepreneur specializing in immigration law and social entrepreneurship.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 10 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Immigration Law
- Entrepreneurship
- Experience Design
- Social Entrepreneurship
Career Highlights
- Founder of a law firm focused on extraordinary immigrants.
- Developed next-gen immigration OS to enhance legal tech.
- Expert in navigating complex immigration petitions.
Work Experience
Xu Law Group
Founder & Principal Attorney (5 yrs 9 mos)
OpenCitizen.io
Founder (7 yrs 2 mos)
Weitz & Luxenberg PC
Litigation (1 yr)
City of New Orleans
Intern (5 mos)
The Lambert Firm
Litigation Law Clerk (0 mo)
Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC
Litigation Law Clerk (1 yr 7 mos)
Tulane University Law School
Legal Programmer (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Doctor of Law (J.D.) at Tulane University Law School
Master of Arts (M.A.) at Tulane University
Negotiation at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bachelor of Arts - BA at Tulane University
Electronic Music Production at The Juilliard School
Venture Capital and Private Equity at New York University
Science Fiction Writing at Gotham Writers
Chemical Engineering at The City College of New York