Apr 2023 – May 2026 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Apr 2020 – Apr 2023 · 3 yrs

May 2018 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

Aug 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · San Francisco, CA

• Understand expectations of stakeholders and develop strong working relationships to achieve shared goals.
• Review and recommend any improvements to immigration and mobility approaches and benefits.
• Oversee visa program and updates stakeholders timely throughout the visa processes.
• Provide guidance and information to stakeholders on proposed changes that will impact processes.
• Drive partnerships with external immigration counsel to facilitate visa matters.
• Act as subject matter expert for immigration and ensures full compliance with immigration laws.
• Communicate various immigration procedures effectively to managers, employees, and function as the primary point of contact for internal and external inquiries and with external legal counsel on all immigration-related items.
• Develop materials and communication to promote and educate widespread awareness and understanding of immigration and mobility at Esurance
• Work closely with relocation and immigration vendors to ensure that timely and high-quality services are provided within agreed service levels and pricing

Jun 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos · Los Gatos, CA

• Conduct initial calls with candidates, foreign nationals, or assignees to review immigration backgrounds and/or relocation needs and to determine how to best move forward in the hire, filing, or relocation process.
• Advise managers on transfer/relocation costs, best practices, tax laws, and how to best approach immigration with their employees.
• Contribute materials and communication to promote and educate widespread awareness and understanding of global mobility at Netflix.
• Review and recommend any improvements to global mobility approaches and benefits.
• Organize and effectively present data for quarterly and annual reporting around global mobility and staffing operations.
• Work closely with relocation and immigration vendors to ensure that timely and high-quality services are provided within agreed service levels.

Jan 2013 – Jun 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Manage immigration and global mobility programs; supporting businesses/functions by designing, developing, implementing, and supporting immigration cases, international assignment policies and global mobility programs worldwide.
• Work closely with relocation and immigration vendors to ensure that timely and high-quality services are provided within agreed service levels
• Advise managers on transfer/relocation costs, best practices, tax laws, and how to best approach immigration with their employees and new hires

Aug 2011 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr · San Francisco, CA and Shanghai, China

• student

May 2006 – Jul 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, CA

• Collaborated with partners, executives, and global managing directors to direct and maintain strategic implementation of day-to-day immigration functions. Organized and implemented top-notch work force processes to ensure continuous quality. Keen ability to react quickly in a deadline driven, fast-pace team environment. Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Served as point of contact within the firm for VIP clients, problem cases, and visa application procedures.
• Coordinated immigration programs for large and mid-size global enterprise clients to develop a global approach to immigration compliance solution for foreign nationals.
• Managed 300 immigration-related cases working closely with partners and senior associates.
• Researched and analyzed immigration law issues. Drafted documents, legal memoranda and written correspondence for submission to United States Citizenship and Immigration Service.
• Organized and participated in weekly conference calls with partners and client representatives to monitor, evaluate, and strategize cases.
• Wrote letters to be used as templates within the firm and trained colleagues and new hires on document drafting, letter writing and firm procedures.
• Facilitated operational flow in a timely manner by providing clearly documented parameters/objective to internal departments.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 · 4 yrs

• Nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving the low-income Asian Pacific American communities
• Prepared case intake and presented to supervising attorneys for evaluation.
• Conducted client interviews and evaluated immigration documents to determine the best path forward.
• Worked with low-income immigrants to advise them on immigration issues.
• Assisted individuals with various immigration-related proceedings and provided case strategy advice.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr

• Boutique complex defense litigation law firm
• Reported directly to partners. Managed toxic tort defense cases, from intake to settlement. Collaborated with other paralegals, associates, and partners to gather evidence, deposition reports, to create a case evaluation. Remained organized and worked efficiently in an extremely time sensitive environment.
• Interacted with partners and Sr. associates to devise simple and appropriate case strategies to ensure success.
• Managed over 90 toxic tort cases to a successful completion.
• Assisted associates and partners in litigation matters.
• Examined cases, analyzed, and prepared summaries of discovery materials.
• Prepared spreadsheets for trial dates and deadlines, including medical/non-medical expert depositions.