Catherine A. Chan

Catherine Chan is the Managing Attorney at the Chan Law Firm. Her practice focuses on complex removal (deportation) cases, appellate immigration litigation, civil litigation against government agencies in immigration, and business immigration.

Catherine is a second-generation immigrant to the United States. She is Chinese, Filipina, and Iranian. She has lived and studied in Iran, Spain, and the United States. She is fluent in Farsi and Spanish, in addition to English.

Catherine counts as a distinct life honor the fact that she is trusted with matters of great importance to the individuals, families, non-profit organizations, and corporations she serves. She is determined in her quest to find solutions to complex immigration questions, and she has resolved many “impossible” cases in her clients’ favor.

Catherine has litigated immigration cases at every state and federal court and administrative agency level in the state of Colorado. She has also represented clients across the United States before USCIS and immigration courts, and internationally before American consulates abroad. Catherine has testified as an expert in immigration matters in state and federal court in Colorado. She has taught immigration law classes to the community and to attorneys. She has been published on professionalism issues and immigration law. She is licensed in the State of Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

As counsel to the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition she worked at the Colorado state capitol testifying on immigration-related legislation and proposing text and amendments for the legislation. She has served the boards and commissions of many Colorado organizations, including the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Faculty of Federal Advocates, the Colorado Lawyer’s Committee, the Center for Legal Inclusiveness, and the Denver Women’s Commission, among others. Through her community activism and individual cases, she has fulfilled the Colorado Supreme Court’s Pledge to Pro Bono service for over a decade.

For her dedication to her field and community, Catherine has been repeatedly recognized by Law Week Colorado, Super Lawyers and 5280 Magazine. Of special importance to her, her law practice has led to the enjoyment of many friendships with her peers, her clients, and her colleagues.

The Chan Law Firm in Denver, Colorado focuses on winning individual and businesses immigration cases in the United States. We serve clients all over the United States and from throughout the world.

Serving clients with personal attention and service since 2004, this firm is not like other law firms. We are known for taking and winning cases that other attorneys previously lost, or declared impossible. We build close relationships with our clients, fighting for each case as if it were our own.

At the Chan Law Firm, we believe the practice of law involves an intricate mix of advocacy, technicality, and art. To that end, we aspire to be bold, effective, and visionary artists.

We litigate at every court level in the state of Colorado, including trial courts, municipal courts, the Colorado Court of Appeals, and the Colorado Supreme Court. We litigate in both federal courts in Colorado, including the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. We have even petitioned a case for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. We represent clients in immigration courts across the United States, and through to every level of immigration appeals in the federal system.

We leave no stone unturned in our urgency to find solutions for our clients’ cases. Our tenacity and competence form the basis of our legal successes. Our devotion and empathy form the basis of our client relationships.