Mr. Lee practices Immigration and Nationality Law with a special emphasis on US Citizenship and Naturalization, Family Based Immigration, Immigration Waivers, Detention and Deportation, and Specialty Visas for MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Athletes. Mr. Lee was graduated from Yale University with a degree in English and received his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of Law in Newark. He is the founding and managing partner of Lee and Garasia, LLC, based in Edison, New Jersey, and has over 19 years of experience handling diverse and complex immigration related matters. He was recently listed in the 2013 Nationwide Top Attorneys Showcase featured in Newsweek Magazine (12/31/12 issue) as well as TIME Magazine.
Published Works
-"Facing Immigration Problems? Helpful Answers to Common Immigration Issues" 2014
-"Breaking the immigration impasse", Asbury Park Press, July 8, 2012
Representative Clients
-"Macaco" Patino
Classes/Seminars
-Immigration Consequences of Municipal Court Convictions, Middlesex County Bar Association, October 22, 2012
-Immigration Consequences of Municipal Court Convictions, Middlesex County Bar Association, March 18, 2013
Honors and Awards
-Nationwide Top Attorneys Showcase 2013 (Newsweek Magazine 12/31/12)
-Ten Leaders-Immigration Law (Ten Leaders Cooperative), 2013 - 2014
-Featured as a Leader In Immigration Law (TIME Magazine), June 24, 2013
Professional Associations and Memberships
-American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
-Middlesex County Bar Association, Founding Chair, Immigration Law & Practice Committee
-Federal Bar Association, Member
-Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ, Member
-New Jersey State Bar Association, Executive Board, Immediate Past Chair, Immigration & Naturalization Sec., June 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016
-National Lawyers Guild-National Immigration Project
-Union County Bar Association, Member
-Ocean County Bar Association, Member
-Monmouth Bar Association, Member
-American Immigration Lawyers Association-NJ Chapter, Former Co-Chair, Motor Vehicle Commission Liaison Committee
Pro Bono Activities
-Immigration Law Mentor, Middlesex County Bar Association