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Cletus Weber
Peng & Weber PLLC
Cletus M. Weber is one of America’s
leading immigration attorneys in
EB-5. He co-founded Peng & Weber,
Attorneys at Law in Seattle in 1992,
and over the past two decades has built
Peng & Weber into an internationally
recognized EB-5 team of eight lawyers
providing comprehensive EB-5related immigration law guidance to
Bernard Wolfsdorf
Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP
Bernard Wolfsdorf took on his first EB-5
case almost 25 years ago in 1993, saving
jobs at a troubled business. Now with
decades of EB-5 experience, the firm
has assisted thousands of clients with
all aspects of the investor visa program,
from the filing of visa petitions, to assisting with setting-up Regional Centers, to
handling complex motions to reopen,
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regional centers and project developers
throughout the United States, as well as
assisting EB-5 investors from China and
around the world with I-526 and I-829
petitions. In 2015, for example, Weber
served as project immigration counsel
for more than $2 billion in active
job-creating projects seeking to raise
more than $1.2 billion in EB-5 funding.
A leader in the EB-5 field, Weber
was elected to the Board of Directors
of Invest in the USA (IIUSA), the
national association of EB-5 regional
centers, whose members raise the vast
majority of all EB-5 capital flowing
into the USA. A recognized legal
scholar in EB-5, Weber serves on
the national EB-5 Committee of
the American Immigration Lawyers
Association (AILA) and has edited,
reviewed, or written for many leading
books on EB-5. Examples include:
Editor-in-Chief of The EB-5 Handbook:
A Guide for Investors and Developers;
Senior Editor of Immigration Options for
Investors & Entrepreneurs, 3d. Ed. (AILA
2014) (Associate Editor of the 2d. Ed.
in 2010); and Invited Reviewer of the
EB-5 section of Kurzban’s Immigration
Law Sourcebook, 14th & 15th Eds.
(AIC 2014, 2016), widely considered
the “bible” of U.S. immigration law. He
also frequently speaks at major EB-5
conferences in the United States, China,
Vietnam, and other countries.
Among other recognition, Weber
is listed in the 2016 Who’s Who Legal:
Corporate Immigration. He also received
an AILA Presidential Commendation
for excellence as Chair of AILA’s
National Board of Publications in 2012.
Over the past two decades, Weber has
been cited frequently in major media
on EB-5 and other immigration law.
Through self-study and numerous
business trips to China over the past 25
years, Weber speaks “traveler’s” Chinese.
appeals and removal proceedings.
Wolfsdorf manages the 30-year-old
Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP, with offices
in Los Angeles and New York City. The
firm files both individual I-526/I-829
petitions and applications as well as
Regional Center applications, exemplars
and amendments. The firm is often
retained to assist with highly complex
EB-5 cases, including matters such as
Regional Center terminations.
Wolfsdorf enjoys the challenges
of assisting clients entering the EB-5
arena for the first time, while providing
value-added services for many of the
most established Regional Centers.
Wolfsdorf brings much more to the
table than just technical expertise. His
firm’s extensive experience, together
with his own immigrant experience, and
that of his Chinese immigrant spouse,
provides a unique ability to connect with
clients.
In addition to his work on individual cases, Wolfsdorf is known for his
informative blogs, webinars and public
speaking focused on understanding the
Chinese waiting line. He is well-known
for his expertise in strategizing to
prevent investor’s children from aging
out of green card eligibility. He sees the
EB-5 program as an excellent avenue
for successful people to immigrate to
the U.S. and to provide a world-class
education for their children.
Among many accolades, Wolfsdorf
has been named the “2016 Most Highly
Regarded Corporate Immigration
Lawyer” in North America by Who’s
Who Legal that also selected him as
“Corporate Immigration Lawyer of
the Year” for six successive years from
2010-2015.Chambers and Partners rated
the firm amongst the top 15 in North
America.
Wolfsdorf is also a past president of the
14,000-member American Immigration
Lawyers Association (AILA) where he
received the “Service Excellence Award”
for his volunteer activities.
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