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Jinhee Wilde provides results-oriented and personalized
immigration solutions. She began her legal career as a prosecutor for the City of Chicago, and then served as attorney
advisor, special counsel, and inspector general designee for
the U.S. Department of Agriculture. After entering the private sector as a partner at prominent Washington, D.C. law
firms, Jinhee eventually founded her own firm, and is now
the principal and managing partner of Wilde & Associates in
Rockville, Maryland. Following her first EB-5 case in 2007,
Jinhee’s attention to detail and her 29 years of diverse legal
experience have resulted in a 100 percent approval track
record on her EB-5 cases.
This EB-5 success is due largely to Jinhee’s careful due
diligence on each prospective project and insistence on substantial documentation. Indeed, Jinhee believes that EB-5
immigration attorneys should have a firm comprehension of
the implications of every EB-5-related document, in order
to explain all paperwork to their clients. In turn, Jinhee also
provides a much-needed clarity when it comes to USCIS
correspondence. She has developed a proprietary, customized chart that tracks the flow of EB-5 investment money
through various accounts.
For Jinhee, the beauty of EB-5 is that all parties involved
can win: the United States attains economic growth through
true job creation, and foreign investors receive immigration
Bernard Wolfsdorf took on his first EB-5 case in 1993,
saving all the jobs at a troubled business by getting approval
in 48 hours. Bernie has seen the program evolve and develop
since the early 1990s when little was clear, and feels it has recently matured with the entry of large, reputable developers.
He expects that the industry will continue to grow with the
addition of more professional firms.
Bernie is managing partner at Wolfsdorf Immigration Law
Group, which has offices in Los Angeles and New York. The
firm is comprised of twenty attorneys, most of whom are
involved in some aspect of the EB-5 investor practice. Bernie
and his team primarily file I-526/I-829 applications, but also
regularly file regional center applications and amendments.
Jinhee Wilde
benefits and good investment opportunities. She
looks forward to USCIS
streamlining the industry
by providing additional
resources to adjudicate
individual petitions rather
than approving an excess
of unused regional center
designations.
To avoid any potential conflict of interest, Jinhee only represents immigrant investor clients
and says she would feel uncomfortable
placing an investor in a project that she had
put together herself. She is a member AILA and is very
active throughout the immigration law community. Jinhee
is frequently invited to speak at legal seminars and conferences around the nation on immigration matters. She lives
in Maryland, and has earned a reputation for exceptional
customer service by responding to her clients in less than
24 hours.
Ber nard Wolfsdorf
Bernie enjoys the challenges of contributing to a variety
of exciting projects, and particularly enjoys working with
the top-notch professionals now entering the industry. His
clients have directly contributed over $300 million in the
last year alone. Bernie cites his comprehensive approach to
working with his clients as a contributor to his success.
delays in their parents’
cases, both among his
clients and in the industry
as a whole. He sees the EB-5
program as an unparalleled
opportunity for immigrant children
to gain a world-class education.
Bernie brings much more to the table than just technical
expertise. As an immigrant who is married to a Chinese
immigrant, Bernie has a unique ability to connect with
clients, especially investors from China. Apart from his work
on individual cases, Bernie works hard to prevent investor
children from aging out of green card eligibility because of
Among many other accolades, Bernie has been named
“most highly rated immigration lawyer in the world,” and
“Lawyer of the Year” by the International Who’s Who of
Business Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal, respectively. Bernie
is also a past president of AILA; his involvement in the leadership of AILA has equipped him well for EB-5 work.
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