Elizabeth Peng, Founder and Partner

• Nearly two decades of experience in immigration law, representing clients nationwide.
• Speaker, immigration law seminars at major universities from coast to coast.
• Legal Experience:
  • 1992-Present, Co-Founder and Partner, Peng & Weber, Attorneys at Law, Seattle (Mercer Island), Washington.
  • 1990-1992, Associate Attorney, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Attorneys at Law, Seattle, Washington.
  • 1988-1990, Associate Attorney, Arent, Fox, Plotkin, Kintner & Fox, Attorneys at Law, Washington, D.C. (Also Summer Law Clerk 1987).
  • 1986-1987, Law Clerk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Attorneys at Law, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • 1982, Intern, Prosecutor’s Office, Hebei Province, China.
• Federal Bar Admissions:
  • 2003, U.S. Supreme Court
• State Bar Admissions:
  • 1990, Washington State
  • 1989, Kansas
  • 1989, Washington, D.C.
• Selected Publications and Presentations:
  • 2011, Elizabeth Peng, Jessica E. Robles & Cletus M. Weber, "Introducing the PERM-to-Green Card Path and the Players, Hurdles, and Traps You are Likely to Encounter Along the Way," Book Chapter in AILA's Manual on PERM Labor Certification:  Strategies, Samples, and Guidance for Achieving Success (American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), 2011).
  • 2011, Elizabeth Peng & Cletus M. Weber, "Achieving Success with Your First EB-5 Case," EB-5 Investors & Regional Centers—Navigating Through New Challenges and Building a Sound Practice, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), San Antonio, Texas (poster presentation).
  • 2004, Distinguished Alumni/Banquet Speaker, Asian Law Students Association (ALSA) Diversity Banquet, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
• Professional Service and Membership in Immigration Law:
  • 1990-present, Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
  • 1993-1994, Executive Committee, Washington State Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
  • 1993, Expert witness on U.S. immigration law for one of the world’s largest multinational corporations.
• Legal Education:
  • 1988 Juris Doctor (J.D.), University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • 1983-1985 Master of Law (L.L.M.) program, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.
  • 1983 Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.),China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.
• Honors:
  • 1985, Scholarship to Study Abroad, a nationally competitive scholarship awarded by the Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China and funded by the Ford Foundation.
• Languages:
  • Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.