Cletus M. Weber, Founder and Partner

• Nearly two decades of legal experience, primarily focusing on representing clients nationwide in the areas of National Interest Waivers, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability,  Outstanding Professors or Researchers, and J-1 Waivers, as well as labor certification, H-1B, L-1, and other areas of employment-based immigration law.
• Written and spoken nationally on alternatives to labor certification and on law office management and technology issues.
• Selected Publications:
  • D. Jones, R. Auerbach & C. Weber, "Technology for the Immigration Practitioner," Immigration & Nationality Handbook, 2006-2007 Edition (AILA).
  • C. Weber, "Immigration Without Labor Certification: When and Why to File an EB-1 or NIW Petition," 9 Bender's Immigration Bulletin 571 (2004), republished online by Immigration Lawyers on the Web (ILW).
  • C. Weber & R. Wada, "National Interest Waivers - a 2002 Practice Update," 7 Bender's Immigration Bulletin, 391 (2002), republished as a book chapter in Homeland Security, Business Immigration: The Challenges of Practicing In Today's Recessionary Environment (AILA 2003).
  • G. Walther & C. Weber, “Part 1 – General Automation Issues,” AILA's Guide to Technology and Legal Research for the Immigration Lawyer, 3d Ed. (H.A. Jenkins, Ed.) (AILA 2003).
  • G. Walther & C. Weber, “Part 2 – Creating and Using Your Own Website,” AILA's Guide to Technology and Legal Research for the Immigration Lawyer, 3d Ed. (H.A. Jenkins, Ed.) (AILA 2003).
  • Several papers on law office management and technology for immigration lawyers.
• Selected Presentations:
  • Discussion Leader, "Law Office Technology: Managing Technology Before it Manages You!" 2006 Annual Conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), San Antonio, Texas.
  • Discussion Leader, "Immigration Without Labor Certification: When, Why, and How to File an EB-1 or NIW Petition," 2004 Northwest Regional Immigration Seminar, Seattle, Washington.
  • Discussion Leader, "Alternatives to Labor Certification," 2003 Northwest Regional Immigration Seminar, Portland, Oregon.
  • Panelist, "Crème de la Crème: Extraordinary, Outstanding, Multinational and Exceptional," a national three-part immigration law teleconference sponsored by Immigration Lawyers on the Web, Summer 2003.
  • Invited Speaker, "The Labor Certification Process and Other Options" for Business Immigration: The Challenges of Practicing In Today's Recessionary Environment (AILA 2003 Midyear CLE Conference, Cancun, Mexico, January 31, 2003).
  • Several presentations on law office management and technology for immigration lawyers.
• Professional Service in Immigration Law and State Bar Associations:
  • 2006-2008, Immediate Past Chair, Washington State Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
  • 2005-2006, Chair, Washington State Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
  • 2001-present, Executive Committee, Washington State Chapter of AILA.
  • 2002-2005, Member, Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP) Committee, Washington State Bar Association (WSBA).
  • 1999-2004, Webmaster, AILA Washington Chapter (created Chapter’s first website).
• Legal Experience:
  • 1992-Present, Co-Founder and Partner, Peng & Weber, Attorneys at Law, Seattle/Mercer Island, Washington.
  • 1991-1992, Staff Attorney/Policy Analyst, Majority Caucus, Washington State Senate, Olympia, Washington.
  • 1989-1991, Associate Attorney/Clerk, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Seattle, Washington.
  • 1988-1989, Law Clerk, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, Washington, D.C.
  • 1988, Intern, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
• State and Federal Bar Admissions:
  • 2003, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.
  • 1993, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
  • 1990, Washington State Supreme Court.
• Education:
  • 1989 Juris Doctor (J.D.), The National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (Law Review).
  • 1986 B.B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (Beta Gamma Sigma honors).
• Honors:
  • 1988-1989, Managing Editor, The George Washington University Law Review.
  • 1987-1988, Member, The George Washington University Law Review.
  • 1985, Inductee, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.
• Languages:
  • After seven trips to China and self-study, can read and speak "traveler's" Chinese.