Lisa Nicole Ellis
Advancing Strong Cases Towards ApprovalLisa Ellis brings value to clients by providing individualized service and fourteen years of experience to help clients achieve their immigration goals. Her immigration practice emphasizes business, family, naturalization and global migration work including H-1B, L-1, PERM, Students/Schools, I-9 Compliance and petitions for family members, and religious workers. Lisa speaks regularly on immigration topics nationally and regionally. She was the immigration attorney of a full-service law firm in Seattle for nearly nine years prior to founding Ellis Immigration Law. Lisa has been selected as a Rising Star by Washington Super Lawyers and is currently appointed to the Board of Publications for the National American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Her book, "Visa Solutions for International Students, Scholars, and Sponsors: What You Need to Know" was published in 2012 by Thomson Reuters/Aspatore. Her articles and chapters have also been published in The Visa Processing Guide and Consular Posts Handbook, 2007 - 2010 eds., Inside the Minds: New Developments in Immigration Enforcement and Compliance, and Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 2013-14 ed. After graduating from the University of Oregon School of Law, Lisa was an Attorney Advisor for seven immigration judges at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a position she entered through the U.S. Attorney General's Honors Program. Prior to entering private practice, she also was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert H. Whaley at the U.S. District Court of Eastern Washington and a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Federal Defender's Office of Eastern Washington and Idaho where she handled a wide-range of immigration matters. A native of the Seattle area, Lisa lived in Australia and has traveled to 25 countries to date. Coming from a family involved in humanitarian causes , Lisa's legal perspective is to achieve the best possible client results through collaboration and knowledge.
- Immigration Law
- Credit Cards Accepted
Major credit cards accepted
- Washington
- 9th Circuit
- Principal Attorney
- Ellis Immigration Law, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC
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- Trial Attorney
- Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Whaley
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
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- Session Counsel to Judiciary Committee
- Washington State Senate Committee Services
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- Attorney Advisor
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
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- Attorney Advisor selected under U.S. Attorney General's Honor Program
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
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- University of Oregon School of Law
- J.D. (2000) | Law
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- Honors: Executive Editor of The Oregon Law Review
- Whitman College
- B.A. (1993) | History
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- Activities: Swim Team. Awarded All-American at NAIA Swimming Nationals in 1989. Kappa Alpha Theta
- Rising Star
- Washington Super Lawyers
- National American Immigration Lawyer's Association
- Conference Speaker, Board of Publications Member; Contributing Author
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association Washington Chapter
- Executive Committee; CBP Liaison Committee Chair; Consular Liaison Chair, Vice Chair of CLE Committee
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- Washington State Bar # 30693
- Member
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- Washington Women Lawyer's Association
- Member
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- Visa Solutions for Students, Scholars and Sponsors: What You Need to Know
- Thomson Reuters/Aspator
