Lisa Nicole Ellis

Lisa 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

Since 2000

9th Circuit

Since 2004

Principal Attorney

Ellis Immigration Law, LLC

2013 - Current

Associate Attorney

Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC

2004 - 2013

Trial Attorney

Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho

2002 - 2003

Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Whaley

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

2002 - 2002

Session Counsel to Judiciary Committee

Washington State Senate Committee Services

2001 - 2002

Attorney Advisor

Executive Office for Immigration Review

2000 - 2001

Attorney Advisor selected under U.S. Attorney General's Honor Program

Executive Office for Immigration Review

2000 - 2001

University of Oregon School of Law

J.D. (2000) | Law

1997 - 2000

Honors: Executive Editor of The Oregon Law Review

Whitman College

B.A. (1993) | History

1989 - 1993

Activities: Swim Team. Awarded All-American at NAIA Swimming Nationals in 1989. Kappa Alpha Theta

Rising Star

Washington Super Lawyers

2011

National American Immigration Lawyer's Association

Conference Speaker, Board of Publications Member; Contributing Author

2004 - Current

American Immigration Lawyer's Association Washington Chapter

Executive Committee; CBP Liaison Committee Chair; Consular Liaison Chair, Vice Chair of CLE Committee

2004 - Current

Washington State Bar  # 30693

Member

2000 - Current

Washington Women Lawyer's Association

Member

2013 - 2014

Visa Solutions for Students, Scholars and Sponsors: What You Need to Know

Thomson Reuters/Aspator

October, 2012