Our Team

Cleveland, Ohio

• • Head, Waivers Department
  • Head, Trauma Unit
  • LLM [USA]. LLB [UK], MA [USA], Certificate in Counseling.

 

Cleveland, Ohio

Brian Marek is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University where he obtained a BA in philosophy. Joining the Cleveland Immigration Law Office in 2002, he is employed as a paralegal. He works on non-immigrant petitions and visas such as H-1B and B-1/B-2 extensions. Brian also prepares and files N-400’s, US Passport applications, Permanent labor certifications, J-1 Waivers, I-601 Waivers, and I-212 Applications.

Cleveland, Ohio

Christian Pallens works in our Cleveland office as a Litigation Paralegal and Spanish translator. He works on preparing and filing Asylum, Cancellation, Adjustment of Status, and other types of cases for court. He also has experience with various types of USCIS filings and criminal cases. He is a graduate of Cleveland State University where he attained a BA in Sociology. Prior to attending school, he was on Active Duty in the United States Air Force. Currently, Christian is continuing his education at Cleveland State University and working on obtaining his Master of Business Administration.

Columbus, Ohio

Claudia works in Columbus Immigration Law office. as a bilingual paralegal (Spanish-English), she works closely with our attorneys preparing different applications and petitions and helps Ms. Wong with clients during their consultation. Claudia graduated from CENHIES Law School in Mexico and practiced law in several jobs in Mexico such as Public Ministry Agent at the Attorney General Office of the Hidalgo State, she also worked as Litigation Attorney in agrarian law, and she worked for the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Hidalgo. Here in the US she worked as a Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Specialist for The Ohio Hispanic Coalition. Since her passion is helping to the Latino Community who lives in the United States, she has performed professional speeches to prevent child sexual abuse, and on April 2019 founded Ámate Training LLC, providing human development workshops in Spanish. She loves spending time with her little daughter Katherine and her family.

Atlanta, Georgia

Florence Vigneau is a paralegal in our Atlanta Immigration Law office with 15 years’ experience with the firm. She has a Masters in Law, Business, and International Affairs from Toulouse, France, and is fluent in French, Spanish, and English.

New York, New York

Gargi is a Paralegal in our New York immigration Law office. Gargi is fluent in English, Gujarati, and Hindi, and conversational in Punjabi. She has a background in financial software analysis.

Cleveland, Ohio

Grecia Robles is a legal assistant and translator. Grecia is fluent in Spanish and English. Grecia assists in other offices as needed in our Cleveland Immigration Law office.

Cleveland, Ohio

Haydee Murillo helps in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in Tagalog and English.

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Columbus, Ohio

Hilary was born in China and attended Xi’an International Studies University. She currently is in our Columbus Immigration Law office where she updates our Chinese web site, answers our on-line messages, schedules consultations and does intake.  She is fluent in Chinese and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Illona works in our accounts receivable and billing department for all of our offices. She also oversees the day to day operations in the Cleveland Immigration Law office. She studied accounting at Cuyahoga Community College and has been working for our firm for 15 years. Ilona was born in Poland and is fluent in Polish and English.

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Cleveland, Ohio

Jessica works in the reception area handling client telephone calls and intake in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Joyce has practiced public accounting in the Cleveland immigration Law office area for 30 years, specializing in professional and high net worth individuals. Joyce has been the CPA for Margaret W. Wong & Associates LLC, since its inception. She has watched and aided the firm in its growth and expansion and maintained a deep relationship with Ms. Wong and her entire family. Thus, the opportunity to become the CFO of the corporation was an easy step.

Cleveland. Ohio

Kathy is our HR and General Manager. With bachelor’s degrees in business administration and human resources from David N. Myers College, Kathy achieved her MBA at Lake Erie College. Kathy has two dogs and enjoys reading.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Kerrien is a bilingual paralegal (English-Spanish), experienced in dealing with complex and highly sensitive applications and petitions for immigration benefits. She has completed a Paralegal Certificate at Florida Paralegal Institute, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration at Atlantis University and a bachelor’s degree of Law School in Venezuela. Kerrien currently works in our Raleigh Immigration Law office and enjoys spending time with her family and their two dogs in her spare time.

Cleveland, Ohio

Leslie Tejada works in reception and as a legal assistant and translator. She is fluent in Spanish and English. Based in our Cleveland Immigration Law office, Leslie assists in other offices as needed.

Liliana works in our Columbus Immigration Law Office in the reception area as legal assistant and translator. Liliana is fluent in Spanish and English.

New York, New York

Chunli Wu works in the New York immigration Law office and handles packet 3 and 4 cases and I-130’s. She is fluent in Chinese and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Leo Shipcka is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University where he obtained a BA in Business Administration / Finance and earned an MBA with an emphasis in Finance in 2004. Joining the Firm in 2005 he has worked directly with Ms. Wong in assisting our clients in the Cleveland, Nashville, Chicago Immigration Law offices as needed. Leo was born in Tirana, Albania, and is fluent in Albanian and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Michael works in our Cleveland and New York Immigration Law offices and is fluent in Chinese, Spanish, and English

Cleveland, Ohio

Michael is our community liaison. He attends and writes about various ethnic festivals and chambers of commerce and community events for our Out & About blog for our Cleveland Immigration Law Office

Columbus, Ohio

Nataly works in Columbus Immigration Law Office as legal assistant and translator. She worked in Brazil as a professor at the University UNIPLAC. She has a Master’s degree and she is fluent in Portuguese and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Nathaniel is a legal assistant who helps out at the Cleveland office. He’s traveled around quite a bit and likes to run in his free time. He has a background that includes education, cultural studies, academia and research.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rosa is a legal assistant and translator in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rosa works in the reception area handling client telephone calls and intake in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Stella works in our accounts payables department in our Cleveland Immigration Law office.

Cleveland, Ohio

Tatiana works in the reception area handling client telephone calls and intake in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Xiomara works in the reception area handling client telephone calls and intake in our Cleveland Immigration Law office. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ying Bei is from Taiwan and studied American Culture at Bowling Green State University. She was a foreign student advisor at the University of Oregon. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Hokkien.

Cleveland, Ohio

Bethany assists the legal department in Cleveland. Bethany studied theology at Instituto Biblico Palabra de Vida, in Argentina, and lived in Ciudad Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Bethany speaks Spanish and English.

Cleveland, Ohio

Joe speaks Spanish and English and works on the Cleveland Intake team.