Attorney Irene Choe was the Managing Partner Attorney for 11 years at one of the most prestigious Los Angeles-based boutique law firms before deciding to open her own practice in January 2025. 

Irene received her B.A from UCLA in 2002, double-majoring in Political Science and Korean, before completing her Juris Doctorate from UC Law San Francisco (formerly known as UC Hastings College of the Law) in 2005. 

After passing the California State Bar in 2006 and thereafter becoming a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by California Board of Legal Specialization in 2018, Irene has accumulated 20+ years of extensive experience working in all types of immigration law, including non-immigrant visas, family-based green cards, employment-based green cards, and deportation/removal defense.  Irene has experience in all areas of immigration law including:

Non-Immigrant Visa Categories

• B1/B2 Visitor for Business/Pleasure

• F-1 Student

• E-2 Investor/Employee

• H-1B Specialty Occupation Worker

• TN (NAFTA) for citizens of Mexico and Canada

• E-3 (Australian)

• L-1A/L-1B Intracompany Transferee

• O-1 Extraordinary Ability

• P-1/P-3 Performers

• R-1 Religious Worker 

Permanent Residency

• Marriage Green Cards and Family Green Cards

• PERM Labor Certification (EB-2/EB-3)

• EB-1A Extraordinary Achievement

• EB-1C Permanent Intracompany Transferee

• EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver)

• EB-5 Investor Green Cards

• I-360 Religious Worker and Special Immigrant Juveniles

• VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)

• I-601/I-601A Waiver

• I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residency

Other Areas of Expertise

• N-400 Naturalization 

When Irene is not at the office, she spends most of her free time with her husband raising their three sons, shuttling them around from swim practices, basketball games, and play dates.