Cecilia Lai is an EB-5 immigration attorney and a senior associate in the Dallas office of Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP, focusing on employment-based immigration.
BAL is a global law firm dedicated to strategically support corporate clients around the world through their immigration challenges. Prior to joining Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP, Lai practiced business and investment immigration law at Cecilia Lai Law Offices PLLC, located in Plano, Texas.
During law school, attorney Lai spent a summer at China’s Tsinghua University in Beijing studying intellectual property law. She also spent a summer at Hong Kong University studying business law. While in Hong Kong, attorney Lai also interned with an American law firm as a clerk working on IP rights, cross-border joint ventures, and business development.
Attorney Lai has been a member of numerous Asian-Pacific interest groups throughout her professional and academic career to provide social and professional networking and to facilitate Asian-American heritage, culture, and awareness. She is a member of the National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association and the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, is a board member of the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, and is on the Dallas Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Section, Legal Ethics Committee, and Media Relations Committee.
Attorney Lai has been licensed to practice law in the state of Texas since 2009. She earned her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2008. While in law school she also studied at Hong Kong University and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. She earned her undergraduate degree in 2005 from Southern Methodist University, where she studied journalism.
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