Chenyang (Sunny) Rickard is the principal attorney at Rickard Law Office. The law firm focuses on immigration and estate planning. In the immigration sector, Attorney Rickard has represented and advised individuals, along with U.S. and Chinese companies (including several publicly traded company), on various immigration processes.
These immigration process include: multinational corporation executive or manager visas; employment-based immigration petitions, including second and third preference; EB-5 immigrant investor program visas through direct investment or regional centers; temporary working visas such as H-1, TN, and E visas; and family-based immigration visas. They also consist of: choice of entity and entity formation; facilitating investment in U.S. businesses to obtain immigration status; and preparation and negotiation of various types of purchase and sale agreements.
Attorney Rickard and the team at Rickard Law Office have successfully helped many applicants to obtain immigration benefits. In recent years, she has concentrated her practice specifically on employment-based immigration, with a particular focus on EB-5. Attorney Rickard has worked with both regional centers and individual investment projects to assist clients in achieving their immigration goals.
Before coming to the United States, Attorney Rickard worked for five years as Sports Channel’s producer and as a TV anchorwoman for a Dalian TV station. She earned her law degree from the Northwestern California University School of Law in Sacramento, Calif., and is an active member of the California State Bar. She is also highly active in community services. For example, she was the rainmaker in the establishment of a sister relationship between the Dalian Lawyers Association and the San Diego County Bar Association. Attorney Rickard is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.