Katie Wu is an EB-5 immigration attorney at Global Immigration Partners, based in Agoura Hills, Calif. Prior to joining the firm, Attorney Wu was an associate in the Irvine, Calif. office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. She is experienced in handling matters related to both permanent visas and employment-based temporary visas. Her EB-5 work includes advising clients on structuring EB-5 compliant small- and- large-scale projects, and advising high-net worth individuals on their EB-5 immigration investments.
After earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009, Wu earned her Juris Doctor from the Southwestern University School of Law in 2013. During her time in law school, she collaborated with the University’s Immigration Law Clinic, gaining experience in the preparation of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and U-Visa applications. She additionally served as an editor for the Journal of International Law published by Southwestern University, and worked with Hon. Richard M. Neiter as a judicial extern in the Central District of California’s U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Wu is fluent in Cantonese and English. She has a Bar admission to the state of California, and holds active memberships in the Orange County Bar Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Orange County Asian American Bar Association. Active in the immigration law community, she has served as a panelist at EB5 Investor Magazine’s 2014 Las Vegas EB-5 Conference, and at ILW.com’s EB-5 Summit, and co-authored an article on EB-5 for the Orange County Business Journal.