Yuah Jessica Choi

Partner

Phone: 215-925-0705 ext. 0228
Fax: 267-507-1240

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Jessica represents individuals and corporations in all types of immigration matters, including nonimmigrant visas, immigrant visas, PERM Applications, EB-5 Investor Visas, as well as family–based cases and naturalization. Jessica has lectured on business immigration topics at numerous conferences and seminars including the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bench Bar & Annual Conference and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. In addition, Jessica has co-authored articles pertaining to business immigration law including, “Foreign Worker-Related Issues to Spot Before Commencing a PERM Case”, and has been published extensively in Korean daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. She has served as the Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Philadelphia Chapter, and currently serves as Chair of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Liaison Committee. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Nationalities Service Center. Fluent in Korean, Jessica also previously served as a Board Member of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia (KAAGP) and is currently a Board Member of the KAAGP’s Scholarship Foundation.

Before entering the legal profession as an attorney, Jessica gained legal experience interning at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as at various law firms in Hawaii and New York.  In addition, Jessica worked as the Executive Assistant to the Korean Ambassador to the United Nations before attending law school.  While completing her J.D. at the William S. Richardson School of Law of the University of Hawaii, Jessica assisted the International Student Advisors at the University of Hawaii in the International Student Services Office and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Jessica is licensed to practice law in New York but can practice immigration law in any state.