Elliot M.S. Yi
Attorney & Founder of Immigration Law Group, LLC
Attorney Elliot M.S. Yi specializes in all aspects of immigration law including marriage-based green cards, family-based immigration, employment-based work-visas, investment-based visas, and representing clients in removal proceedings at the Portland Immigration Court. He also represents many local business owners across the State of Oregon and helped them petition for qualified workers to obtain legal status in the U.S. Read Full Attorney Profile >
Deepti
Immigration Attorney
Deepti is a licensed immigration attorney representing our clients in family-based and employment-based immigration matters. She has a diverse legal background having practiced in several areas of law from dealing with complex Merger & Acquisitions cases, defending Insurance claims to advocating for the rights of Immigrants. Deepti is originally from Mumbai, India. She moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2015. Prior to that she lived in Los Angeles, California, where she obtained a Masters in Law (LLM) from University of Southern California. She volunteered at a Non-Profit Immigration Center, where she assisted clients in their applications for U visas, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Deepti entered the country as an Immigrant and as such has a strong understanding of the trials and tribulations faced by immigrants in the community and hence strives to advocate for them. Deepti lives just outside the Portland area with her husband and two beautiful daughters. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and traveling.
Chandler C.
Attorney
Chandler is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana and a licensed immigration attorney. She has practiced immigration law across the United States and has represented clients in removal proceedings before various U.S. Immigration Courts. She assists clients with complex waiver cases, family-based immigration cases, and responding to requests for evidence from USCIS.
Chandler is an advocate for equal opportunity and comes from a family of immigrants. She is fluent in Spanish and English and is a strong advocate for helping our clients attain legal status in the U.S. In her free time, Chandler loves traveling abroad and trying new foods, hiking with her dog, volleyball and playing her guitar.
Julian C.
Immigration Legal Assistant
Julian assists our clients with family-based immigration from the beginning intake to the successful approval of their cases. Julian is also fluent in Spanish and English. He was born in Sacramento, California and later moved to Portland, Oregon with his family. He attended high school in Northeast Portland and joined the military in 2011 where he proudly served in the U.S. Army and U.S. National Guard for six years.
In his spare time, Julian enjoys playing soccer and spending time with his friends and family. As the son of an immigrant mother from Colombia, Julian understands the trials and tribulations that people go through in the immigration process.
Emma C.
Immigration Legal Assistant
Emma assists our clients who are eligible for U visa and/or VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and advocates for their rights to obtain legal status in the U.S. Emma is originally from Northern California, and moved to the Pacific Northwest to attend Lewis and Clark College in 2015. She double majored in International Affairs and Hispanic Studies and plans to attend law school in the future. While at Lewis and Clark, she played on the NCAA Division III Women’s volleyball team and worked as a Student-Athlete Mentor through the athletics department.
Emma has a strong interest in immigration law and Latin America, and is bilingual in Spanish and English. She comes from a family of immigrants from South America and seeks to become a strong advocate for the immigrant community. In her free time, Emma loves to hike in the Columbia River Gorge and explore new brunch spots in Portland.
Jeff H.
Immigration Legal Assistant
Jeff assists our clients with applying for immigrant visas through consular processing and nonimmigrant visas at U.S. consulates and embassies overseas. Jeff was born and raised in Forest Grove, Oregon for the majority of his life. He has also lived in Zihuatanejo, Mexico for the first four years of his life and is fluent in Spanish. Jeff is a recent Portland State University Graduate, he majored in Political Science and minored in Law and Legal studies. Jeff previously worked as a staff intern for Senator Merkley dealing with various immigration matters. He has also worked with Governor Kate Brown during her re-election campaign.
Jeff hopes to one day attend Law School and focus on immigration law. Seeing his family struggle through the immigration system has fueled his desire to help immigrants. In his free time, Jeff enjoys golfing, rooting for the Yankees, and obsessing over Game of Thrones and Star Wars.
Michael P.
Operations Manager
Michael brings a knowledge of digital logistics and web marketing to Immigration Law Group, with a background in web and graphic design. Michael handles management and upkeep of our web presence by keeping up with the always evolving demands and standards of the online world.
As a native Oregonian, he enjoys hiking and enjoying the sights all over the great Northwest along with his wife and 3 wildly energetic kids, and often enjoys indulges in Portland’s amazingly diverse cuisine.