Legal counsel for life and business.
Lumen Law is a boutique U.S. law firm serving individuals, founders and businesses nationwide. We focus on immigration—including NIW, EB-1A and O-1—Startup matters and cross-border business disputes. From straightforward needs to complex cases, we bring careful preparation, practical advice and responsive communication.
We read the work. Then we build the case.
For research-focused NIW, EB-1A and O-1 matters, we examine achievements, their documented significance and the legal criteria. Independent use of an applicant’s work can be helpful evidence, but no single metric determines eligibility.
Three practice areas.
03 PRACTICESImmigration
Employment-based green cards, work visas, adjustment of status and consular processing, family petitions, RFE representation per agreements and petition review, for individuals and employers.
Explore practiceStartups & Emerging Companies
Formation, founder equity, early financing and ongoing counsel for companies built by people who may also be navigating immigration.
Explore practiceCross-Border Business & Disputes
U.S. market entry, commercial contracts, trademarks, and disputes between U.S. and Chinese parties—from demand letter to enforcement.
Explore practice60-Minute Immigration Application Review
One 60-minute online consultation for NIW, EB-1A, O-1, I-485, H-1B, F-1, visitor visas and consular processing. Send all relevant documents and questions at least three business days in advance so the attorney can read them before offering specific oral feedback.
Focused on the quality of our work—not the number of cases.
Lumen Law is a boutique U.S. law firm serving clients across the United States. From focused individual matters to complex business disputes, our boutique approach prioritizes careful preparation, practical advice and responsive communication over case volume.
When a matter calls for additional local experience or cross-border coordination, we also work with independent law firms in the United States and China. The scope of any outside counsel involvement depends on the needs of the particular matter.
- Evidence-led preparation
- Thoughtful legal strategy
- Direct, responsive communication
Additional collaboration with independent U.S. and China law firms as needed.
Immigration is the core of our practice. It is not the whole of it.
Most clients come to us for an immigration matter: an NIW or EB-1A petition, an H-1B transfer, an L-1 for an executive opening a U.S. office. Many come back for what happens next—a startup that needs its cap table and IP assignments in order before the first investor meeting, a U.S. buyer who has stopped paying, a trademark a former distributor registered first. The same attorneys handle those matters, with the same habit of reading everything before giving advice.
Our approach
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