Elizabeth Poh
Advancing Justice

Elizabeth Poh

Elizabeth Poh Phone:  206.622.1604
Fax:  206.343.3961

PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE
Immigration Law

Elizabeth’s practice focuses exclusively on immigration law, with an emphasis on business immigration.  She represents employers and individuals in securing temporary work visas and permanent resident status based on employment.  Her clients include professionals, international transferees, investors, researchers, doctors, exchange visitor trainees, and individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts and sciences.  She represents U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents wishing to sponsor family members for legal immigration status, and assists permanent residents in obtaining U.S. citizenship.  Prior to joining MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in 2004, she practiced business and immigration law at another Seattle law firm.  Elizabeth provides pro bono representation to survivors of domestic violence.

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association (Currently serves as Membership Chair for the Washington State chapter; Previously served as Secretary, Treasurer, Program Chair, and Continuing Legal Education Committee co-chair)
  • King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinic (Volunteer attorney)
  • Immigrant Families Advocacy Project (Volunteer attorney)
  • King County Bar Association Future of the Law Institute (Youth Mentor)
  • Washington State Bar Association (Member)
EDUCATION
University of Washington, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, B.A., 1997
University of Washington, with honors and Order of the Coif, J.D., 2001
Law Clerk to Hon. Susan Agid, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One, 2001-02

HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Recognized as a “Rising Star” in the area of immigration law by Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2004-2006

BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
Washington State Bar, 2002
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2006

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
  • “Advisory Opinions from the Visa Office,” The Visa Processing Guide and Consular Posts Handbook (2006-07 and 2005-06 eds.), co-authored with Lourdes Fuentes and Robert A. Free
  • Speaker, “Immigration Compliance in Washington: Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9 Form), Overview of Recent Legislation and Court Cases (And Relevance to Employers,” Lorman Education Services (Seattle, WA 2006)
  • Speaker, 2004 AILA Northwest Regional Immigration Seminar, “Alphabet Soup and Animal Crackers: Jargon and Arcana in Immigration Practice (Seattle, WA 2004)
  • Speaker, Washington State Bar Association, “The New Reality of a Global Workforce, Introduction to Business Immigration Law” (Seattle, WA 2003)
  • Speaker, Sterling Education Services, Employment Law Issues Seminar, “Multinational Workforce and International Issues” (Seattle, WA 2003)

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