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Mr. Lee has extensive experience in a wide variety of business transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters in the United States and internationally. Mr. Lee obtained a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1993 and also obtained Master's in Accounting and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Missouri in 1989. Mr. Lee's professional admissions include the State Bar of California, U.S. Tax Court, United States District Court for the Central District of California and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Lee's professional affiliations include: the Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Lawyers Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. Lee has been a member of the society of the Certified Public Accountant in the State of Missouri since 1989. He also serves as the Business Advisory Council of the State of California for the National Republican Congressional Committee and is General Counsel for the Korean American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lee has represented hundreds of international corporate and business entities over the past fifteen years.
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Mr. Kent has over twenty six (26) years of experience handling complex commercial business, bankruptcy, real estate litigation. Mr. Kent also has extensive experience in the fields of criminal defense, immigration and bankruptcy law.
Mr. Kent graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Sociology in 1979. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Gould School of Law of the University of Southern California in 1982. Mr. Kent was admitted to practice in the State of California in 1982 and has also been admitted to practice before the United State District Courts for the Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Kent is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Kent's professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Financial Lawyer's Conference, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Mr. Kent has handled hundreds litigation cases in state and federal court and has a reported appellate decision in In Re McGoldrick, 113 B.R. 554 (Bktcy. C.D. Cal. 1990).
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Mr. Jay Lee received his Bachelor's Degree in Law from Korea University in 1992. Mr. Lee graduated with a LL.M. degree from USC Law School in 2004. Mr. Lee was admitted to practice law in South Korea in 1999 and also was admitted to practice in the State of California in 2004. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a Seoul District Court judge dealing with a wide range of litigation cases in the areas of corporate, securities, banking, insurance, real estate and torts. Mr. Lee has extensive experience in immigration law and business transactional matters between South Korea and the United States.
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Mr. Wheaton received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
He received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from Morehouse College.
Mr. Wheaton is a member of the firm's business and litigation department.
Mr. Wheaton's practice focuses on complex civil litigation.
He has substantial experience dealing with all aspects of business litigation from mediation through trial.
Mr. Wheaton is admitted to practice law in all California Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States District Court, Central District of California and the United States District Court, Northern District of California.
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Ms. Xiangyi (Charlene) Bu received her first professional law degree from Zhejing University in China. Before that, she majored in many different academic fields, including Business Administration, International Business Transaction, Mechanics and Philosophy. Ms. Bu graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) College of Law with a L.L.M. degree in 2004. She is a New York State licensed attorney in good standing and also a licensed in-house counselor in China. Prior to joining Lee & Kent, Ms. Bu worked with a global immigration law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada and helped thousands of clients from many different counties with their immigration cases.
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Ms. Lee obtained her LLM program from Stanford Law School in 2003, where she served as a member of Stanford Technology Law Review (2002-03). After graduating from Stanford, she worked for Girard, Gibbs and De Bartolomeo (San Francisco , CA). From 2004 to 2005, she completed business management and finance courses in the International Diploma Program at Berkeley Extension.She obtained her Master's Degree in International Law in 1999 and her Bachelor's Degree in Law in 1997 both at Ewha Women's University. She is member of the State Bar of New York, American Bar Association.
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Mr. Kim obtained his law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2003 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in June 2006. Mr. Kim served as an intern under the Honorable Judge Gregory K. Frizzell at the Tulsa District Court, where he participated in various civil trials, pre-trial conferences, and hearings. Mr. Kim also worked at the Hayabusa International Law Offices in Tokyo, Japan, which focused on corporate and international commercial matters. Mr. Kim has significant experience and in-depth knowledge in business immigration matters for multinational companies. Mr. Kim received his Bachelors Degree in Japanese Language & Literature from Hanyang University in South Korea. He obtained a second Bachelor¡¯s Degree in Economics from Indiana University in December 1999. Mr. Kim is fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese.
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Mr. Hall received his Juris Doctorate degree from Case-Western Reserve University School of Law in 1982. Mr. Hall has been admitted to the State Bar of Illinois and possesses professional legal experience in immigration, bankruptcy, commercial, labor and international trade law. Mr. Hall obtained his Bachelors Degree in Public Administration from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He is also fluent in Japanese.
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