WHO WE ARE

A boutique firm. Thoughtful legal work.

Lumen Law & Co. is a boutique law firm with its office in Seattle, serving clients across the United States in immigration, Startup and cross-border business matters. We focus on quality and attention to each matter, regardless of its size or complexity.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Read everything. Say what it supports. Then build.

That is the whole method, and it applies to a 400-page NIW petition as much as to a two-page supply contract. We would rather tell a researcher to wait a year and add evidence than file a petition that will draw an RFE, and we would rather tell a company its judgment cannot be collected than win it one. The firm was built around clients whose lives span China and the United States, and most of what we do sits at that intersection.

Evidence before argument

We tell you what your record supports before we tell you what to file.

Honest about odds and cost

Including when the honest answer is to wait, settle, or not file at all.

Responsive communication

An initial response to messages within one business day, excluding weekends and U.S. federal holidays.

OUR BOUTIQUE APPROACH

Focused on the quality of our work—not the number of cases.

Lumen Law & Co. 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.

WHAT MATTERS TO US

Evidence-led preparation
Thoughtful legal strategy
Direct, responsive communication

Additional collaboration with independent U.S. and China law firms as needed.

RESEARCH-BASED IMMIGRATION

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.

We read the citing papersNot just the count: who cited you, whether they are independent of you, and what they built on your work.

We look for what you have not documentedReviewer invitations, adoption by other groups, talks, patents, industry use: strengths most researchers leave off the CV.

Gaps come firstYou get a list of what is missing before filing and, for some clients, guidance at no charge on how to fill it legitimately.

One story across every documentThe endeavor and the facts match in the petition letter, your statement and each recommendation letter, because officers compare them.

Letters with distinct voicesWriters with different relationships to your work, each pointing to exhibits, none of them interchangeable.

RFE support & selected-client refilingRFE representation depends on the full-service engagement; approve-or-refile is a real option for selected eligible clients under their written agreement.

Chinese and English, in-houseAttorneys educated in China and the United States read your CV, institutions and journals directly, with no translator in between.

NIW EB-1A O-1 Review only

OUR ATTORNEYS