Margaret W. Wong

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Margaret W. Wong

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Onyango Obama, both relatives of Barack Obama
Margaret W. Wong
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Margaret Wai Wong (

naturalized American immigration lawyer[2][3][4] who created an immigration and nationality law practice in 1978, of which she is senior and managing partner.[5]

Early life and career

She is the eldest child of Hwang Mien Lin, Hong Kong newspaper publisher [6] and Kuan Kuo Hua. She faced the prospect of training to be an artist or a teacher if she continued her education in Hong Kong. Desiring to study medicine, she moved to the United States in 1969 on a student visa, and entered junior college at Ottumwa Heights College, in Ottumwa, Iowa on scholarship. She earned bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois in 1973, on full scholarship.

Intending to study medicine, Wong weighed her educational options, and seeing she'd be in school for law only three years, and for medicine many more, she decided to pursue law. She earned her J.D. in 1976 at University at Buffalo Law School, also on full scholarship. Wanting to remain in the U.S. to practice law, she passed the bar in the State of New York, and later in the State of Ohio.

After passing the bar in

Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977, to join Central National Bank as a credit analyst in their management trainee program.[7] While working in Cleveland, she sought entrance to various law firms without success. So after a year with the bank, she opened her own law practice with a single administrative assistant. Recognizing her own need for legal immigration status, she started helping other foreign-born residents maintain their legal status, and work towards naturalization.[8]

When she first started working in Cleveland, Wong noticed a plaza in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and thought it would be a great place to start a restaurant. She opened the Pearl of the Orient in January 1978.[9][10] Wong asked her sister Rose to run Pearl of the Orient, and the restaurant became so successful, Wong opened a second location in 1984 in Rocky River, Ohio. Wong's brother George runs "Pearl West."[8][11][12]

In 1982 she met Kam Hon Chan (April 23, 1949 – January 22, 2014), a pharmacist in Cleveland, and they wed January 3, 1983. They raised two children, Steven and Allison.[13] Wong and Chan founded the Apothe-Care Pharmacy Group, which eventually grew to three Cleveland area pharmacies.[8]

Wong is admitted to practice before the

Sixth, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Northern District of Ohio U.S. District Court
.

Notable clients

Wong was

Green Card. Onyango, half-sister of President Barack Obama's late father, had her immigration case leaked to the press just prior to her nephew's 2008 presidential election. The immigration judge wrote in his decision that Onyango faced "great risk…" in her home country from those "…who oppose President Obama's politics and/or his ethnicity, which the Respondent shares…" and so should be granted asylum.[15][16][17]

Wong and her law partner, Scott Eric Bratton, represented

Onyango Obama who faced deportation, and helped him obtain asylum rights and a Green Card. Half uncle of President Barack Obama, Mr. Obama's status became an issue after a 2011 arrest.[18][19][20]

Notable cases

Publications

  • Wong, Esq., Margaret W. (December 5, 2009). The Immigrant's Way: For All Immigrants, By an Immigrant. New York, NY: ILW.com, American Immigration, LLC.
  • Wong, Esq., Margaret W. (2012). 移民之道 – The Immigrant's Way: For All Immigrants, By an Immigrant. Beijing, PRC:
    China Renmin University Press
    Co.     (Chinese Edition)
  • Wong, Margaret W.; Bratton, Scott; Pinjuh, Lori; Fungsang, Francis (2010). "Why Immigration Reform is Critical" (PDF). Albany Government Law Review. 3 (1). Albany Law School: 57–102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

Philanthropy

Inspired by the scholarships she enjoyed in college and law school, Wong is devoted to contributing to the success of her community:

Awards

References

  1. ^ "黄唯律师 Margaret W. Wong". Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co., LPA. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. ^ "Margaret W. Wong, Esq". Asian American Net. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Margaret Wong: Cultured Pearl of the Orient". ClevelandWomen.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ Grzelewski, Jordyn (21 April 2017). "Margaret Wong Does it Her Way". Cleveland Magazine. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Margaret W. Wong & Associates, Co. LPA". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich honors Hwang Mien Lin in Congress May 5, 1997". Retrieved 5 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b "Sharing the Fruits of a Dream". Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b c "Cleveland People Margaret Wong Biography". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Ohio Business charter Pearl East". Retrieved 5 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Pearl of the Orient Restaurant East". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Ohio Business Search Pearl West". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  12. ^ "The Pearl of the Orient in Rocky River, Ohio". Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Kam H Chan Pharmacist Husband". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Fourth Circuit Attorney List" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Zeituni Onyango Wins Asylum". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Zeituni Onyango Status Leak Leads to Asylum". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  17. ^ "Margaret W. Wong discusses Zeituni Onyango case". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  18. ^ "Huff Po Obama Asylum". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  19. ^ "Wong and Bratton speak at Onyango Obama Hearing". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  20. ^ "Un tío indocumentado de Obama consigue la residencia en EEUU". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Matter of Adamiak, 23 I&N Dec. 878 (BIA 2006)" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  22. ^ "Mandebvu v. Holder, F.3d, (6th Cir June 18, 2014)(published)" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  23. ^ "Singh v. Gonzales, 451 F.3d 400 (6th Cir. 2006)". Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  24. ^ "State v. Yahya, 2011-Ohio 06090 (Ohio App.10th Dist. 2011)". Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  25. ^ "Margaret W. Wong UB Law Gift". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  26. ^ "Ms. Wong accepts Tri-C Philanthropy Award". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  27. ^ "The City Club of Cleveland Endowed Forums". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  28. ^ "Global Cleveland Funders". Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  29. ^ "Notre Dame College Marian Legacy Society". Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  30. ^ "CMBF Legacy Fellows". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  31. ^ "Ohio State Bar Foundation Distinguished Life Fellow Associate". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  32. ^ "AABA Catalyst Award from NAPABA". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  33. ^ "International Service Award, Rotary Club of Cleveland, 2014". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  34. ^ "UB Law Jaeckle Award". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  35. ^ "Ohio Women's Hall of Fame". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  36. ^ "NAPABA Trailblazer Award". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  37. ^ "Ellis Island Medals of Honor, 1998". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  38. ^ "YWCA Women of Achievement". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  39. ^ "Glamour Magazine Outstanding Working Women '83". Retrieved 12 December 2014.


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