Lori A. Pinjuh is a Senior Attorney at Margaret Wong & Associates, holding a B.S. from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from Syracuse University, College of Law.  Her professional memberships include the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she was Ohio Chapter Secretary (2003-2005), the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Maryland State Bar Association.  Ms. Pinjuh serves on the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Grievance Committee, has served as the Co-Chair for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2007-08), and has been nominated to Chair Immigration Law Section for 2008-09. 

Additionally, Ms. Pinjuh has previously co-Chaired immigration, naturalization and employment related seminars and events for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the two former Cleveland bar associations which merged in Spring 2008, the Cuyahoga County Bar Association and Cleveland Bar Association.

Ms. Pinjuh has participated in volunteer activities for MDA Fundraisers, Battered Women's shelters, AILA Ohio Citizenship Day 2008, and continues to volunteer at the Legal Aid Society for the pro-bono immigration legal services program.  

Ms. Pinjuh has been named an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star by Cincinnati Magazine 2005 and voted 2008 The Best Lawyers in America in Immigration Law. Ms. Pinjuh has been practicing immigration law for eleven years, first in the DC metropolitan area with an immigration boutique firm and thereafter commencing with Margaret Wong & Assoc., Co., LPA in July 1998.

During her academic career, Ms. Pinjuh was honored with awards such as induction into the Order of Barristers (1 of 10), the LFE Goldie Memorial Award (International Legal interests), the Legislative Research Service Award (journal), and the Robert W. Miller Award (Moot Court Board).

Ms. Pinjuh has made numerous immigration presentations for the Federal Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyer's Association, Hispanic Bar Association, area universities and colleges, the Northeast Ohio Regional SHRM Conference, and the SHRM Global Forum.  She is licensed to practice in Maryland and Ohio.

Immigration
Family Visas
Citizenship and Naturalization