Practice Areas: Immigration, Family law
Licensed in Washington since: 2010
Education: Lewis & Clark Law School
Languages Spoken: English, Korean, Spanish
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2022 Kai Law Group PS
2502 Tacoma Ave STacoma, WA 98402 Phone: 253-584-1369 Email: Ji Min Kim Visit website
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I have primarily worked with clients concerning adoption, family immigration and treaty visa issues  but I also have experience with clients involving family and domestic issues, business and tax laws, and projects involving animal care.Â
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First Admitted: 2010, Washington
Professional Webpage: http://www.kailawgroup.com/our-people/ji-min-kim/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Speaker of American Immigration Lawyer's Association Pacific Northwest Conference, 2015
- Speaker of AILA Southern California Chapter CLE, 2022
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Successfully settled Mandamus law suit in Federal Court when the USCIS failed to adjudicate N400 matter in US District Court in Western Washington, 2018
Representative Clients:
- Pierce, Thurston, King county legal custody actions for several youth who entered the US without parents due to abadnonment, abuse, or neglect., 2020
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Federal Mandamus lawsuit against Department of State regarding refusal to issue immigration visa pending for 15 years, 2021
- Represented clients in Habeas Corpus for unlawful immigration detention , 2021
- APA Claim against the Department of Homeland Security for arbitrary and capricious finding , 2021
- Federal mandamus action against DOS settled, 2020
- Favorable settlement for mandamus file filed against uscis and doj, 2019
- BIA Motion to Stay approved for victim of crime who was waiting for U visa case that was filed in 2016. U visa case is approved and he is placed in deferred status. , 2019
- Petitioned for vulnerable youth's guardianship granted in multiple counties. , 2019
- Represented a single mother. Client was rewarded with full custody of two minor children in complicated parental custody battle in Pierce County, Washington , 2018
- Represented a victim of trafficking since 2011. Client was a victim of forced labor working at a chicken factory for years in exchange for false promise of legal status in the United States. Perpetrator was prosecuted. However Client and his coworkers did not realize they had an option of applying for trafficking visa until 2011, years after the DOJ already prosecuted this case. Client and his wife finally received their green cards in 2018., 201
Office location for Ji Min Kim
2502 Tacoma Ave S
Tacoma, WA 98402
Selections
4 Years Rising Stars
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2022