Bonnie Stern Wasser is an attorney with more than 20 years of immigration and nationality law experience uniting families, and bringing employers and their employees together.  A member of both the California and Washington State Bars, she is also certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist. Her diverse clientele has included multi-billion dollar corporations, small and medium sized companies, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and individuals from around the world.

Ms. Wasser was a Honor Law Graduate and Trial Attorney with the (former) U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (now known as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security ).  She worked for a national immigration law firm, Barst and Mukamal in Los Angeles, and a mid-sized firm, MacDonald, Hoague and Bayless, in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Wasser has spent most of her legal career in private practice in Los Angeles and more recently, in Seattle.

A 1984 graduate of Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, Ms. Wasser also holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning and Architecture from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelor's Degree in Social Ecology from UC Irvine.  Ms. Wasser studied in Bordeaux, France as part of the UC Education Abroad Program.

Ms. Wasser is available to speak before bar associations, community and trade groups.  

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

·     American Immigration Lawyers Association, member, 1988-present; Vice Chair, Consular Committee 2004-present; Congressional Liaison Committee 2002-present; Customs and Border Control Committee, Advocacy and Media Committee 2004-present;  former Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, Southern California Chapter, and various national committees;

·     Washington State Bar Association, member, 2003-present;  

.     King County Bar Assocation, member, 2003-present; volunteer attorney, Neighborhood Immigration Legal Clinic

·     Los Angeles County Bar Association Immigration, Labor and Law Practice Management Sections, member; 1988-2000; International Section, Executive Committee Member; 1992-2000

·     Los Angeles Women's Appointment Collaboration, President, 1994-95;

·     Northwest Women's Law Center, Legal Committee, member 2004-present;

·     Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Volunteer attorney

·     Successful Schools in Action, 2005- present, school liaison rep