Irene Thomas Email & Phone Number

Fairfield, Ct, Us

Provide career advice and interview trainings based on client’s professional and immigration backgrounds.

Greater New York City Area

• Acted as the firm’s HR manager, PR and deputy principal. Hired, trained, and supervised 10 new staffs.• Maintained client relationships and changed firm’s service pattern to increase the firm’s revenue by 15%. • Designed company’s new website and edited contents, supervised social media updates to build firm’s image. • Interviewed prospect clients, spotted issues and assisted attorneys to negotiate and sign over 300 retainers. • Collected over $80k in past due bills within 6 months by auditing inactive cases. Resolved client disputes. • Reduced 10% company expenses by conducting monthly internal audit and renegotiating deals.• Managed hearing and appeal tables to ensure all submissions met due dates and increase efficiency by 10%.• Conducted legal research, drafted memorandums, motions, briefs, and correspondents for attorney review.• Specialized in Asylum, family and employment-based (PERM, H1B, L1) immigration petition.

Taiwan; China; Asia; North America

• Responsible for legal, marketing, finance, business contracts, and providing strategic advice. • Negotiated over 60 contracts, oversaw business transactions and designed procedures to protect trade secrets.• Resolved more than 500 legal issues including construction, real estate, transportation, labor, employment, product liability, worker’s compensation, and partnership.• Achieved record of zero regulatory or compliance issues by conducting legal research, leading internal training and preparing regulatory submissions. • Achieved 5 successful real estate investment projects of 15% annual return rate by analyzing the market and conducting tax and real estate regulatory studies.• Developed new business by performing market studies, completing preliminary site surveys, delivering sales presentations to prospects, and managing relationships with clients. • Surveyed and evaluated real estate market and analyzed immigration and business regulations in the U.S.

Taiwan

• Completed 30 patent acquisition portfolios ensuring transaction filed on time and worked with Europe and North America counsels to ensure zero issues. • Resolved 150 legal issues in patent transaction chains of major high-tech company portfolio by conducting due diligence and legal research and coordinating with US counsels. • Filed patents with USPTO and performed legal documents translation.

Greater New York City Area

• Performed immigration application filing procedure and maintained clients relationships.• Drafted briefs, motions, and assisted in document review for court hearings and USCIS interviews. • Communicated with medical associations and subject matter experts to collect and analyze evidence.• Conducted international legal research and English/ Chinese legal translation.

Taiwan

• Drafted, edited, and reviewed international and domestic OEM contracts and legal documents.

Taiwan

• Advocated legal education at 12 leading national high schools by organizing IP Circuit and delivering lectures.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), International Business, Ip

Activities and Societies: Mandarin Teaching Assistant: School of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University-Bloomington

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), International Law And Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: Debate Team; Legal Clinic; Manager of Law School Basketball Team