Yen “Jeannie” Nguyen practices a wide range of civil litigation before both federal and state courts, such as bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, personal injuries, real estate transactions and litigation, business and general civil disputes, family and dependency laws, and all areas of immigration law, etc. Ms. Nguyen also prosecutes civil appeals, and has extensive appellate experience on immigration law, from obtaining writs of habeas corpus to appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Board Member
Yen Jeannie Nguyen

While attending law school, Ms. Nguyen worked full-time as a law clerk for an immigration law specialist where she gained valuable experience in employment-related matters, in addition to family-related immigration petitions. Ms. Nguyen also co-authored numerous appellate briefs to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. It was due to Ms. Nguyen’s legal research skills that helped won her client’s arguments against deportation in the District Court of California, Central District, in the case of Song vs. I.N.S. (C.D. Cal.2000) 82 F.Supp.2d 1121. Since becoming an attorney in 2001, Ms. Nguyen has actively performed pro bono services to the poor and indigent clients from various local bar associations in the areas of immigration, family law, domestic violence and landlord/tenant issues.

Prior to her legal profession, Ms. Nguyen's professional career includes various management positions in the mortgage banking and real estate industries for over ten years. Ms. Nguyen has held active memberships in various local business organizations, real estate professional organizations, businesswomen associations, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Arcadia schools PTAs, and the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California (VABASC) where she was elected to the VABASC’s Board of Directors since 2006.