Ms. Shereen C. Chen This is Me

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1. 1. Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP | About Us | Lawyers

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   Published on: 8/6/2007   Last Visited: 8/6/2007

   Shereen C. Chen Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP | About Us | Lawyers
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   Shereen C. Chen | Of Counsel
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   Shereen C. Chen is of counsel in the Litigation Department and a member of the Labor, Employment & Immigration Group and Franchise and Distribution Group. Ms. Chen also serves on the firm's hiring committee. She concentrates her practice in the areas of Immigration and Nationality Law. Ms. Chen handles all types of corporate immigration matters, including non-immigrant visas in the following categories: E, H, I, L, O, P and Q. She also has experience in family-based cases (spousal, parent and sibling petitions, petitions for children), asylum claims, Violence Against Women (VAWA) claims, and has appeared before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR).
   
   She represents numerous corporations, golf courses and resorts, million-dollar investors, health care employers, athletes, opera stars, and outstanding professors, researchers, and others in a wide variety of occupations. Ms. Chen also represents many nonprofit organizations, including temples and shrines in the southern New Jersey area. She has successfully assisted many priests and religious workers in immigrating to the United States.
   
   Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Ms. Chen served as coordinating attorney for the Camden Immigrant Advocacy Project (CIAP) as well as supervising attorney with the Camden Center for Law and Social Justice, Inc. (CCLSJ). CCLSJ is a nonprofit association located in Camden, New Jersey and part of the Diocese of Camden. CCLSJ is a member of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network and dedicated to assisting the working poor with immigration issues. CIAP was created as a joint venture by the American Bar Association and the Camden County Bar Association; its mission statements included mentoring and training local attorneys on immigration issues and assisting the indigent with immigration problems.
   
   As the coordinating attorney for CIAP, Ms. Chen conducted monthly lectures on various topics in immigration law - "Basics of Immigration Law," "Naturalization and Citizenship," and "Ethics and Immigration" through a two-year grant from the ABA.
   
   Ms. Chen is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Camden County Bar Association, Immigration & Naturalization Committee, New Jersey Bar Association, Advancement Council for the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, S.C.A.N. (Sensitivity and Cultural Awareness Now), Coalition for Multi-Cultural Understanding, and the City of Camden Asian-American Advisory Commission (2002). As a member of the Immigration & Naturalization Committee for the Camden County Bar Association, Ms. Chen serves as a keynote speaker for the Naturalization Ceremonies at the Mitchell Cohen Federal Courthouse in Camden, New Jersey.
   
   Ms. Chen is a frequent lecturer on immigration law topics. She has appeared as the immigration expert for NBC 10 News (Philadelphia) and on the television show "Legal Lines," where she lectured on such topics as "Immigration Laws and Procedures" and "Immigration and the Family."
   
   As a member of AILA, Ms. Chen is active on the Cherry Hill Liaison Committee and the South Jersey Chapter Membership Committee. Presently, Ms. Chen serves as an AILA Mentor. She also is a member of the District IV Ethics Committee (New Jersey).
   
   Ms. Chen is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University (B.A. 1993) and Rutgers University School of Law - Camden (J.D., with honors in International Law, 1996) where she was a member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. At Johns Hopkins, Ms. Chen was a Varsity member of the Women's Lacrosse Team and participated in the Division III NCAA Finals in 1993.
   
   Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ms. Chen is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

2. 2. www.ballardspahr.com

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   Published on: 1/5/2006   Last Visited: 3/3/2007

   Chen Promoted to Of Counsel
   
   Shereen C. Chen, member of the Labor, Employment & Immigration Group of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, has been appointed of counsel to the firm effective January 1, 2006, announced Benjamin A. Levin, managing partner of the New Jersey office.
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   Chen has been with Ballard as an associate in its New Jersey office for almost three years, and has handled the majority of immigration matters within the firm.
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   Chen is a member of the Litigation Department, Labor, Employment & Immigration Group, and Franchise and Distribution Group. Furthermore, she is Ballard's New Jersey Office Diversity Committee Representative and is a member of the Hiring Committee for the office, as well as the Diversity Committee for the firm. She concentrates her practice in the areas of Immigration and Nationality Law and handles all types of corporate immigration matters, including non-immigrant visas in the following categories: E, H, I, L, O, P and Q. She also has experience in family-based cases, asylum claims, Violence Against Women (VAWA) claims, and has appeared before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR).
   
   She represents numerous corporations, golf courses and resorts, million-dollar investors, health care employers, athletes, opera stars, and outstanding professors, researchers, and others in a wide variety of occupations. Chen also represents many nonprofit organizations, including temples and shrines in the southern New Jersey area.
   
   Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Chen served as coordinating attorney for the Camden Immigrant Advocacy Project (CIAP) as well as supervising attorney with the Camden Center for Law and Social Justice, Inc. (CCLSJ).
   
   Chen is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Camden County Bar Association, Immigration & Naturalization Committee, New Jersey Bar Association, Advancement Council for the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts. As a member of the Immigration & Naturalization Committee for the Camden County Bar Association, Chen serves as a keynote speaker for the Naturalization Ceremonies at the Mitchell Cohen Federal Courthouse in Camden, New Jersey.

3. 3. State Chamber Member News

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   Published on: 12/1/2006   Last Visited: 1/18/2007

   Shereen C. Chen, of counsel in the Labor, Employment & Immigration Department at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, is the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Pro Bono Award for 2005.