Our Team

Chingfei Kong (孔庆飞)

Co-Founding Partner

14 Years North America

Chingfei Kong is a senior immigration law expert with 14 years of North American immigration legal experience. His clients span technology, finance, healthcare, education, and commercial sectors. Attorney Kong excels at complex case strategies, providing steady legal support through evolving immigration policies. During law school at Fordham, he served on the Moot Court Board and Environmental Law Review. Has represented 15+ employers in H-1B visa applications.

Zhiping Liu (柳治平)

Distinguished Corporate Attorney

Fortune 500 Clients

Zhiping Liu is the founding partner of Liu, Chen & Hoffman LLP (AMBIZLAW), a highly recognized attorney in foreign investment M&A, international contracts, and commercial disputes, with deep expertise in EB-5 investment immigration including commercial due diligence, investor fund exit negotiations, and litigation. Prior to founding his firm, Mr. Liu practiced at prestigious Wall Street and Silicon Valley law firms for 7+ years, advising on 100+ corporate transactions totaling over $7 billion. His clients include Citibank, Sany Heavy Industry, Las Vegas Sands, and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. He once represented a client in a lawsuit against President Obama, has been featured on CCTV multiple times, and regularly lectures at the New York Bar Association. He has helped 200+ EB-5 investors recover all or substantially all of their investment funds. Particularly suited for businesses seeking US investment, EB-5 investors, and clients involved in cross-border M&A and international trade compliance.

Carol Zhao (赵斌)

Senior Immigration Attorney

Carol Zhao joined The Peng Law from a leading New York immigration firm, bringing years of hands-on experience in work visa and employment-based immigration cases. She demonstrates exceptional proficiency in H-1B applications, crafting tailored strategies for employers and beneficiaries in the technology, finance, and healthcare industries. In the EB-1A extraordinary ability and NIW national interest waiver categories, Attorney Zhao excels at identifying and presenting applicants' academic achievements and industry contributions to build compelling petitions. She has a keen understanding of USCIS adjudication standards and the latest policy developments, and is particularly skilled at handling RFE responses and appeals, having helped multiple clients overturn initial denials.

Kaley Hong (洪叶)

Senior Paralegal

Kaley Hong holds an LL.M. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with 5+ years of immigration law experience. She specializes in document preparation and case management for EB-1A, NIW, EB-2/EB-3, H-1B, O-1, L-1, and F-1 applications. Kaley is particularly skilled in extraordinary ability petitions, with a precise understanding of USCIS evidence standards for recommendation letters, citation records, and media coverage, helping applicants systematically organize and present their professional achievements. She also maintains close communication with clients and coordinates timeline milestones to ensure cases progress efficiently.

Lech (白璐)

Legal Assistant

Lu Bai holds an M.A. in Marketing from Macquarie University. She assists the attorney team with document preparation and client communication for H-1B, L-1, O-1, EB-1C, EB-5, marriage green card, and naturalization cases. Lu plays a key role in EB-5 investment immigration and EB-1C multinational manager green card cases, handling extensive documentation and translation work with a thorough understanding of USCIS requirements for corporate organizational charts, financial documents, and investment evidence. Her meticulous and patient working style is highly valued by clients, and she is particularly adept at bilingual communication with Chinese clients, helping them navigate the complexities of U.S. immigration procedures.

Yuyang Zhou (周雨阳)

Paralegal

Yuyang Zhou holds a B.A. from CUHK-Shenzhen and a J.D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with exchange study at UC Berkeley. She assists with legal research and document preparation for EB-5, L-1, O-1, EB-1A/C, and EB-2/3 cases. Her strong legal education enables her to excel in legal research and case analysis, with particular expertise in tracking the latest USCIS precedent decisions and policy changes to provide timely legal support for the attorney team. In EB-5 investment immigration cases, she handles regional center project document review and source-of-funds evidence compilation, bringing a thorough understanding of investment immigration compliance requirements.

Olivia Li (李佳霖)

Marketing Manager

Olivia Li graduated from the University of Auckland Business School. She oversees the firm's marketing operations and brand strategy, focusing on connecting clients seeking talent immigration and investment immigration pathways with professional legal services through multi-channel content marketing. Olivia leads the firm's online brand building, including website content strategy, social media management, and client event coordination, dedicated to translating complex immigration law concepts into accessible content that helps prospective clients make informed immigration decisions.

Min Shi (史敏)

Founder & Managing Partner, WLC LLP (Advisor)

Min Shi is the Founder and Managing Partner of WLC LLP, a registered public accounting firm. She brings extensive experience in international finance and tax management, specializing in tailored financial planning and tax optimization for multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals. Her practice focuses on helping immigration clients with pre- and post-immigration tax planning, including foreign asset reporting, FBAR and FATCA compliance, and cross-border income tax optimization to maximize asset protection. Min and her team provide integrated tax services for The Peng Law's immigration clients, ensuring that tax arrangements are properly coordinated alongside the immigration process.