Law Office of Bonnie Stern Wasser
—Bringing People Together—
Biography
Bonnie Stern Wasser
Seattle immigration attorney, Bonnie Stern Wasser has more than 25 years of immigration and nationality law experience uniting families, and bringing employers and needed global talent together. Ms. Wasser is in private practice in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. She is currently serving a second term as Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington Chapter.
Ms. Wasser is admitted to practice in Washington State (and in California, where she is inactive). 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 has written numerous articles on immigration topics and has testified before the Washington State legislature on immigration-related issues.
Ms. Wasser was an 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 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.
Professional Associations and Community Involvement
American Immigration Lawyers Association: member, 1988-present; Washington Chapter member,
2000-present; Chapter Chair 2010-present; Chapter Vice Chair 2009-2010; Chair, Naturalization Day, 2008-2009; Chair, Advocacy Committee, 2007-2008; Chair, Congressional Liaison Committee, 2006-2007; Chair, Consular Committee, 2005-present; Vice Chair, Consular Committee, 2004-2005; 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 service on various national committees
California State Bar: Admitted to the California State Bar and California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist (both inactive as of 2011)
King County Bar Assocation: Volunteer attorney, Neighborhood Immigration Legal Clinic, 2003-present
Northwest Immigrants Rights Project: Volunteer attorney, 2002-present
Washington State Bar Association: member, 2003-present; International Section, Board Member, 2010-present, member, 2006-present; member, Civil Legal Needs Task Force
Special Interests
- Professional and award winning portrait and fine art photographer
- Teaching photography and immigration law
- Travel, bicycling, rowing, reading and knitting
Updated 10/2011
