Attorney Julie Kim earned a dual major B.A. degree in Political Science and International Studies from the University of California, Irvine, and her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School. While attending law school, Ms. Kim worked as a legal advocate at Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), in its Asian Pacific Islander’s Unit, assisting indigent immigrant families with various immigration and family law issues. After her admission to the CA State Bar in 2006, she continued to specialize in immigration law (employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, investment related visas & family-based petitions), family law (child custody and visitation, child support, spouse support, property disputes, and adoptions), and general civil litigation (contract disputes, collections, and other civil disputes). She has several years’ experience as a family law and immigration attorney with well known and reputable law firms in the greater Los Angeles and Seattle areas. As she is bilingual in English and Korean, she can competently represent monolingual Korean immigrants. She currently serves as a volunteering attorney for pro-bono legal clinics at the Korean Community Services and also for the Los Angeles County Bar Immigration Pro-bono panels.