Jian Joe Zhou, S.J.D., LLM, MLI, LLB Attorney at Law

Practice Areas: PERM, H-1B, Advanced Visa Issues, China Law, International Transactions, and Dispute Settlement

Attorney Jian Joe Zhou is co-managing attorney at Zhang & Associates, and the leader of firm’s new PERM legal team. Mr. Zhou is a New York State licensed attorney, and he also passed the Chinese Bar in 1995. He received his Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Master of Laws (LLM) degree and Master of Legal Institutions (MLI) degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. In addition, he earned a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree and received two years of graduate education, both majoring International Economic Law, from the East China University of Politics & Law at Shanghai, China.

Attorney Zhou focuses on practice of international transaction, DOL PERM petition, employment-based immigration, and complicated non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. As a business law specialist, Attorney Zhou leads the firm's International and China Practice. With extensive legal experience and knowledge in international business and trade laws from both China and the Untied States, Joe offers clients comprehensive legal solutions in cross border transactions, especially in transactions related to China and other Asian countries. He has assisted clients in corporate reconstruction, merger and acquisition, licensing and franchising, administrative registrations, trademark and copyright application, intellectual property licensing, business strategies, and commercial arbitration and litigation.

Since joining the firm, Mr. Zhou has gained expertise in employment-based immigration issues at both the individual and corporate level. He has handled hundreds of cases in Labor Certification (RIR and PERM ), H-1B and L Non-immigrant worker visas, Employment-Based Immigration Petitions with a focus on NIW, EB-2 and EB-3 skilled workers, and adjustment of status issues. Joe also offers legal solutions to clients with immigration legal problems related to job transfers, layoffs, and USCIS' Request for Additional Evidence (RFE).

With more than six years of experience in hundreds of successful Labor Certification (RIR) cases and in depth knowledge of the new PERM system, Joe has been instrumental to the approval of many PERM cases. He was among the first immigration attorneys nationwide who successfully managed to get PERM petitions certified. As leader of the firm’s PERM legal team, he has developed a set of PERM petition protocols that help employer petitioners navigate through the complex PERM compliance process. He also enjoys the expertise in dealing with advanced PERM issues or procedures, such as motion to reopen.
 
To contact Attorney Zhou, you email him at jzhou@hooyou.com