Senior Counsel
Cynthia J. Lange
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- English
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
555 Montgomery St, 4th Floor
San Francisco CA 94111
United States
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
2755 Orchard Pkwy
San Jose CA 95134
United States
Cynthia provides strategic immigration counsel to various companies, ranging from large Fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in the firm’s “e-group.” She has worked with numerous companies to establish and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs and is experienced in government investigations and audits. Cynthia also offers legal advice to individual investors.
Cynthia is a longtime Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law, where she taught for 18 years. She also frequently lectures on corporate immigration and, as a thought leader in the industry, she has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters.
Cynthia previously served as a member of Fragomen's Executive Committee and as the Managing Partner of the firm’s Northern California practice and I-9 Service Center. Cynthia joined Fragomen more than 30 years ago, after beginning her career at the U.S. Department of Justice as an INS trial attorney.
Education
- Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1985
- Brigham Young University, B.A., Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society , 1981
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Admissions
Bar Admissions: California, District of Columbia, New York
Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1997 to 2025
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2006 to 2013, 2015 to 2022
Named a Thought Leader: Corporate Immigration, Lexology Index, 2024
Named a Thought Leader: Corporate Immigration, Who’s Who Legal, 2022 to 2023
Listed in Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration, 2006 to 2024
Listed in Super Lawyers, 2005 to 2013, 2015 to 2019
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Member, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
Member, Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
Member, California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP)
Member, Northern California Human Resources Association
Member, Santa Clara Bar Association
Member, San Francisco Bar Association
Publications and lectures
Chairs the Annual Practising Law Institute Immigration Symposium.
Frequent speaker on business immigration topics before bar associations, international trade organizations and human resource groups, including:
- Practising Law Institute (PLI)
- Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Immigration Lawyers on the Web (ILW)
- Council for Global Immigration (CFGI)
Cynthia’s insights
November 15, 2024 | Fragomen news
August 19, 2024 | Awards
August 17, 2023 | Awards
