Paris Lee

Mr. Lee is a Partner of the firm with over 27 years legal experience. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. He is an alumnus of The Lawrenceville School as well as a graduate of Yale University and Rutgers School of Law–Newark. Besides handling the whole spectrum of immigration issues, he is also an experienced criminal defense attorney, so he is uniquely qualified to advise clients on the intersection between the immigration and criminal laws. Prior to starting Lee & Garasia, LLC, Mr. Lee clerked for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in Freehold, New Jersey, prosecuting municipal appeals and preparing briefs on a wide array of criminal issues involving search and seizure as well as the constitutionality of the death penalty. After his stint there, Mr. Lee practiced criminal defense in addition to and alongside immigration, handling cases on both the New Jersey Municipal Court and Superior Court levels. He has appeared in nearly every county of New Jersey representing clients charged with traffic and quasi-criminal offenses from speeding to shoplifting to assault. Now practicing immigration law exclusively, Mr. Lee focuses his practice on adjustment of status petitions; consular processing; naturalization; hardship waivers; sports visas; and criminal-immigration matters. Mr. Lee is a member of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association), the New Jersey State Bar Association (Former Chair, Immigration and Naturalization Section), Middlesex County Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Immigration Law and Practice Committee), Federal Bar Association, and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in immigration law and was featured in Newsweek’s 2013 Nationwide Top Attorneys Showcase and TIME Magazine as a Leader in Immigration Law. He has also been named as a Super Lawyer in Immigration Law by Super Lawyers Magazine for more than 5 consecutive years. A description of the selection methodology for Super Lawyers can be found here. In the media, he has been consulted for his opinions and perspective on immigration by national outlets such as CNN and The Washington Post, as well as local New Jersey newspapers including The Star Ledger, Asbury Park Press, and The Home News Tribune. He is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo and Rolles Gracie, and besides training with some of the world’s best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling athletes, also represents many of them. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Paris Lee included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers list, 2019 – 2021 Nationwide Top Attorneys Showcase 2013 (Newsweek Magazine 12/31/12) Ten Leaders-Immigration Law (Ten Leaders Cooperative), 2013 - 2014 Featured as a Leader In Immigration Law (TIME Magazine), June 24, 2013 The National Advocates- Top 100 Lawyers, 2014 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Paris Lee Included on the 2026New Jersey Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2019 New Jersey Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner

• Immigration Consequences of Municipal Court Convictions, Middlesex County Bar Association, 10/22/2012 to 10/22/2012
• Immigration Consequences of Municipal Court Convictions, Middlesex County Bar Association, 03/18/2013 to 03/18/2013
• Employment Based Immigration Basics, Middlesex County Bar Association, 12/03/2013 to 12/03/2013

• Immigration Law Mentor, Middlesex County Bar Association, Present
• Immigration Education Seminar at East Brunswick Public Library, 01/2015
• Representative Clients
• Renzo Gracie Academy
• Luiz Azeredo, Mixed Martial Arts and Former PRIDE fighter
• Jorge "Macaco" Patino, Legendary MMA Fighter
• Angelica Teixeira, Ms. Olympia and fitness model

• District of Columbia, 2002
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1997
• Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2011
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2011

• American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member
• Middlesex County Bar Association, Former Chair, Immigration Law & Practice Committee
• Federal Bar Association, Member
• Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ, Member
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Executive Board, Chair, Immigration & Naturalization Sec., 06/2015 to 06/2016
• National Lawyers Guild-National Immigration Project
• American Immigration Lawyers Association-NJ Chapter