Cipolla Law Group is a full service Immigration Law Firm dedicated to achieving your goals in a competent, trusting and cost-effective manner. Since Immigration Law is federal, we can process cases for clients from all 50 States and around the world.  Wherever you are, we can help you with your immigration needs.  Cipolla Law Group routinely process non-immigrant visa petitions, Permanent Residence Applications (Greencards) and Citizenship Applications for clients within the United States and around the world.

Cipolla Law Group pledge to counsel and represent you every step of the way, providing superior service and accessibility as well as innovative solutions to help you through the ever changing immigration rules, regulations and procedures.  We pride ourselves in not just being your trusted immigration lawyers, but trusted lawyers representing the rights of immigrants in areas including and beyond immigration matters. 

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Attorney Biography

Gerald Cipolla, Attorney at Law
Member of Chicago Bar Association
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Gerald is the founder of Cipolla Law Group.  He has been practicing law since 2000.  He is admitted to practice law in Illinois and to practice Immigration Law in all 50 States.  Gerald’s area of focus is Immigration law, in particular Marriage and Fiance Visas and Permanent Residence (Green Card) Applications, such as EB Green Cards and other employment based visas i.e. H1B and L1.

Gerald's experiences and personal relationships while living overseas in Europe and Asia instilled him a great passion for Immigration Law.  Knowing what it’s like to be an Ex Pat in a foreign country has enabled him to have a better understanding of what his client is going through, especially in family immigration cases such as marriage and fiancé visas.  It was always his dream to represent clients in happy matters such as marriage and fiance visas because so many areas of law focus on conflict, whereas marriage and fiancé visas focus on the uniting of families.

Gerald’s diverse academic background as an Immigration Attorney combined with his MBA and Technology background in Computer and Biological Sciences enables him to better understand complex and sophisticated Employment Visa cases such as L1, H1B and EB Green Cards including National Interest Waivers, Extraordinary Ability Green Cards and Investor Visas.  Gerald enjoys working with sophisticated scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and other skilled persons in companies in their investor and work visas.

Gerald served as an Adjunct Law Professor in the City Colleges of Chicago, IL where he taught the law of Contract and Business Law.  He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.  Gerald is a strong communicator who loves working with people, listening to people, exploring and striving to deliver the best legal solutions to their problems.

Legal Education
Juris Doctor (J.D), DePaul University
Master of Law (LLM) in Chinese and International Law, City University of Hong Kong (China)

Postgraduate Education
Master in Computer Science, University of Chicago
Master of Business Administration (MBA), DePaul University

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Biological Science, DePaul University

Professional Admission/Qualification
Admitted to practice law in Illinois 
Licensed to practice Federal Immigration Law in all 50 States

Professional Affiliation
Member of Chicago Bar Association
Member of American Immigration Lawyers Association

Supporting Staff

Katherine Sin, Paralegal
Katherine is a paralegal in Cipolla Law Group. She grew up in Hong Kong and went to a boarding school in Chistlehurst, England for most of her secondary school education. She received her LLB(Hons) Law degree from Cardiff University in Wales, United Kingdom and her LLM Master Degree in Law from the City University of Hong Kong.  She is also a certified Mediator from DePaul University. Having lived and studied in Asia, England, Wales and the United States, her international experiences gave her the passion to meet people from around the globe and assist them with their legal matters. Katherine speaks, reads and writes fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.  When Katherine is not working, she loves to travel, cook and play with her cats.

Legal Education
LLB(Hons) Bachelor of Law, Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
LLM Master of Law, City University of Hong Kong (China SAR)
Certified Mediator, DePaul University

Languages: Fluent English and Chinese