David
J. Long
Attorney at Law
David
J. Long founded Long, Chang & Associates, L.L.P. in 1998.
He has been recognized by the North Carolina State Bar as a Board-Certified
Specialist in Immigration Law and selected by his peers for The
Best Lawyers in America® in the
specialty of Immigration Law. Mr. Long is a member of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the North Carolina State
Bar. Mr. Long serves as a Mentor for other immigration attorneys
through AILA.
Prior to founding Long, Chang & Associates,
L.L.P., Mr. Long worked as an attorney with the law firm of Kilpatrick
Stockton in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Long practices in
the areas of immigration law, corporate law and real estate.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Long attended
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied
in the Honors Program and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science. In addition, Mr. Long studied the Korean Language
at Duke University for a semester while attending UNC-CH. Mr. Long
graduated magna cum laude and in the top 1% of his class.
Mr. Long graduated with highest honors and received
his J.D. (law) degree from the Wake Forest University School of
Law. During law school, Mr. Long was selected as a member of the
Law Review based on his academic standing. He was one of three members
on the school’s nationally-recognized Gabrielli Family Law
Moot Court Team. Mr. Long also studied Labor and Employment Law
at the law school’s summer program in Italy.
Following law school, Mr. Long worked as an attorney
in the commercial real estate department of Kilpatrick Stockton
LLP in Winston-Salem, NC, one of largest law firms in the United
States. After two years of working at a large law firm, Mr. Long
desired the opportunity to assist clients on a more personal basis.
As a result, he joined Ms. Chang in forming Long, Chang & Associates,
L.L.P. Most recently, Mr. Long served as an adjunct faculty member
at Handong International Law School in Pohang, South Korea where
he taught U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Law.
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