Lindsay Schoonmaker Resume

Education

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW, JD, cum laude, May 2013, Health Law Society, Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, BA in Science & Technology Studies, May 2005

Experience

Carolyn Lee PLLC (Ithaca, NY)
Senior Attorney August 2024 – present.
Provide legal counsel and representation in investor immigration matters, including for EB-5 foreign nationals and regional centers.

Philadelphia VIP (Philadelphia, PA)
Supervising Attorney 2017-2024, Staff Attorney 2015-2017. General civil practice recruiting, training, and supporting pro bono attorneys.

Pepper Hamilton LLP (now Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP) (Philadelphia, PA)
Associate 2013-2015. Commercial Litigation.

Miller Mayer, LLP (Ithaca, NY)
Legal Researcher/Writer 2005-2009. General Business Immigration.

Publications:

“EB-5 Immigrant Investor Green Cards: An Update,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr and Lindsay Schoonmaker (located in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 21)

“EB-5 Immigrant Investors,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr, Carolyn S. Lee, Nicolai Hinrichsen, and Lindsay Schoonmaker (located in AILA Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook (2008-2009 and 2009-2010)

“Overview of U.S. Immigration Law,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr and Lindsay Schoonmaker

“National Interest Waivers After NYSDOT,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr and Lindsay Schoonmaker (located in PLI Course Handbook, Basic Immigration Law 2008)

“Undocumented Students and Eligibility for Enrollment at U.S. Colleges and Universities,” by Ellen Badger, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Matthew Vernon, and Lindsay Schoonmaker

“USCIS Increases Oversight of EB-5 Regional Centers,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr and Lindsay Schoonmaker

“Visas: An Overview,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr and Lindsay Schoonmaker (located in the New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Handbook 2006: Handling Touch Issues in a Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Action, p. 459

Research Assistance Acknowledged:

“Handling Immigration Issues in Personal Injury Cases,” by Stephen Yale-Loehr
NYSBA book by Patrick Higgins, in publication

Gordon, Mailman & Yale-Loehr Immigration Law and Procedure § 39.07 “5th EB Preference: Immigrant Investors (Entrepreneurs); Pilot Program”

Known Citations:

“Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the ‘War on Terror,’” Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law, Footnotes 269 and 272