Bharinee Chestapanich

Bharinee was born and lived in Thailand, working at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Bangkok until 2008 when she was transferred to the United States to work at their Milwaukee, Wisconsin office on an L-1 visa.

In between, in 2003, Bharinee was sent to earn an L.L.M. Degree by her employer at the University of Illinois College of Law on an F-1 visa. That is where she met the firm’s original founder, and they both graduated in 2004.

In 2010 Bharinee moved to Chicago and is licensed to practice law before the United States Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois, as well as the state courts of New York. She has maintained an active immigration practice since 2015 and in October of 2024 joined as a member of American Immigration Law Group.

As a lawyer in Thailand Bharinee assisted foreign companies and individuals navigate Thailand’s Foreign Business Act (“FBA”) of Thai year 2542, our year 1999.

Bharinee’s family maintains an active property development business near Pattaya, Thailand building single family homes for mostly foreign residents. On several occasions Bharinee has assisted United States clients seeking to obtain immigration status to Thailand.

Bharinee Chestapanich receiving her law diploma from King Bhumibhol of Thailand at Thammasat University