

Eileen Chun-Fruto
Eileen Chun-Fruto
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Eileen Chun-Fruto is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. She has practiced immigration law since 1998, representing individuals and corporations in the entertainment, social media, finance, high tech, health and science, and liberal arts. Prior to establishing Chun Fruto Law, Eileen co-founded Fong & Chun, LLP in Hollywood, California and practiced with several nationally recognized immigration law firms. She has served as Of Counsel to an entertainment-based immigration law firm focused on procuring work visas and green cards for individuals working in the motion picture, television, streaming media, and theater industries.
Eileen's practice is devoted primarily to employment-based immigration law and she remains active in local bar leadership. She served on the Executive Committee of the Immigration Section for the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) for over a decade and is frequently sought as a speaker for local CLE courses, addressing both basic and advanced topics of employment-based visas. Listed as a Rising Star Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine and as a Top Attorney in Immigration Law by Pasadena Magazine, Eileen has extensive experience in all types of business-based immigration, including a niche in the arts and entertainment. She is also a published author in the area of immigration issues facing entrepreneurs and start-ups in the United States. Eileen graduated cum laude from University of California, Irvine with a degree in Social Sciences and earned her law degree at University of California, Davis in 1997.
Eileen volunteers her time as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services (OYHFS), which has since 1906 served children, youth, and families across Los Angeles County. OYHFS is a leader in the provision of services in transition housing, preventative services, foster care and adoption, mental health services and CSEC advocacy (commercial sexual exploitation of children).

Eileen Chun-Fruto is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. She has practiced immigration law since 1998, representing individuals and corporations in the entertainment, social media, finance, high tech, health and science, and liberal arts. Prior to establishing Chun Fruto Law, Eileen co-founded Fong & Chun, LLP in Hollywood, California and practiced with several nationally recognized immigration law firms. She has served as Of Counsel to an entertainment-based immigration law firm focused on procuring work visas and green cards for individuals working in the motion picture, television, streaming media, and theater industries.
Eileen's practice is devoted primarily to employment-based immigration law and she remains active in local bar leadership. She served on the Executive Committee of the Immigration Section for the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) for over a decade and is frequently sought as a speaker for local CLE courses, addressing both basic and advanced topics of employment-based visas. Listed as a Rising Star Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine and as a Top Attorney in Immigration Law by Pasadena Magazine, Eileen has extensive experience in all types of business-based immigration, including a niche in the arts and entertainment. She is also a published author in the area of immigration issues facing entrepreneurs and start-ups in the United States. Eileen graduated cum laude from University of California, Irvine with a degree in Social Sciences and earned her law degree at University of California, Davis in 1997.
Eileen volunteers her time as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services (OYHFS), which has since 1906 served children, youth, and families across Los Angeles County. OYHFS is a leader in the provision of services in transition housing, preventative services, foster care and adoption, mental health services and CSEC advocacy (commercial sexual exploitation of children).

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