Margaret W. Wong
- January 5, 2024
- Lawyer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Margaret W. Wong |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 27, 1950(1950-07-27) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Hong Kong |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Margaret W. Wong Biography
| Name | Margaret W. Wong |
| Birthday | Jul 27 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Hong Kong |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Siblings | Rose Wong |
Margaret W. Wong is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on July 27, 1950 in Hong Kong, United States. She met Kam Hon Chan, a pharmacist from Cleveland, in 1982. They were married on January 3, 1983. Steven and Allison were their two children. Chan and Wong founded Apothe-Care Pharmacy group, which eventually grew into three pharmacies in the Cleveland area.
She was unable find work after passing the New York City bar exam. After passing the bar in New York, she took a temporary position as a financial and legal officer in Buffalo. She then moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1977 to become a credit analyst in Central National Bank’s management trainee program. She tried unsuccessfully to get into various law firms while working in Cleveland. After a year at the bank, she started her own law firm with one administrative assistant. Recognizing her need for legal immigration status, she began helping foreign-born residents to maintain their legal status and work towards naturalization.
Wong was Zeituni Onyango’s attorney in her battle to remain in the United States and win asylum and a Green Card. Onyango, half-sister of President Barack Obama’s late father, had her immigration case leaked to the press just prior to her nephew’s 2008 presidential election. The immigration judge wrote in his decision that Onyango faced “great risk…” in her home country from those “…who oppose President Obama’s politics and/or his ethnicity, which the Respondent shares…” and so should be granted asylum.
Wong and her law partner, Scott Eric Bratton, represented Onyango Obama who faced deportation, and helped him obtain asylum rights and a Green Card. Half uncle of President Barack Obama, Mr. Obama’s status became an issue after a 2011 arrest.
Wong was determined to study medicine. She weighed her options and, seeing that she would be in law school only for three years and medicine for many more, decided to pursue law. Wong earned her J.D. She earned her J.D. in 1976 at University at Buffalo Law School on full scholarship. She wanted to stay in the U.S. to be a lawyer and passed the bar in New York State, then later in Ohio.
Margaret W. Wong Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Lawyer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Margaret W. Wong is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Margaret W. Wong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Margaret Wong was born July 27, 1950 in Hong Kong. She is an American naturalized immigration lawyer. In 1978, she founded an immigration and nationality practice.
Hwang Mien Lin is Hong Kong’s newspaper publisher. She is also the oldest child of Kuan Kuo Hua and Hwang Mien Lin. If she continued her education in Hong Kong, she was likely to train as an artist or teacher. In 1969, she was granted a student visa to enter the United States. She enrolled at Ottumwa Heights College in Ottumwa on scholarship. On full scholarship, she earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and chemical at Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, in 1973.
When she first started working in Cleveland, Wong noticed a plaza in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and thought it would be a great place to start a restaurant. She opened the Pearl of the Orient in January 1978. Wong asked her sister Rose to run Pearl of the Orient, and the restaurant became so successful, Wong opened a second location in 1984 in Rocky River, Ohio. Wong’s brother George runs “Pearl West.”
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Margaret Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Margaret W. Wong celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.