Eric has over a decade of experience assisting companies and individuals with their immigration matters.

Prior to founding KLDP, LLP, Eric led the non-EB-5 practice group of a boutique immigration law firm and before that, gained considerable experience with complex employment immigration matters at a large business immigration firm where he represented multinational clients in the entertainment, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and technology industries. He continues to represent clients in a variety of industries with a focus on assisting overseas companies expand to the United States and US-based startups onboard foreign talent.

Eric also represents a growing roster of talented athletes, artists, musicians, and film/television professionals in obtaining O-1A, O-1B, EB-1A, and National Interest Waivers to continue working in the United States.

Eric draws from his experience as the child of immigrants to devote considerable time to various non-profit organizations serving on the boards of the Public Law Center, Orange County Justice Fund, and ChispaOC. He has also served as President of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association, Regional President of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and Chair of the Immigration Section for the Orange County Bar Association.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Employment-Based Immigration Preference Categories

    2024 AILA Annual Conference June 14, 2024

  • Joint Representation and Conflicts of Interest: What to Do When Your Clients Break Up

    2023 AILA Annual Conference June 21, 2023

  • Visa Options for Hiring Foreign Workers: A Primer for General Counsel

    HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference

    March 26, 2022

  • The Post-Covid/Pre-Election State of Immigration

    HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference & Annual Conference

    March 26, 2022

  • H-1B RFE Trends and Strategies for Winning at CSC, NSC, TSC, and VSC

    AILA

    August 4, 2020

  • Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law

    Alumni Panel

    November 15, 2017

  • Diversity i n the Legal Profession

    University of California, Irvine School of Law

    April 13, 2017

  • Immigration Town Hall hosted by Congressman Lou Correa

    Santa Ana College

    January 27, 2017

  • Immigration Awareness Week Immigration Forum

    University of California, Irvine

    April 27, 2015

  • Business Immigration Law: Representing Corporate Clients and High-Skilled Workers

    Lecture, Western State College of Law, Fullerton, CA

    February 5, 2015

  • L-1 Visas: Current State of Adjudications and Best Practices

    Panel presentation, Orange County Bar Association Immigration Law Section

    October 7, 2014

  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

    League of United Latin American Citizens

    September 15, 2012

  • DACA Issues for Employers and Career Center Staff

    Lecture, University of California, Riverside

    September 11, 2012

  • DACA Issues for Employers and Career Center Staff

    Lecture, University of California, Riverside

    September 11, 2012

  • Author

    Rising Above the Rhetoric: Employer Tips for Navigating the Changing Immigration Landscape

    Hispanic National Bar Association Corporate Counsel Conference Publication
    2018

Memberships & Professional Organizations

  • Immigration Section Chair, Hispanic National Bar Association

    2019-present

  • Congressional Advocacy Liaison, American Immigration Lawyers Association

    2014-present

  • Deputy Regional President, Hispanic National Bar Association

    2020-present

  • Regional President, Hispanic National Bar Association

    2018-2020

  • President, Orange County Hispanic Bar Association

    2017

  • Board of Directors, Orange County Hispanic Bar Association

    2014-2018

  • Immigration Section Chair, Orange County Bar Association

    2014-2015

  • Fellow, New Leaders Council

    2011-2012

Community Service

  • Board Member, Public Law Center

    2020 – present

  • Founding Board Member, Orange County Justice Fund

  • Board of Directors, ChispaOC

    2017 – 2020

  • Board of Directors, Community Lawyers Inc.

    2015 – 2017

  • On-site Attorney, Artesia Family Detention Facility (Artesia, New Mexico), as part of the AILA Artesia Pro Bono Project

  • Volunteer Attorney, CARECEN – Los Angeles, CSU Project

  • Volunteer Attorney, Public Law Center

Awards

  • Southern California Super Lawyers, Rising Star

    2015-present

  • Honoree, 160 Faces of Chapman University

    2022

Education

  • J.D., Chapman University School of Law

  • B.A., Chapman University

Admitted to Practice

  • State Bar of California

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • United States District Court Central District of California

Television & Media

Representative Experience