

YEN-YI
ANDERSON, ESQ.
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
New York City, New York
Practice Areas:
Overview
Ms. Anderson is the founder and managing principal of Anderson and Associates Law, P.C., with admittance to practice law in New York State, Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York, US Tax Court, several federal district courts and circuit courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States. She has extensive experience representing clients varying from corporations to individuals, many from a diverse range of industries such as the media, e-commerce and technology sectors. Ms. Anderson founded the firm with the mission to deliver zealous and individualized legal services to all.
Ms. Anderson’s practice includes all areas of commercial litigation, immigration, corporate, and real estate. During her years of practice, Ms. Anderson has successfully secured temporary and permanent visas for foreign graduates, scholars, scientists, multinational executives, investors, entertainers, religious workers and many other individual clients based on employment petitions, self sponsored-petitions and family petitions. Her dedication is exemplified by the fact that Anderson and Associates has been named one of the top 10 Emerging Immigration Firms, also ranked three years in a row by Chambers.
In addition, Ms. Anderson frequently handles commercial and business matters for closely-held companies of all sizes, including development and construction contracts, business formations, financing, sales and purchases, and commercial leases. She has provided zealous counsel to corporations, employers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals in a wide variety of commercial civil matters.
Throughout her many years of practicing law in New York City, Ms. Anderson has provided diligent representation with the utmost professionalism and earned various awards and distinctions for her work.
Panels
AABANY:
How to Start Your Solo or Small Firm (2026)
Fall 2025 Conference: Everyday Law for Community Empowerment Part 1: Immigration, Employment, and Small Claims (2025)
How to Start Your Own Law Firm Pt. II (2024)
Basic Immigration Law 101 (2023)
How to Thrive as a First Gen Immigration Lawyer (2023)
How to Start Your Own Law Firm Pt. I (2023)
Baruch College:
How to Start and Grow Your Business in New York (2024)
News, Insights & Select Publications
创业家需要了解的5个基本法律概念
Anderson, Yen-Yi, 2021.
Five Basic Legal Concepts that Entrepreneurs Need to Know
Anderson, Yen-Yi, 2021.
Office
New York
Education
LL.M., New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Bar Admissions
New York
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
United States Tax Court
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Languages
Mandarin
English
Recognition
Super Lawyers - “Top rated immigration attorney in New York, New York.”
The New York Law Journal - Rising Star 2023
Lawyers Alliance of New York - Cornerstone Award 2023.
New York City Bar Association Annual International Law Conference on the Status of Women Epiq Women Organization Award 2024
National Asian Pacific Attorney Bar Association - APA Owned Law Firm of the Year in 2024.
Associations
Co-chair of Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee at Asian American Bar Association of New York
Co-chair of Social and Member Engagement committee at American Immigration Lawyer Association
Board Member of Cardinal McCloskey Community Services