J Craig Fong discusses his career as a civil rights and immigration attorney, his work with Lambda Legal Defense and his current position as a Palm Springs Airport Commissioner.
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J Craig Fong is a recovering attorney. It is not clear whether an attorney ever truly recovers.
A graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, J has been a corporate attorney and a civil rights advocate. J served as the Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and also as the Board Chair of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team in Los Angeles.
In recent decades, J was an immigration attorney with offices in Hollywood, Pasadena, and Palm Springs, focusing primarily on family unification cases and visas.
Currently, he serves as a Commissioner on the Palm Springs International Airport Commission.
He lives in the Cathedral City Cove, with his two cats Benji and Merlin, and with his husband Andrew.
Email J at: jcf@fongaquino.com
Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023
Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.
To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com
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