Lorianne Cercenia

Lorianne Cercenia is an experienced U.S. business immigration attorney licensed in California. She has clients throughout the U.S. as well as outside of the U.S. She has been working in the legal industry for nearly 20 years with a focus on business immigration for the last 18 years. She has extensive knowledge and experience in all types of non-immigrant and immigrant visas. She has experience working in corporate law firms managing large caseloads as well as working in boutique law firms providing personalized services. She has assisted large corporations in their immigration matters, and for the last several years, has focused on advising and assisting start-ups, small companies, and individuals on U.S. business immigration matters. 

Lorianne began her legal career as a paralegal at a corporate law firm working in Product Liability Defense litigation. She was recruited by a national employment and labor law firm to work in their global immigration practice then later in the U.S. immigration practice. She eventually decided to obtain her J.D. and worked a full-time job while attending law school classes in the evenings. 

Lorianne was born on a military base in Okinawa, Japan. She calls Eagle River, Alaska home since she spent most of her childhood years growing up there and even moved back for a short period of time with her family in 2018. Her husband’s job more recently brought them to Colorado Springs in 2021, where she hopes to remain for the time being, enjoying the beautiful mountains and sunny weather.

When she's not busy working, she loves spending time with family and friends, taking spontaneous vacations, going on road trips, searching for good Asian food in the Springs, snuggling her Cockapoo, attending outdoor concerts, taking long walks/hikes outdoors, organizing social events and hosting parties, participating in book club, binge-watching TV, blasting EDM alone in the car, and hanging out at the local Korean jazz bar.

Areas Of Practice

Education

• Golden Gate University School of Law
• Juris Doctorate, 2014
• Arizona State University
• Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies, 2004