Lisa McBee
Immigration, Wills, Trusts, & Probate (Transactional/Litigation)
Southlake, Texas
Personal Introduction
Texas Immigration & Estate Planning Attorney Lisa McBee works compassionately to advance social justice, fairness, and integrity and has practiced immigration law for over 18 years. “Reliability, efficiency, responsiveness, and consistency” predominate in Lisa’s representation of clients. Lisa‘s practice of law has recently expanded into new legal areas, including estate planning and business entity formation — although her passion remains focused on serving clients in the field of immigration law, including both employment-based and family-based. A native of Texas, Lisa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Kansas in 1991, following her family’s relocation to Kansas. Lisa subsequently moved to Missouri, where she received a Juris Doctor Degree from the School of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2006. She practiced law in Kansas/Missouri offices for over 11 years, where she was admitted as a member of the Missouri Bar and served as a member of Missouri State Bar’s Immigration Law Panel. Before her role as an immigration attorney, Lisa served as a paralegal in immigration for over 11 years for Howard Eisberg, who Lisa continues to consider her mentor and guru. In 2017, following several decades away from her native state, Lisa relocated back to her home of Texas following the unexpected death of her spouse. Lisa was born in Tarrant County, Texas, and grew up in the valley near Harlingen and the coastal canals and beaches of Corpus Christi, Texas. Lisa primarily practices in Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, etc.) and family and employment-based immigration law. In estate planning matters, Lisa values the opportunity to work with clients to craft estate plans for the future, ensuring their wishes are carried out in case of death, disability, or incapacitation. Although she appreciates estate planning may not be such a pleasant undertaking for many clients, Lisa believes such plans for protecting assets and children are crucially important for “protecting what matters most.” In fashioning such plans, clients can gain ‘peace of mind’ by ensuring assets are distributed to chosen beneficiaries and by safeguarding children by appointing a trusted person(s) to make crucial decisions on their behalf. In immigration matters, Lisa embraces a particular passion for working with regional, national, and international clients, including Fortune 500 companies, multi-national corporations, small businesses, and colleges & universities, serving and shepherding them through the complexities of immigration processes and requirements. Lisa values the opportunity to work with diverse clients worldwide, encountering individuals from diverse cultures, religions, experiences, and backgrounds. Working with human resources personnel to develop innovative immigration solutions for meeting emerging hiring needs and maintaining ongoing relationships, Lisa enjoys working with U.S. businesses/colleges/ universities and foreign nationals to determine options and eligibility for U.S. immigration status. Lisa manages all legal matters from case intake to the final disposition/decision, including performing relevant research, strategizing based on specific classification eligibility or admissibility issues, and analyzing and interpreting complex immigration laws, rulings, memos, and regulations. A primary component of her responsibilities includes creating evidentiary documents (immigration petitions/applications, support letters, affidavits, and memoranda of legal analysis, etc.), as well as analyzing and advising clients on probable outcomes of cases using her familiarity of comprehensive immigration regulations, policies, memos, precedents, and rigorous procedures. Lisa also advises corporate clients on compliance with the U.S. Department of Labor and USCIS regulations. She assists HR personnel/business executives with developing comprehensive hiring practices concerning immigration. Lisa works hard to maintain communication with clients throughout the stringent immigration process, providing advice and addressing all questions/concerns. She also accompanies and represents clients at the local USCIS office for permanent resident and naturalization interviews.
Practice Composition
Transactional/Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
Founded in 2015, the Law Office of Dana L. White, PLLC, knows that every family situation is unique and presents its own distinctive legal and practical challenges. We approach your case ready to think outside the box and craft creative solutions that meet your specific needs. We are particularly experienced in high net worth, difficult asset issues, and high-conflict and complicated child custody cases. We practice in the areas of Family Law, Estate Planning/Wills, Probate, Contracts, Business Law, General Civil Litigation & Immigration. We work as a collaborative team to develop the best legal strategies for solving your problems, providing a wealth of legal skills and knowledge on your side to resolve your legal issues. Our attorneys share over 60 years of combined experience in family law, estate planning, immigration, and business formation. We have also assembled a superb staff of paralegals who diligently shepherd our clients through demanding and often strenuous legal matters. We treat every client as if we were standing in their shoes, personally supervising every step.
Response Time
1 day
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Lisa loves living and working in the community of Southlake. Through Rotary International, Lisa volunteers her time, treasure, and resources participating in various charitable local and international service projects as detailed below. Formerly serving as President of the Southlake Rotary Club, Rotary International, she now serves as a Board Member. She values being a part of Rotary, an organization whose motto is “service above self,” and whose pursuit of international harmony, kindness, peace, and goodwill enhances unity and diversity within an often-divisive world. Lisa was honored to be awarded the “Rotarian of the Year” in 2019-20 and as “Rotarian of the 3rd Quarter “in 2019. She is also honored to serve a Club that has been recognized as the “Rotary Club of the Year” for small clubs in Rotary District 5790. Lisa has two grown children, her daughter Taylor (social worker/therapist) and her son Dylan (avionics technician lead, former U.S. Marine). Lisa also had a son, Ryan, deceased at age 32 in 2020, who she misses daily. She also has two beautiful grandchildren, grandson Julian (18) and granddaughter Kami (14). Lisa adopted Ryan’s two fur-babies, Niko and Lindsay, who are brother and sister and bring her much joy.
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