Attorney Grace Okorie-Eric founded Okorie-Eric Law Group LLC in 2014. She has practiced law since 2010 and has more than 20 years of real estate experience as an investor and a licensed Illinois real estate broker, so she knows the deal from every side of the closing table: buyer, seller, investor, agent and attorney.
In private practice she represents homebuyers, sellers, investors, real estate agents and businesses in residential and commercial real estate matters, and individuals, families and employers in immigration matters, along with estate planning and personal injury.
Background
- Juris Doctor, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly The John Marshall Law School)
- Staff Attorney, Fair Housing Legal Clinic: housing discrimination and civil rights cases in federal, state and administrative courts
- U.S. Department of Labor: reviewed H-2A, H-2B, H-1B and Labor Condition Applications for compliance
- Major Chicago law firm: prepared and filed hundreds of H-1B petitions with the Department of Labor and USCIS
Admissions and memberships
- Admitted to practice in Illinois and Indiana
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Cook County Bar Association (CCBA)
- Black Women Lawyers’ Association (BWLA)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association (IRELA)
Languages
English, Yoruba and Igbo.