Spotlight
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Founder and Managing Partner of Jia Law Group (JLG), advising a diverse client base across industries and jurisdictions
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Represents multinational biotech companies, major Chinese state-owned banks, insurance and investment firms, and real estate corporations
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Trusted counsel to businesses across hospitality, finance, technology, and real estate sectors in the United States
Experience
Jason Jia is Founder and Managing Partner of Jia Law Group, P.C. (JLG).
He leads the firm’s cross-border practice, advising clients on immigration, corporate, and high-net-worth structuring matters.
Mr. Jia represents a broad range of multinational and domestic clients, including biotechnology companies, financial institutions, family offices, e-commerce platforms, hospitality businesses, and companies in technology, real estate, and consumer sectors. He also advises high-net-worth individuals and families on asset protection, wealth structuring, and cross-border estate planning matters.
Under Mr. Jia’s leadership, Jia Law Group has expanded its New York presence in the Financial District and Queens, with international ties in Toronto, Beijing, Irvine, and Seoul. The firm is recognized for its disciplined client service model, measurable performance standards, pragmatic adoption of legal technology, and strong ethical foundation.
Mr. Jia is co-founder of Unfold Legal AI (2024), a legal technology initiative developed to integrate artificial intelligence into attorney workflows, improving efficiency in legal drafting, research, and case analysis. In 2025, Unfold Legal AI was selected for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Innovators’ Spotlight, a program recognizing emerging technologies in the immigration and legal services industry. This work reflects Mr. Jia’s forward-looking approach to legal infrastructure and workflow transformation.
Through JLG Ventures, he has participated in investments across hospitality and consumer-facing businesses, including Sandbox VR, Double Chicken Please (ranked No. 2 globally in 2023 and No. 1 in North America), and Raku, a Japanese udon brand operating in New York City and Toronto. This involvement provides direct operational insight into hospitality businesses, strengthening the firm’s ability to understand and advise clients in the restaurant and food-service sector.
Mr. Jia has been interviewed by international media outlets on legal and immigration matters, including CCTV-2, China Press, The Shanghai Daily, and World Journal.
He was recognized as a Rising Star in 2020 and is an alumnus of Brooklyn Law School. In 2020, he established the Jason Jia and Professor Barbara Gartner Scholarship at Brooklyn Law School to support students for whom English is not a first language, with a commitment to awarding three scholarships annually.
Since 2025, he has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Brooklyn Law School.
Credentials
Education:
B.S., UC San Diego
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
Bar Admissions:
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York, NY)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia, PA)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond, VA)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, CA)
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York, NY)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn, NY)
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (Denver, CO)
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA)
