Wendy Cheng

Wendy Cheng is a Senior Staff Attorney in the Immigration Law Unit. Wendy represents survivors of domestic violence and other immigrants in immigration and family law matters. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Prior to joining Legal Aid DC in 2022, Wendy spent over seven years defending low-income respondents in child welfare and custody proceedings at Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) and representing survivors of domestic violence in family law and immigration matters at New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG). Wendy represented clients applying for U visas, T visas, VAWA Self-Petitions, asylum, SIJS, DACA, and naturalization.

Wendy graduated with a B.A. in international relations from the University of Rochester. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2014, where she participated in the LGBT Rights Clinic.