About Kristen Chang

Kristen Aekyung Chang is a founding partner of Long & Chang LLP. She practices exclusively in immigration law and business law and is a member of the North Carolina State Bar. She is fluent in the Korean language and is a naturalized United States citizen.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Ms. Chang attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. While achieving academic success at the undergraduate level, Ms. Chang devoted much of her time to a variety of community service projects. She served as the Chairperson of the Planning Committee for the University’s Bicentennial Class celebration and served as a Research Assistant in the University’s Psychology Department where she performed valuable research in the area of cognitive memory. Ms. Chang also volunteered in the school’s International Department as an English language assistant for international students and faculty members and at a local psychiatric hospital. In addition to her numerous public service efforts during her undergraduate career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ms. Chang studied abroad at the prestigious London School of Economics where she achieved the top academic ranking in International Business Strategy and Human Resource Management.

Ms. Chang received her J.D. (law) degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law. During law school, Ms. Chang was selected as a member of the Law School’s Moot Court Board based on her performance in the school’s trial court competition. She was one of three members on the school’s nationally-recognized and award-winning National Moot Court Evidence Team. During law school, Ms. Chang studied Labor and Employment Law at the law school’s summer program in Italy.

Following law school, Ms. Chang opened her own immigration law practice in Greensboro, North Carolina, and subsequently joined her husband, Attorney David J. Long, in founding Long & Chang LLP. As a naturalized citizen of the United States, Ms. Chang understands the immigration process not just as an immigration lawyer but as an immigrant herself who has gone through the immigration process. Based on her personal experiences, Ms. Chang has a remarkable way of relating with her clients and perceiving their anxieties and concerns.