Wasserman, Mancini and Chang was founded in 1946 and has specialized in Immigration and Nationality Law for over 65 years. Jack Wasserman, was a judge on the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and a founding member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Mark Mancini has taught immigration law to junior and mid-level consular officers at the Department of State and in 1987 received the Foreign Affairs Institute's Adjunct Faculty Award. In 1998 he was named one of Washington's best immigration lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine. Sam Chang has long served the Washington, DC immigrant community by hosting a Free Legal Affairs Program on Channel 56 in Fairfax, Virginia a free immigration help program on Today's World, Cable Channel 45 ( Comcast "Chinese Channel," Channel 278) in Montgomery County, Maryland. The firm's clients have included General Electric, H.J. Heinz Company and Xerox Corporation.