Farah S. Abbas
Farah S. Abbas
Farah S. Abbas is Principal Attorney at Abbas Law PLLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in investment-based immigration. Abbas is licensed in Virgina and Illinois, and she is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has been selected by Illinois Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (2026), and she is also a verified member of EB5Investors.com. Abbas earned her B.S. from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and her J.D. from The George Washington University School of Law.
James G. Aldrich
James G. Aldrich
James G. Aldrich is a Member at Dykema Gossett PLLC, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he leads the firm’s Immigration Team in the Labor and Employment Department. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Immigration Law (2021 – present) and by The Legal 500 (United States) for Labor and Employment — Immigration (2017 – 2019). Aldrich is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He earned his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
Julie T. Emerick
Julie T. Emerick
Julie T. Emerick is Senior Counsel at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Schaumburg, where she focuses her practice on immigration. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Emerick earned her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and her B.A. from John Carroll University.
Susan Fortino-Brown
Susan Fortino-Brown
Susan Fortino-Brown is a Principal at the Law Offices of Susan Fortino-Brown, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in immigration and nationality law. She has received the Women with Vision award from the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Fortino-Brown has held national and local leadership roles for the American Lawyers Association, and she is both a speaker and author for American Immigration Lawyers Association events and publications.
Lindsay Fullerton
Lindsay Fullerton
Lindsay Fullerton is a senior attorney at Scott D. Pollock and Associates, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in immigration. Fullerton has served as an Asylum Officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and was awarded a U.S. Department of Justice Honors Attorney clerkship at the Chicago Immigration Court. She has chaired many American Immigration Lawyers Association committees, including the Chicago Social Committee, the Chicago Cannabis Task Force, and the Chicago Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. Fullerton received her J.D., summa cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law, where she was Order of the Coif, a senior staff member for the American University Law Review, and a student attorney at the Immigrant Justice Clinic. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from the College of William and Mary, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.
Cathy Higgins-Mora
Cathy Higgins-Mora
Cathy Higgins-Mora is a sole practitioner at the Law Office of Cathy Higgins-Mora, in Wheeling, where she focuses her practice on family-based immigration. She received an award of distinction from High School District 214 for being one of the first lawyers to sponsor a legal assistant apprenticeship program, and she also hosts interns from Lake Forest and Harper College. Higgins-Mora is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has held multiple committee assignments and speaking engagements. She received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough is an attorney at the Law Office of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she focuses her practice on employment-based immigration. She is a member of the American Immigration Law Association and serves on the CBP Liaison Committee (2018 – present). She is also a member of both the Trusted Advisors Council Social Committee and the Kane Country Bar Association. She earned her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, her M.A. in Italian Studies from Brown University, and her B.A., cum laude, from Boston University.
Elise S. Levasseur
Elise S. Levasseur
Elise S. Levasseur is a Member at Dickinson Wright PLLC, in Troy, Michigan, where she focuses her practice on immigration law. She has served as counsel to major corporations seeking entry of managerial and executive-level foreign personnel. Levasseur has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Immigration Law since 2009 and was awarded Lawyer of the Year in 2023. Levasseur received her B.A. from Wayne State University and her J.D. from Detroit College of Law.
Anne Miller
Anne Miller
Anne Miller is an associate at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Schaumburg, where she concentrates her practice in immigration. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and she serves on the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Department of Labor Liaison Committee. Miller received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from DePaul University.
Stephen J. Navarre
Stephen J. Navarre
Stephen J. Navarre is a Principal at The Navarre Law Firm LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on immigration. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a recipient of the AILA Chicago Chapter Joseph Minsky Beacon of Light Award. Navarre is also a Leading Lawyer (2026). He earned his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was Order of the Coif, his M.A. in Medieval Studies from Indiana University, and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Scott D. Pollock
Scott D. Pollock
Scott D. Pollockis aFounding Partner at Scott D. Pollock and Associates, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on immigration. He has held many positions at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, including Chair of the Chicago Chapter and National Chair of the Consumer Fraud Task Force, and he has also served on the Federal Litigation Steering Committee and Nebraska Service Center Liaison Committee. Pollock chaired the Illinois State Bar Association’s Immigration and International Law Section Council, as well as the Chicago Bar Association’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School and his B.A. from Antioch College.
Fazila Vaid
Fazila Vaid
Fazila Vaid is a Principal as well as Cochair of the firm’s immigration practice at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., in Schaumburg, where she concentrates her practice in immigration. Vaid serves as Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Social Security Administration Committee, and she has also been designated as a Leading Lawyer. Vaid earned her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Ian D. Wagreich
Ian D. Wagreich
Ian D. Wagreich is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on immigration law. Wagreich is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and received the AILA Sam Williamson Award for Mentoring (2022), the AILA Chicago Chapter Joseph Minsky Beacon of Light Award (2014), and multiple AILA President’s Commendations (2011, 2014, 2015). Wagreich earned his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also received a diploma in International Practice from the Center for International Legal Studies.

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Farah S. Abbas

James G. Aldrich

Julie T. Emerick

Susan Fortino-Brown

Lindsay Fullerton

Cathy Higgins-Mora

Jacqueline Lentini McCullough

Elise S. Levasseur

Anne Miller

Stephen J. Navarre

Scott D. Pollock

Fazila Vaid

Ian D. Wagreich

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