Beata Leja is an Associate Attorney in the law firm
of Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan, P.C.
Beata's practice includes both employment-based and family-based immigration law. She is an
active member of the Chicago Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she serves
as a co-chair of the Social Security Administration (SSA)
Committee and is a member of the Continuing Legal Education
(CLE) Committee. From 2008 to 2010, she served on AILA's Illinois Department of Employment Security/Department of Labor (IDES/DOL) Committee.
She is also a member of the Federal Bar Association. She has been named a
2011 Rising Star in Immigration by Super Lawyers Magazine and awarded the Pro Bono Guardian award by AILA for her pro bono service to the immigrant community with the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS), Amicus Poloniae, and World Relief organizations. Beata has also conducted seminars about immigration law for students, employers, employees and attorneys. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Beata is a 2007 graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she was a member of the Niagara International Moot Court Team (3rd Best Oralist). Prior to law school, she was a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools as a corps member of the national service corps Teach for America. She has a Master of Education from National-Louis University and two Bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and International Relations from the University of Southern California. She is fluent in Polish and conversant in Spanish.
Professional Accomplishments:
Named 2011 Illinois rising Star (Immigration), Super Lawyer
Magazine.
See profile here.
Co-Chair, Social Security Administration (SSA)
Chicago AILA Liaison Committee, Chicago Chapter of AILA
2010-2011.
Committee, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Chicago AILA Committee,
Chicago Chapter of AILA 2010-2011.
Committee, Illinois Department of Employment Security & Department of Labor (DOL) Chicago AILA Liaison Committee, Chicago Chapter of AILA 2008-2010.
Presenter, "Overview of Family-Based Immigration Law"
and "Overview of the H-1B & Other Forms of Work
Authorization", October 16, 2010,
Indian-American Bar Association & CVLS
Immigration Seminar, Chicago, Illinois;
(http://www.iabachicago.org/events/2010/10/06/CLE_2010.html)
Panelist, “Maintaining H-1B Employees During a Recession”, March 21, 2009, North American Association of Indian IT Professionals (NAAIIP) Employer’s Conference, Des Plaines, Illinois.
Presenter, “Immigration 101”, September 20, 2008, Amicus Poloniae Legal Clinic, Chicago, Illinois.
Presenter, “Immigration 101”, May 31, 2008, Amicus Poloniae Law Day, Chicago, Illinois.
Recipient, “2008 Pro Bono Guardian”, from Chicago Chapter, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
As featured in Leading Lawyers : Women Lawyers of MMH. Read full article here.
