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Beata Leja

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Beata Leja

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Beata Leja is a Principal attorney at the law firm of Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan, P.C. Beata’s practice includes both employment-based and family-based immigration law, with a particular passion for tackling complex immigration cases and helping undocumented and documented immigrants seek relief through employment-based options. She was inspired to practice immigration law based on her own immigration story, which was featured in Super Lawyers Magazine.

In 2018, she was recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of the top 40 Under 40 attorneys in Chicago, the only immigration attorney to be listed that year. She has also been recognized as a Leading Lawyer, a Super Lawyer, and a Best Lawyer in the field of immigration law. She is an active member of the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, where she currently serves as the Co-Chair of the USCIS District Director Liaison Committee, and has previously served on other governmental liaison committees, including Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Social Security Administration (SSA), and Department of Labor (DOL). She also speaks regularly on various topics related to immigration law to university and law students, professional organizations, and employers.

She is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois and in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is fluent in Polish and conversant in Spanish.

Languages
  • Fluent in Polish
  • Conversant in Spanish
Education
  • J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2007
  • Master of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, National-Louis University, 2003
  • B.A., Spanish, University of Southern California, 2001
  • B.A., International Relations, University of Southern California, 2001
Admissions
  • Bar of the State of Illinois, 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
Professional Accomplishments
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