Jacqueline Lentini

Jacqueline Lentini is an immigration lawyer at the Law Office of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC, who focuses on immigration law and compliance for corporations, institutions, and individuals. Her practice covers employment-based immigration, family sponsorship, naturalization, consular processing, and adjustment of status matters. She handles PERM labor certifications, H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN, B-1, and J-1 matters. Her work includes I-140 petitions across EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories, along with I-129F petitions. She advises employers and foreign nationals on immigration strategies and compliance requirements.

Ms. Lentini earned her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She received an M.A. in Italian Studies from Brown University. She earned her B.A. in International Relations, cum laude, from Boston University. She can speak fluently in Italian.

Ms. Lentini brings more than 26 years of combined experience with immigration issues as an attorney and foreign student advisor. Before law school, she worked at the University of Houston and Purdue University as an F-1 and J-1 student counselor. She later served as an Immigration Specialist for World Relief and obtained Board of Immigration Appeals accreditation. Her work there included VAWA petitions, adjustment of status applications, citizenship applications, and naturalization workshops. Her experience later included immigration work with prominent Chicago-area law firms. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and serves on its Colorado CBP and DOL Liaison committees.

Jacqueline Lentini uses her extensive immigration background to guide clients through business, academic, family, and citizenship matters. She works with universities, faculty, staff, students, and employers navigating temporary and permanent immigration options. Her background supports work involving I-9 compliance, DOL audits, E-Verify, international students, and employment-based visa planning. She has written on immigration law and presented on immigration issues affecting universities, technology companies, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Law Office of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, Justinian Society of Lawyers
• Member, Kane County Bar Association
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Committee Member, Illinois State Bar Association’s Immigration and International Law Committee (2002-2003)

Licensed State

• Colorado
• Illinois

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Brown University
  M.A. in Italian Studies
• Boston University
  B.A. in International Relations

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