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Faculty

Loan T. Huynh (DL), Minneapolis, MN

Loan T. Huynh is a Shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron. Loan leads Fredrikson & Bryon’s Immigration Team’s I-9 and corporate immigration compliance practice and H-2 temporary worker practice. Loan has served as an expert witness on H-2 matters and has written extensively on immigration issues. She is on the board of the Advocates for Human Rights and has served on AILA’s DOL Liaison Committee since 2015.

Ashley Foret Dees, DOL Liaison Committee Vice Chair, Lake Charles, LA

Ashley Foret Dees is the owner and managing attorney at Ashley Foret Dees, LLC, where she practices immigration law in southwest Louisiana. She represents employers and individuals through the complex immigration process. Her practice includes many agricultural and seafood processing employers. She represents those businesses through the immigration processes including H-2A, H-2B, H-1B and PERM. She regularly speaks at the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) annual conferences and the AILA MidSouth Chapter conferences regarding H-2B and H-2A visas. Mrs. Dees serves as the Louisiana State Bar’s Annual Immigration Law Seminar chair and speaker and has served on the AILA National Pro Bono Committee. She currently serves as H-2 Chair on the AILA National Department of Labor Liaison Committee which she joined in 2016. She is also founder and Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Immigration Law Section.

Jeanne Malitz, San Diego, CA

Jeanne Malitz is the principal of Malitzlaw, Inc., a boutique law firm specializing in employment-based immigration matters. Malitzlaw, Inc. has a national presence representing employers on a wide variety of immigration-related matters with an emphasis on permanent labor certification and temporary labor certification for agricultural employers. Her practice also includes counseling on employment verification including E-Verify and I-9-related issues. Ms. Malitz participated on national committees including the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA) and the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE). She was a member and former co-chair of AILA’s national Department of Labor Committee. Ms. Malitz is also a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Ms. Malitz received her B.A. degree from the University of San Diego (Magna Cum Laude, 1985) and her J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law (1990). Ms. Malitz has been nominated as a San Diego “Top Lawyer” for the years 2013 to the present.

Leonard J. D'Arrigo, Albany, NY

Leonard J. D'Arrigo is Partner and Co-Leader of the Immigration Practice at Harris Beach, PLLC in Albany, NY where he specializes in employment-based immigration. L.J. is a recognized national leader in the processing of H-2B and H-2A visas for agricultural and seasonal employers. He maintains one of the largest attorney-managed H-2A/H-2B practices in the country. He is counsel to the largest commercial landscape company and the largest tree nursery in the U.S. He provides guidance to congressional leaders and organizations on H-2 legislation and compliance issues throughout the country.