
Chelsea N. Latta
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
Niagara University, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude
Chelsea represents multinational corporations in the preparation of temporary work permit petitions in the L-1, H-1B, TN, and O-1 categories. She also prepares employment-based permanent residence cases for outstanding researchers, individuals of extraordinary ability, multinational managers and executives and for cases requiring PERM Labor Certification.
Prior to joining Hodgson Russ, Chelsea was a judicial intern for Hon. Jeremiah J. McCarthy, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and Hon. Julio M. Fuentes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Additionally, she was an intern at Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo and the office of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and served as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, (Immigration: Business) 2017 - 2021
- Former publications editor, Buffalo Law Review
- Former editor, Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, September 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, January 17, 2020
- Press Release, August 12, 2019
- Press Release, August 20, 2018
- Press Release, September 6, 2017
- Press Release, May 19, 2015
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, November 8, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, June 23, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, April 23, 2020
- Immigration Alert, February 1, 2017
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
Community & Pro Bono
Chelsea is both a Board Director and Secretary for A Purr-Fect Fit Animal Rescue and Adoption Center, Inc.