
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 clients in all areas of employment-based immigration, including temporary nonimmigrant visas as well as permanent residence cases. She advises companies of all sizes - including those in the technology, manufacturing, financial services, and higher education industries - on short- and long-term solutions for their foreign national employees in the United States. She also assists global corporations in developing and enhancing their company-wide immigration programs.
Chelsea has been highly successful in winning approvals for individuals under the “outstanding researcher” and “extraordinary ability” categories. She also has extensive experience handling the preparation of PERM labor certification cases and petitions for multinational managers and executives.
Chelsea exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York.
Honors
- Listed, Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch (Immigration Law) 2024
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Immigration: Business) 2017 - 2023
- Former publications editor, Buffalo Law Review
- Former editor, Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy
In the News
- Law360, July 27, 2023
Press Releases
- August 23, 2023
- August 17, 2023
- July 25, 2023
- Hodgson Russ LLP Honored with 2023 New York State Bar Association President’s Pro Bono Service AwardApril 17, 2023
- December 21, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 23, 2022
- 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, September 28, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert, July 27, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Immigration Alert , July 13, 2023
- 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
- Member of the Prep Collective for Buffalo Prep
- Board Director and Secretary for A Purr-Fect Fit Animal Rescue and Adoption Center, Inc.