Leigh A. Alpert

Leigh has practiced immigration law since 2012. She has been selected to the Colorado Rising Stars List from 2018 - 2024, a peer designation awarded to no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in Colorado. In 2023 and 2024, Leigh was selected by 5280 Magazine as a top lawyer in the field of immigration law in the Denver-metro area. Leigh has experience in a wide range of cases, both family-based and employment-based, immigrant and nonimmigrant matters. Her specialty is in working with persons of extraordinary ability, investors, and religious workers. Leigh also has extensive expertise in H-2B petitions for seasonal companies in the landscaping and concrete industries. Leigh is a Michigan native and a December 2011 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. Leigh interned with the Omaha Immigration Court, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, the University of Michigan Law School's Human Trafficking Clinic, and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan where she majored in Political Science and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa. Leigh has served as a member of the AILA Colorado USCIS Liaison and Legislative Advocacy Committee since 2017. She was the recipient of the AILA Chapter Pro Bono Champion Award in 2016. A successful community organizer, she has managed and facilitated over 15 citizenship workshops on behalf of AILA Colorado. Leigh regularly volunteers at the Colorado Lawyers Committee's Legal Nights. She previously served as the Immigration Committee Chair of the Arapahoe County Bar Association. Leigh is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She is admitted to practice law in Colorado, New York, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Highly proficient in Spanish, she has lived in Guanajuato, Mexico, and taught English at a bilingual high school in Granada, Spain. Awards and Honors Honors Colorado Rising Stars List, 2018 - 2024 AILA Chapter Pro Bono Champion Award, 2016 - Present

• Partner

• Lisa E. Battan, P.C., Senior Associate Attorney, 2015 - 2020
• Allott Immigration Law Firm, Associate Attorney, 2012 - 2015
• University of Michigan Law School's Human Trafficking Clinic, Student Attorney, 2010 - 2011
• Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Legal Intern, June 1, 2011 - August 31, 2011
• Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, Legal Intern, September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
• Omaha Immigration Court, Legal Intern, May 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010
• Languages
• Spanish
• English (Primary)

• U.S. Immigration: The Naturalization Process and Trends in Colorado, Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2018 - Present
• Marriage Counseling - Complex Issues in Marriage-Based Cases, AILA Colorado Fall Conference, 2016 - Present
• O and Other Nonimmigrant Visas: O-1Bs, Ps, and Rs, AILA Colorado Chapter Meeting, 2015 - Present
• Introduction to Business Immigration Law: Alternatives to H-1B Visas, AILA Colorado Chapter Meeting, 2015 - Present
• Overview of the State of Immigration Law Today, Arapahoe County Bar Association, 2015 - Present

• Colorado Lawyers Committee's Legal Nights, 2014 - Present
• AILA Colorado Citizenship Workshop Organizer, 2014 - 2018

• Colorado
• New York
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado

• Arapahoe County Bar Association, 2014 - 2015 (Immigration Committee Chair)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2012 - Present (Member)
• AILA Colorado USCIS Liaison and Legislative Advocacy Committee, 2017 - Present
• AILA Colorado Citizenship Workshop Coordinator, 2014 - 2018 (Member)