Associate
JoAnna M. Dogo
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Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
333 W Wacker Dr 15th Floor
Chicago IL 60606
United States
JoAnna is an Associate at Fragomen’s Chicago office, where she helps businesses and individuals navigate the U.S. immigration process. As a former international student who transitioned to permanent resident status, JoAnna has a unique understanding of the PERM process and leverages this understanding to partner with clients in obtaining PERM Labor Certifications for their employees. She also advises clients on the requirements and processes for obtaining nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B, E-3, TN and L petitions.
Additionally, JoAnna has experience assisting clients with family-based immigration, humanitarian relief and deportation defense matters. In this capacity, she has represented clients before various U.S. government agencies and prepared them for interviews and hearings.
JoAnna has provided pro bono immigration services through the Cuban Bar Association and the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, including providing legal assistance to immigrants facing deportation at detention facilities in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. She continues to provide immigration support to the French-speaking African community through the Francophone African Alliance and other African groups.
JoAnna speaks English, French and Spanish.
Education
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D. and International and Comparative Law Certificate, 2017
- University of South Florida, B.A., 2012
More from JoAnna
Admissions
Bar Admissions: Florida
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Experience
Designed strategies to help foreign students obtain permanent residence.
Helped small businesses navigate the immigration process and retain their talented foreign employees.
Secured approval of I-751 waivers for foreign nationals who had been abused by their U.S. spouses.
Assisted French speakers who had been victims of the unauthorized practice of immigration law.
Successfully represented clients in immigration bond hearings.
Publications and lectures
Interviewee, “Immigration: Options to Obtain Legal Status in the U.S.” Francophone African Alliance, Rockville, Maryland, September 2021.
Panelist, “Discussing DACA: What’s Next?” Levin College of Law Immigration Law Association, Gainesville, Florida, October 2017.
