Rebecca M. Bodony, Esq.

Rebecca “Becky” Bodony is the Managing Attorney of the firm’s Chicago Office, Chair of the firm’s Australia & New Zealand Practice and Senior Immigration Counsel.

Becky earned her undergraduate degree from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree and a Masters in International and Comparative Law from Duke Law School. She has lived in Spain, Argentina and China.

Becky focuses on business and investor visas, especially E-3, H-1B, E-2, L-1, EB-1, O-1, and EB-5. She is admitted to practice in New York and can practice immigration law in any state of the U.S.  

BIO

Prior to joining Davies & Associates, Becky was an Associate in the Litigation Department at the New York office of the international law firm White & Case LLP. She focused on complex commercial litigation and also specialized in various immigration issues for the firm’s clients (including E-Verify and visas and permanent residency for people with “extraordinary abilities”). She received an award for her pro bono work defending children facing deportation.

At Davies & Associates, she specializes in work visas and permanent residency for business and investor clients. She focuses on temporary visas and permanent residency for specialized workers (H-1B, E-3, TN, EB-2, EB-3), individuals with extraordinary abilities in the arts/business/athletics (O-1, EB-1), and intra-company transfers of managers, executives and specialized workers (L-1, EB-1). She also represents foreign investors seeking temporary visas to run businesses in the U.S. (E-2) and those seeking investment-based green cards (EB-5).