Ellen Freeman

Ellen Freeman is the Managing Partner of Ellen Freeman Immigration Law Group, bringing more than 25 years of focused experience to clients facing complex immigration challenges. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ms. Freeman concentrates on all facets of business, employment-based, and family-based immigration law. Her practice spans consular processing, adjustment of status, PERM labor certifications, and full corporate compliance including I-9 and LCA audits. She holds particular renown for her skill with J-1 waivers for foreign medical graduates, National Interest Waivers (NIW), EB-5 investor visas, and extraordinary ability petitions for researchers and professors.

Over the course of her distinguished legal career, Ms. Freeman has held significant leadership roles at prominent national law firms, including serving as Partner in Charge of the Pittsburgh office at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Partner at K&L Gates, and Counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. She earned her Juris Doctor and a Master of Public and International Affairs (MPIA) from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999, after receiving a Master of Arts from Odessa National University. A recognized thought leader in the immigration bar, Ms. Freeman serves on the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is widely published on immigration policy.

Ms. Freeman represents a diverse clientele that includes research universities, healthcare systems, biotech and pharmaceutical entities, financial institutions, and multinational corporations, as well as individuals and international families. Fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, she provides strategic, empathetic, and culturally aware counsel through every phase of international relocation, corporate reorganization, and the path from temporary status to permanent residence and U.S. citizenship.