Sara Judith Bartos

Sara Judith Bartos

5.0
Rating: 7.9

Licensed for 24 years

Immigration Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Immigration

300 W. Adams Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL

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Immigration 100%

Specializing in all areas of immigration law including family-based immigration, removal defense, and appellate advocacy.

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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 24 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 2001

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

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Location

Immigration Attorneys, LLP

300 W. Adams Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL, 60606

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Sara Judith Bartos's Reviews

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85 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 31 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by anonymous | February 17, 2026 | Hired Attorney | Asylum

Best immigration attorney

She pays meticulous attention to detail and the updating. Sara Bartos has been an extremely successful experience, provide guidance and support to her clints, answering all their questions, her expertise has provided us with comprehensive guidance through the asylum process.

Posted by Gustavo | November 18, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Knowledge, experience, dedication, commitment and professionalism.

Working with Sara Bartos has been an outstanding experience from start to finish. Her professionalism, expertise, and unwavering dedication made a significant difference throughout my immigration process. Sara consistently provided clear guidance, timely communication, and meticulous attention to eve...ry detail of my case. What I appreciated most was her genuine care and commitment. She ensured I understood each step, answered every question with patience, and approached my case with the highest level of integrity. Her support brought clarity and peace of mind during a complex and important time in my life. Thanks to Sara’s exceptional work, the entire process was smooth, well-organized, and successful. I am truly grateful for her efforts and highly recommend her to anyone seeking knowledgeable and reliable immigration representation. She is a remarkable professional and a tremendous asset to her firm.

Posted by anonymous | June 24, 2024 | Hired Attorney

Family petition

Sara Bartos is an excellent lawyer and we are very pleased to the way she handled our legal issues. She answered all our concerns and she was very helpul and patient with us. We highly recommend her and we are very grateful for her.

Posted by anonymous | June 14, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Mandamus for a Pending Asylum Case

Hiring Mrs. Bartos as our attorney to handle our case was the best decision we ever made. I have never seen such commitment and dedication in handling a case. In summary, Mrs. Bartos exhibit the following while handling our case: 1. Professionalism: you can feel her professionalism in every aspect a...nd step of the process. 2. Efficiency: response time was superb and questions were answered with needed details. After seeing how our case was handled in a timely manner (only within a few months) with a huge success, I would not hesitate to hire Mrs. Bartos for any of my immigration matters in the future. 3. Knowledge: she has an excellent fund of knowledge in immigration matters such as our case. The advice that she gave us was thoroughly planed. 4. Detail oriented: the case was revisited and supportive documents were handled in an excellent way to guarantee best outcomes. 5. Support/Passion: it was one of the most vital characters that she actually care about us and our case. Her compassion kept us strong during the entire process. I would always recommend Mrs. Bartos for immigration cases such as ours for the abovementioned reasons.

Posted by Ali | May 13, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

Family Reunion Immigration case

Sara Bartos is an attorney who worked on my father's case, then reunited us with my father as a whole family, and still helped and guided us to get our green cards. Sara is such a fantastic attorney who has worked with us closely for more than 6 years across many stages and circumstances. I couldn't... ask for a better attorney; honestly, I would recommend it for your immigration case.

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Sara Judith Bartos's Lawyer Endorsements

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Gregory Petit

Immigration lawyer | Apr 02

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Attorney Bartos is a tireless advocate for the rights of her clients. I thoroughly endorse this lawyer. I have been impressed with her knowledge, skill and expertise. A+"

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Sharon Hwang

Immigration lawyer | Jul 13

Relationship: Co-worker

"I worked with Sara for many years and found her to be brilliant, diligent, and hard working. She gives 110% to each and every client. She is also very approachable and happy to answer questions in an understandable, thoughtful manner. I highly recommend her!"

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Brian Sather

Immigration lawyer | May 08

Relationship: Co-worker

"Sara Bartos is a top-notch immigration attorney. She is totally devoted to her clients, who benefit every day from her impressive intellect and knowledge of immigration law and procedure. She leaves no stone unturned in her zealous pursuit and execution of strategies and tactics directed at solving her clients’ legal problems and, whenever necessary, protecting her clients from the government. As much as I like Sara, I admire her even more."

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Kathryn Reeves

Immigration lawyer | Apr 03

Relationship: Supervised lawyer

"Sara Bartos is an excellent attorney. In addition to her expertise in the area of immigration law that she brings to each and every case, she also brings a high level of compassion. She is responsive and available and she confronts case challenges head on. I endorse Sara Bartos for all work in the area of Immigration & Nationality Law."

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Heather Bjella

Immigration lawyer | Dec 02

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. Sara is incredibly smart, diligent, and a superb advocate for her clients."

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Kristine Michel

Immigration lawyer | Dec 01

Relationship: Co-worker

"Sara is a very passionate and knowledgeable immigration attorney. She works diligently to assist her clients achieve success with their cases."

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Vanya Hession

Immigration lawyer | Nov 14

Relationship: Co-worker

"Sara is one of the hardest workers I know - she cares deeply for her clients and strives to achieve the best results for each and every one of them!"

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Experience

Rating:  7.9 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2011 - Present

Attorney, Immigration Attorneys, LLP

2001 - 2011

Attorney, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

1998 - 2001

Law Clerk, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

1987 - 1998

Engineer, Tellabs, Ltd.

Education

2001

John Marshall Law School

JD

1992

University of Illinois, Chicago

MA - Masters

1986

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

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