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As of January 1, 2026, my entire immigration team and I have transitioned from the Dunn Law Firm to Husch Blackwell. We will continue to serve immigration clients in the area of highly skilled immigration. I have over 35 years of legal experience, including spending 16 years as a law professor. I am exclusively focused on handling immigration matters for clients, primarily filing EB-1A Extraordinary Ability, EB-1B Outstanding Professor Researcher, and EB-2 NIW petitions on behalf of my clients who come from top research institutions and companies from around the world.
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1001 N. Main Street, Suite B, Bloomington, IL, 61701
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Posted by Emmanuel | September 11, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
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Spending several weeks searching for an a suitable attorney to hire for my case, I was eventually fortunate to find one after reading clients 's reviews about Dunn Law Firm. Without wasting time, I sent a mail to Jim Arkell that very night. The following morning, I tried to follow up and Jim reache...
Posted by anonymous | September 01, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Excellent work done
I am very pleased with the services rendered by your office. This is very remarkable and I will recommend you to anyone who needs an attorney in this process. Thank you very much.
Posted by Ross | August 18, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
I-140 NIW EB-2 Green Card
Jim, Kayla, Rachel and Brittany were exemplary in their advice, guidance, and diligence assisting me in preparing my Green Card application. Their service was faultless. I would recommend anyone pursuing immigration to the US to engage their services.
Posted by Syed Qamar Abbas Shah | August 09, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
NIW EB-2 I-140
I would like to give five stars to attorney Arkell team. Kayla was preparing my case for I-140 NIW petition. I was provided by the templates (only) of the reference letters which I forwarded to my referees, Kayla cross checked them before they sign the RLs. My referees were the top experts of the fie...
Posted by Ali | August 05, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
NIW approval within 6 weeks
Jim and his team are excellent! My NIW application got approved within 6 weeks of submission. I am a first year postdoc in STEM with 30-40 citations. Jim and his team were very helpful during the petition submission process. I recommend them 10/10.
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2014 - 2019
Assistant Professor, University of Alaska - Fairbanks
2003 - 2014
Professor, Shenzhen University School of Law
2002 - 2021
Of Counsel, Dunn Law Firm
Won the Appeal
Won the Appeal
Jury Verdict in favor of Client. Upheld on Appeal.
Jury Verdict in favor of Client.
1989
JD - Juris Doctor
2021
Immigration
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Immigration
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How easy it is to get US Citizenship and become a Naturalized Citizen again for the 2nd time after renouncing it?
05 May 2025
Will using I-485 EAD terminate F1 status if I still maintain it?
05 May 2025
N 400 application evidence?
13 Feb 2023