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For over 30 years, Julie Aponte has helped thousands of immigrants and counseled Fortune 500 companies.
LISLE, IL, February 22, 2024 — Julie M. Aponte, Esq., has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Aponte’s dedication to her legal profession is deeply personal and stems from her own experiences as an immigrant from Venezuela. At the age of three, she moved to the United States, where her father worked as a research scholar at Yale University, and she became a naturalized citizen at the age of 17. Throughout her legal career, Ms. Aponte has found great reward in helping thousands of immigrants from various cultures and countries achieve temporary or permanent residence in the United States and takes pride in the emotional impact of her work.
For more than three decades, Ms. Aponte has exhibited her passion for and excellence in law, establishing herself as a respected figure in the field of immigration law. Since 2005, she has served as the managing director at J. Aponte & Associates, through which she oversees business operations, planning, marketing, client relations, legal services, and business development. Ms. Aponte is renowned for providing strategic legal counsel for complex immigration matters for Fortune 500 corporations and their employee, and her expertise was recently recognized with a feature article in Manage HR Magazine in 2023.
Prior to owning her own legal practice, Ms. Aponte gained experience working as a senior associate at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP from 1998 to 2004 and briefly served as an associate at Paul Hastings LLP, formerly Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, from 1997 to 1998 after being a senior associate and team leader at Fragomen from 1995 to 1997. In addition to her aforementioned professional tenure, her early career experience includes working as a law clerk at Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan PC in 1995 and as a law clerk at Squire Patton Boggs, formerly Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP in 1992.
While pursuing a Juris Doctor at Tulane University Law School, which she earned in 1994, Ms. Aponte honed her skills working as a student attorney at Tulane Law School Immigration Law Clinic from 1993 to 1994. Along with her law degree, the foundation of her career success can be traced back to her early academic achievements. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and holds a Bachelor of Arts in international affairs from Marquette University, which she obtained in 1990 after graduating from Divine Savior Holy Angels with a diploma in 1986.
As a result of her legal focus, Ms. Aponte holds membership with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Coupled with her own personal experiences and her linguistic fluency—speaking German, and Spanish from the time she was born and English since the age of six—her good reputation, built through networking and referrals, has been instrumental to her success. Looking forward, Ms. Aponte envisions growing her business further while fostering leadership skills within her staff to prepare them to eventually take the helm of the firm’s operations, thereby ensuring that her commitment to excellence and service will continue through the next generation of legal professionals under her guidance.
At J. Aponte & Associates, we are committed to simplifying the immigration process for businesses. Contact us today to learn how we can support your workforce immigration goals.
