Meet Karen-Lee Pollak
Karen-Lee Pollak is the managing attorney of Pollak PLLC, a Dallas-based immigration firm, and is consistently recognized as one of the leading immigration lawyers in the country. An immigrant herself, she brings a personal understanding to a practice that is otherwise built on deep institutional experience: she previously served as the immigration practice chair of the Dallas office of one of the world's largest law firms before leading her own firm. That dual perspective, knowing firsthand both the emotional weight of relocating to a new country and the business stakes of moving key employees efficiently, shapes how she approaches every matter.
Her practice spans the full range of immigration work. She provides full-service counsel to large corporations, small businesses, and individuals, routinely helping companies, investors, and families secure immigrant and non-immigrant visas to live and work in the United States. She also advises corporations on compliance audits and immigration-related policy, and her litigation practice focuses on federal court cases brought under the Administrative Procedure Act, including mandamus actions and petitions for review challenging wrongful denials and delays in citizenship and green card applications.
Karen-Lee's representative work reflects an unusually varied docket. She has obtained P visas for Australian PGA golfers, helped a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame promoter bring Australian rodeo champions to perform in the U.S., assisted a renowned scientist in self-petitioning for permanent residency as an individual of extraordinary ability, secured an O-1 visa for an internationally known writer, and guided publicly traded companies through intracompany transfers, alongside extensive family-sponsorship and employment green card cases.
Her accolades are extensive and span more than a decade. She has been named to the Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers (2021) and Chambers regional rankings, recognized as a D Magazine Best Lawyer in Dallas for immigration law (2014 through 2025), and selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters (2018 through 2025), among other honors including a Dallas Top 50 Women Lawyers award and earlier Rising Stars recognition. A frequent speaker and writer, she authors the immigration blog When Immigration Matters, and she is licensed in both Texas and California and a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She also devotes time to pro bono work, including immigration services through the Genesis Women's Shelter and the Military Assistance Project.