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The busiest immigration law firms in South Dakota

Ranked by the PERM and H-1B cases DOL decided with each firm named, from DOL's own files. Each firm links to its full record.

PERM labor certifications, FY2025

October 2024 to September 2025, counted where the job is.

The busiest firm

212

Aum & Lee, LLC

PERM decisions naming a firm

407

Law firms that filed them

48

Naming no law firm

51

The employer filed it itself

  • The ten busiest firms 350 (76%)
  • Every other firm 57 (12%)
  • No law firm named 51 (11%)

  1. 1 Aum & Lee, LLC

    2 employers, 100% certified, 9th the year before

    212

  2. 2 LAW OFFICE OF TAE K SONG

    1 employer, 100% certified, 12th the year before

    43

  3. 3 The Bernard Firm PLC

    2 employers, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    23

  4. 4 Davis and Goldfarb, PLLC

    6 employers, 100% certified, 4th the year before

    20

  5. 5 Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith

    10 employers, 94% certified, 3rd the year before

    17

  6. 6 Sarmiento Immigration Law Firm

    2 employers, 100% certified, 26th the year before

    11

  7. 7 Farmer Law PC

    4 employers, 100% certified, 18th the year before

    10

  8. 8 Karam Law

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    5

  9. 9 Moua & Swanson Law

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    5

  10. 10 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    4

  11. 11 Labor Consultants International

    2 employers, 75% certified, no filings the year before

    4

  12. 12 William Velie, Attorney at Law PLLC

    1 employer, 100% certified, 27th the year before

    4

  13. 13 Immigration Law of Montana PC

    2 employers, 33% certified, no filings the year before

    3

  14. 14 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

    1 employer, 100% certified, 13th the year before

    3

  15. 15 Pollak PLLC

    2 employers, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    3

  16. 16 Brett Strand

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    2

  17. 17 FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP

    2 employers, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    2

  18. 18 Green and Spiegel, LLC

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    2

  19. 19 Hall Global

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    2

  20. 20 Hall Law Office PLLC dba Hall Global

    2 employers, 100% certified, 21st the year before

    2

  21. 21 NICOLAS CARAQUEL LAW OFFICE

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    2

  22. 22 Versfeld & Hugo, LLC

    2 employers, 100% certified, 7th the year before

    2

  23. 23 ALG Lawyers

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    1

  24. 24 Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP

    1 employer, 100% certified, no filings the year before

    1

  25. 25 Bhagat Immigration Law, LLC

    1 employer, 100% certified, 14th the year before

    1

The 7 busiest firms' cases waited about the same: a median of 455 to 499 days from filing to certification. Tap or hover over a firm for its own.

Ranks 26 to 48
Law firms ranked 26 to 48 by PERM decisions, FY2025, South Dakota
Rank Law firm Decisions Employers Median days The year before
26 Bruner Law Group, PLLC 1 1 Too few 6th
27 Canero Fadul Immigration 1 1 Too few No filings
28 Davis Immigration Lawyers PLLC 1 1 Too few No filings
29 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 1 1 Too few No filings
30 Eekhoff Law, Prof. LLC 1 1 Too few 10th
31 Floyd Nielsen Law Firm PLC 1 1 Too few No filings
32 Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty LLP 1 1 Too few No filings
33 Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. 1 1 Too few No filings
34 JURADO & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 1 1 Too few No filings
35 Kerner Andersson Law Firm 1 1 Too few 11th
36 Kramer Partners LLP 1 1 Too few No filings
37 LAW OFFICES OF JASON E PELTZ 1 1 Too few No filings
38 LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN M. WILHELMI 1 1 Too few No filings
39 MUSTAFA GENC LAW OFFICE 1 1 Too few No filings
40 Paschal Nwokocha & Chukwu Law Offices LLC 1 1 Too few No filings
41 PETERS CONSULTING 1 1 Too few No filings
42 Quarles & Brady LLP 1 1 Too few No filings
43 Rijal Law Firm, PC 1 1 Too few No filings
44 Saev Hernandez Immigration Practice, PLLC 1 1 Too few 24th
45 SCOTT HULSE PC 1 1 Too few No filings
46 Shan Potts Law Offices 1 1 Too few No filings
47 Simpson Wigle Law, LLP 1 1 Too few No filings
48 Willy, Nanayakkara & Associates 1 1 Too few No filings

H-1B labor condition applications, FY2025

October 2024 to September 2025, counted where the job is.

The busiest firm

73

Bruner Law Group, PLLC

Certified H-1B LCAs naming a firm

313

Law firms that filed them

68

Naming no law firm

135

The employer filed it itself

  • The ten busiest firms 203 (45%)
  • Every other firm 110 (25%)
  • No law firm named 135 (30%)

  1. 1 Bruner Law Group, PLLC

    73 positions for 10 employers, 1st the year before

    73

  2. 2 Musillo Unkenholt, LLC

    144 positions for 4 employers, 3rd the year before

    33

  3. 3 Rona M. Lum, P.C.

    28 positions for 4 employers, 2nd the year before

    28

  4. 4 D'Andrea Law Corporation

    13 positions for 1 employer, 8th the year before

    13

  5. 5 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

    12 positions for 2 employers, 5th the year before

    12

  6. 6 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

    9 positions for 2 employers, 14th the year before

    9

  7. 7 NICOLAS CARAQUEL LAW OFFICE

    27 positions for 6 employers, 9th the year before

    9

  8. 8 SAMSON LAW FIRM PC

    9 positions for 2 employers, 19th the year before

    9

  9. 9 Sarmiento Immigration Law Firm

    9 positions for 2 employers, 15th the year before

    9

  10. 10 Battan Alpert Hutchings LLP

    8 positions for 2 employers, 4th the year before

    8

  11. 11 Davis Immigration Lawyers PLLC

    8 positions for 4 employers, 25th the year before

    8

  12. 12 Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty LLP

    8 positions for 1 employer, 26th the year before

    8

  13. 13 FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP

    7 positions for 6 employers, 18th the year before

    7

  14. 14 Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    7 positions for 1 employer, 6th the year before

    7

  15. 15 Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith

    6 positions for 5 employers, 13th the year before

    6

  16. 16 EY Law LLP

    5 positions for 1 employer, 10th the year before

    5

  17. 17 The Irwin Law Firm, LLC

    4 positions for 2 employers, 58th the year before

    4

  18. 18 Ellick Jones Law Office

    3 positions for 2 employers, no filings the year before

    3

  19. 19 Goel & Anderson LLC

    3 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before

    3

  20. 20 Monty & Ramirez LLP

    3 positions for 2 employers, 29th the year before

    3

  21. 21 VisaNation Law Group PLLC

    3 positions for 2 employers, no filings the year before

    3

  22. 22 Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP

    2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before

    2

  23. 23 Borene Law Firm, P.A.

    2 positions for 1 employer, 37th the year before

    2

  24. 24 Glinert Jay, Attorneys at Law

    2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before

    2

  25. 25 Law Office of H. K. Gandhi

    2 positions for 1 employer, no filings the year before

    2
Ranks 26 to 68
Law firms ranked 26 to 68 by certified H-1B LCAs, FY2025, South Dakota
Rank Law firm LCAs Employers The year before
26 Law Office of Meenu Sharma 2 1 No filings
27 Law Offices of Mary Kennedy, LLC 2 1 21st
28 Aum & Lee, LLC 1 1 No filings
29 Baird Holm LLP 1 1 No filings
30 BARST & MUKAMAL LLP 1 1 35th
31 Brown Immigration Law P.C., L.L.O. 1 1 No filings
32 Corporate Immigration Partners, P.C. 1 1 7th
33 DAndrea Law Corporation 1 1 No filings
34 Ellis Porter PLC 1 1 No filings
35 Evans Law, PC 1 1 No filings
36 Fraser Stryker PC LLO 1 1 No filings
37 Global Immigration Partners, Inc. 1 1 No filings
38 Graham Adair, Inc. 1 1 No filings
39 Jackson Lewis P.C. 1 1 No filings
40 Katona & Associates PLLC 1 1 No filings
41 Kerner Andersson Law Firm 1 1 No filings
42 Kodem Law Firm PLLC 1 1 No filings
43 Kutak Rock LLP 1 1 No filings
44 Law Office of Jacob Huang, Inc. 1 1 No filings
45 Law Office of Kevin Michael Reilly 1 1 47th
46 LAW OFFICE OF SUSAN V PEREZ 1 1 48th
47 LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS V. ALLEN, PLLC. 1 1 49th
48 Law Offices of Janetha R. Kancharla 1 1 No filings
49 Law Offices of Manohar T Reddy, APC 1 1 No filings
50 MADAN & SAIGAL, LLC 1 1 28th
51 Mahajan Law LLC 1 1 52nd
52 McCandlish Holton, PC 1 1 No filings
53 Michael Best and Friedrich LLP 1 1 No filings
54 Miller & Associates 1 1 No filings
55 Moram and James Law 1 1 30th
56 Nilan Johnson Lewis PA 1 1 No filings
57 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 1 1 55th
58 Polsinelli 1 1 No filings
59 Populus Group LLC 1 1 32nd
60 Quarles & Brady LLP 1 1 11th
61 Renning, Lewis & Lacy 1 1 No filings
62 Shankar and Associates PC 1 1 57th
63 Sivaraman Immigration Law 1 1 No filings
64 Somireddy Law Group PLLC 1 1 16th
65 Stinson LLP 1 1 22nd
66 THE LAW FIRM OF SIM, PARVATHANENI AND BROWN PLLC 1 1 59th
67 USILAW, Inc. 1 1 24th
68 Vrapi Weeks, PA 1 1 No filings

By state

FAQs

How are the firms ranked?
By how many cases DOL decided with the firm named on them, in one fiscal year (October to September). PERM counts every decision, certified, denied or withdrawn; H-1B counts certified LCAs for the H-1B class. Each firm's spellings in DOL's files count as one firm.
Is a busier firm a better firm?
No. The rankings show how much each firm filed, how its PERM cases ended and how long they took. They say nothing about service, price or fit, and a smaller firm may suit a case better. Nothing here is a rating.
Why does a state's ranking differ from the country's?
A state's ranking counts only the cases for jobs in that state, so a national firm ranks by the work it files there. A firm's own page shows all of its filings.
Why are individual attorneys not listed?
DOL's files name the law firm, and this site names firms only. Each firm's page lists its filings, employers and outcomes.
How these are counted

PERM counts every case DOL decided in the fiscal year with the firm named on it: certified, denied or withdrawn. The certified share leaves withdrawals out, because a withdrawal isn't a decision on the case. Days to certify run from filing to certification, shown when a firm has ten or more certifications. A case counts in the state of its job; where DOL's older files print no worksite, the employer's state.

H-1B counts certified LCAs for the H-1B class only (H-1B1 and E-3 left out), in the state of the job. Positions are the workers each LCA covers. An LCA comes before the petition, and not every LCA becomes one.

"The year before" is the firm's rank among every firm with filings there that year. Cases that name no law firm were filed by the employer itself: they're in the split above and ranked nowhere.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

LCA disclosures has not refreshed in 121 days. It should update quarterly, so the figures below are the last ones that arrived rather than the current ones. Source: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026.

How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

What each source includes

Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.

LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.

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