is the principal of the Dutta Law Firm in NYC and Special Counsel to McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter, LLP. Her practice is primarily business, along with naturalization and family-based cases. She is currently Vice Chair of the National Client Resources Committee and Co-Chair of the AILANY Advocacy Committee. She was formerly an elected Director on the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association’s (AILA) Board of Governors.

She has lectured numerous subjects but is known for her expertise on PERM and Labor Certifications, Entrepreneur Visas, Extraordinary Ability NIVs and IVs and the Fundamentals of Immigration. She has worked with numerous entities in the financial sector such as fund administrators, private equity firms, hedge funds and family offices. She has worked alongside non-profits and service providers on special pro bono projects, such as Citizenship Day, NYCAI and volunteered at several pro bono projects in immigration detention centers. Ms. Dutta has spoken and written on the topic of immigration law in various venues and conferences.

She has previously been recognized as an attorney in the New York Metro Rising Stars, Super Lawyers and Top Women Attorneys and the SABANY Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. She has appeared on numerous international news reports as an expert in immigration on channels such as NPR, AP, WNYC, NY1, CGTN and I-24 News.
After emigrating from the UK to the US in 2000, she is now a dual national of both countries.

She is a graduate of Seattle University and New York Law School, and a member of the state bars of New York and New Jersey.