Marketa Lindt is partner in the office of Sidley and Austin in Chicago. A 1994 JD graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, in 2019-20 she was President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She works with U.S. and multinational corporations to implement business immigration visa programs to attract and retain foreign national talent, and is actively engaged in national and regional advocacy efforts to improve U.S. immigration laws in order to foster economic growth and promote fairness and justice in the immigration system. Lindt has testified at hearings before the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee regarding immigration processing delays at USCIS, and serves as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce immigration policy committee.