Leon Sequeira is an attorney with more than two decades of experience in law, politics, and public policy. His legal practice focuses on providing advice to employers and trade associations on complex employment and immigration matters. He routinely defends employers in government investigations and litigation, challenges agency actions in federal court, and advises clients on legislative and regulatory matters. Leon’s clients range from small family farms and businesses to some of the nation’s largest employers of workers with H-2A and H-2B visas. He represents clients across the country in numerous industries, including agriculture, forestry, construction, hospitality, amusement, landscaping, and seafood. As a recognized authority on foreign guestworker programs, Leon has testified before Congress on numerous occasions regarding immigration policy. Throughout his career in government and in private practice, he has advised members of Congress, Secretaries of federal agencies, and White House officials on efforts to reform the nation’s immigration system. Leon served as an Assistant Secretary of Labor at the U.S. Department of Labor during the George W. Bush administration. Earlier in his career, he worked in the U.S. Senate as Legal Counsel to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY). After spending much of his professional career in Washington D.C., Leon now resides with his family on a horse farm in central Kentucky.