Tessa Sparks

Tessa specializes in business immigration law with extensive experience representing individuals, small to medium businesses and corporate clients.

Tessa works with employers, individuals and families in their immigration endeavors. She also works with individuals seeking naturalization, waivers and couples seeking marriage-based green cards. She strives to help her clients navigate the complex United States immigration law system.

Prior to joining Fredrikson, Tessa was an associate attorney at Feist Law & Advocacy PLLC (formerly Grell Feist PLC). Tessa obtained her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, MN. During law school, Tessa worked for Grell Feist PLC as a law clerk. She also worked as a certified student attorney for the Mitchell Hamline Immigration Law Clinic where she assisted clients with asylum, U visa, naturalization and removal proceedings in immigration court. She participated in the Criminal Justice Defense Externship at the Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center. She served as the vice president and later president of the World Without Genocide Student Chapter and as a student liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

• Employment Immigration
  • Nonimmigrant Visas
  • Immigrant Visas
• Family Immigration
• Adjustment of Status and Consular Processing for Legal Permanent Residence
• Naturalization

Education

• Mitchell Hamline School of Law, J.D., 2020
• University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, B.A., Political Science and Mass Communication, 2016

Admissions

• Minnesota, 2021

Clerkships

• Law Clerk, Feist Law & Advocacy PLLC (formerly Grell Feist PLC), 2017-2020
• Student Attorney, Immigration Clinic at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, 2019
• Criminal Justice Defense Externship, Juvenile Justice Center, Hennepin County, 2018
• Intern, Minnesota State Senate, 2016
• Intern, Minnesota House of Representatives, 2015

Professional Activities

• Minnesota State Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association; Track Manager, Upper Midwest Immigration Law Conference, 2022; Co-Chair, Upper Midwest Immigration Law Conference, 2023

Community

• Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Election Judge, 2016-present 
• WATCH, Courtroom Monitor, 2017-2020
• Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota, Volunteer, 2012