Leigh Polk Cole

Leigh Polk Cole is a shareholder and director of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., a law firm in Burlington, Vermont. She is a member of the firm’s Higher Education practice group and chair of the firm’s Immigration practice group. Ms. Cole represents colleges and universities in immigration and business matters. She is a Senior Editor of the Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook published annually by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

She earned a J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Albany Law Review. She holds a B.A. in government from Cornell University. Ms. Cole is a member of AILA, the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.