Meet the Founder

Emily C. Brown, Esq.

Founder and Principal Attorney

Emily C. Brown, Esq. is the Founder and Principal Attorney of Elevate Justice U.S. Immigration Law, a U.S. immigration law firm representing employers and families nationwide in business immigration, I-9 compliance, federal litigation, and family-based immigration matters.

With nearly a decade of experience in immigration law, Emily brings a combination of private practice expertise and federal government service that gives her clients a real advantage. She understands not just how to build a strong compliance program, but how the government investigates and prosecutes employers who don't have one.

Before founding Elevate Justice, Emily served at the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., where she worked on complex federal litigation involving constitutional claims, the Administrative Procedure Act, Bivens actions, and the Federal Tort Claims Act. She also advised on the national development and implementation of immigration regulations for the H-2A and H-2B visa programs, giving her a firsthand understanding of how federal agencies interpret and enforce immigration law.

In private practice, Emily has represented employers across a wide range of industries in I-9 compliance audits and business immigration matters including E-2 investor, L-1 intracompany transfer, H-1B specialty occupation, and O-1 extraordinary ability visas. She genuinely enjoys helping businesses navigate the complexity of hiring foreign national workers and building compliance programs that hold up under scrutiny. She also supports families through adjustment of status, consular processing, and immigrant visa petitions, and finds that work just as meaningful.

When immigration matters escalate, Emily is prepared to take it to federal court, representing clients under the Administrative Procedure Act and on civil rights grounds when agency action is unlawful or unreasonably delayed.

Outside of her legal work, Emily is a published author on labor compliance and human trafficking in corporate supply chains, a speaker on immigration and human rights, and a volunteer supporting youth and survivors of trauma. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Florida, and is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association.