Anna Kendall Gorisch began her immigration law career at a small firm in Washington, DC while attending Georgetown University Law Center and fell in love with the practice. Although she explored other areas of law, she came back to immigration and it felt like coming home. Since returning to the field, she has worked for large prominent immigration firms including Ogletree Deakins and Fragomen, and as in-house immigration counsel for GEODIS Logistics and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Over the years, she has developed sophisticated expertise in employment-based immigration and successfully advised numerous large and small businesses and individuals on the H-1B process (including for cap-exempt organizations), PERM, complex intracompany transfer issues (L-1), AC21 portability, Adjustment of Status, and TNs for both Mexico and Canada. She also has a strong track record of success with advanced visa types, including EB-1 petitions, National Interest Waivers, and O-1 Extraordinary Ability.

Having served as in-house counsel, Anna has unique insight into the challenges facing both employers and employees in the immigration sponsorship process. She has managed compliance directly, including tricky I-9 issues, and created legally proper immigration agreements and policies, including clawback provisions. She particularly loves working with smaller companies new to immigration sponsorship and assisting with the development of an in-house immigration program.

Anna is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and regularly provides pro bono services through the American Bar Association. At Georgetown Law, she studied with the best legal minds in the country and discovered her love of immigration law through her time under the tutelage of Elliot C. Lichtman.

Prior to attending law school, Anna was a professional actor and teaching artist. Her work with young people was covered by Nashville Arts magazine and informs her legal practice in surprising ways. Every case is a story.

Anna is also a regular guest on the podcast, The Political Orphanage, first appearing in the episode, “Sucks to Legally Immigrate” (which can be found here).