Brianna Pomatico

A Law360 Rising Star in Immigration, Brianna built Orrick's employment immigration offering. She guides companies through the full range of employer-sponsored immigration needs, from temporary work visas to permanent residence. Major global companies rely on her for strategic guidance and second opinions on complex, high-stakes immigration questions. She also helps founders and executive teams of non-U.S. companies secure the work authorization required to launch U.S. operations.

Brianna's global employment practice gives her a broader vantage point on each client's workforce. She counsels multinational employers across the full lifecycle of non-U.S. employment issues, including local employment contracts, global handbooks and policies, contingent workforce arrangements, performance management, equity compensation, terminations, and global reductions in force. Working with Orrick’s offices and a network of local counsel worldwide, she distills nuanced local legal requirements into clear, actionable advice for U.S.-based clients. She also handles the immigration and global employment aspects of M&A transactions and provides specialist support to litigation teams on cases with an immigration component.

Clients turn to Brianna for timely, decisive guidance as immigration requirements evolve, including real-time advice on international travel and work authorization. She also helps employers stay ahead of change through proactive contingency planning that protects key talent and keeps critical hiring on track.

Before joining Orrick, Brianna practiced corporate immigration law at Proskauer Rose and at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, the world's largest corporate immigration firm.