Emily Wolfford is an immigration attorney at Grossman Young & Hammond, where she focuses on employment-based immigration. She works with businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and individuals pursuing extraordinary ability and national interest petitions, including O-1, EB-1, EB-2 NIW, L-1A, and E-2 visas. Emily takes a hands-on approach to every case, helping clients evaluate their qualifications, understand complex eligibility requirements, and develop compelling petitions. From drafting detailed legal briefs and coordinating expert opinion letters to assembling complete application packages, she works to present each client’s story as effectively as possible.
Before joining Grossman Young & Hammond, Emily spent a year at Grape Law Firm PLLC in Washington, D.C., where she focused primarily on O-1, EB-1A, and EB-2 NIW petitions, handling cases from intake through approval for entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals of extraordinary ability.
Prior to Grape Law Firm, Emily spent nearly eight years at Hergüner Bilgen Üçer Attorney Partnership in Istanbul, one of Turkey’s leading international law firms. Her experience living abroad, where she learned Turkish and developed a passion for helping people navigate cross-border opportunities, shaped her path to immigration law. Her practice covered a broad range of cross-border regulatory matters, including U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), SEC regulations, digital assets, aviation, and intellectual property. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she advised clients on U.S. sanctions compliance and presented guidance to a major pharmaceutical company navigating rapidly evolving regulations. In addition to her legal practice, Emily played a key role in the firm’s business development and marketing efforts.
Emily began her legal career as a Student Attorney with the Disability Rights Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. There, she represented clients in matters involving education and housing discrimination, powers of attorney, and advance directives, while also contributing to an American Bar Association resolution on Supported Decision Making.
Emily earned her Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law and her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is admitted to practice law in New York and is fluent in Turkish.
