Miatrai Brown began her legal career in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area exclusively practicing immigration and nationality law as external immigration counsel to large U.S. corporations in the high-tech industry and to trillion-dollar financial institutions. Throughout her career, she also worked with fast moving start-up organizations in a wide range of industries to include film, marketing, healthcare, aviation, and security, to name a few.
After many years at top immigration firms working on matters relating to employment-, investment-, and family-based immigration, risk management assessment, and regulatory compliance, she opened her practice, Direct U.S. Immigration. She saw this as an opportunity to increase access to those in need of a high level of immigration support. She designed her organization to mirror the structural excellence of top-tier law firms but with the individualized attention characteristic of boutique establishments.
As a thoughtful and strategic advisor on immigration and related matters, Ms. Brown has earned regional and national Top 40 Under 40 awards to include the Northern Virginia’s Top 40 Under 40 award and the National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 award. She also earned the Emerging Women Leaders in Law award, several pro bono awards, teaches legal education to U.S. licensed attorneys, and regularly provides expert analysis for top legal outlets to include Bloomberg Law and Law360.
Ms. Brown’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in International Studies with a Business concentration from Virginia Tech, and a law degree from American University Washington College of Law. She is a member of the New York and D.C. state bars, and practices federal immigration law throughout the U.S. In her down time, Ms. Brown enjoys mentoring young leaders and traveling the world.
