Brittany T. Faith

Brittany Faith is head of GKH’s Immigration Practice Group. Ms. Faith has extensive experience serving clients throughout the world with their immigration needs, including employment-based petitions, family-based immigration petitions, and humanitarian relief. She is committed to providing personalized, cost-effective immigration services for her clients around the world and across the U.S.

Ms. Faith is a regular contributor and speaker on immigration for organizations such as the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the American Bar Association (ABA), Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), the AILA Midsouth Chapter, as well as numerous local bar associations, non-profits, and media outlets.

Ms. Faith is an Oak Ridge, Tennessee native. She attended Pennsylvania State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then progressed to the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was Director of Tennessee's Pro Bono Program; Treasurer of Law Women; ABA Representative for the Student Bar Association; and AILA Midsouth Law School Liaison. Before coming to GKH, Ms. Faith worked at several immigration non-profits and created the College of Law's U Visa Alternative Spring Break Program.

In addition to her role at GKH, Ms. Faith serves her community as a leader through her involvement in bar associations. She currently serves as an Elected Director of the AILA National Board of Governors as well as the Past Chair of the AILA Midsouth Chapter, which constitutes immigration attorneys in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. As a Chapter Chair, she serves on the AILA Board of Governors. She also currently serves on AILA’s Well-Being and Annual Conference Committees and as the Chapter Liaison to the Department of State.

Ms. Faith also believes in the importance of bar involvement for young lawyers and has served in many leadership roles as part of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD). Ms. Faith was recently elected to serve as President of the TBA YLD. She is on the ABA YLD council, currently serving as its Fit2Practice Director. She served as President of the Chattanooga Bar YLD in 2017. She is especially proud that she was part of the reinvigoration of SETLAW and served as President in 2015. She was also honored to be selected to serve on the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts Immigration Task Force. At the local, state, and national level, Ms. Faith improves her community and profession through consistent leadership and service to others.

Ms. Faith’s dedication and skill has earned her numerous accolades. In 2021, she received the AILA Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer for her outstanding contributions made as a young lawyer in the field of immigration and nationality law. In 2019, she was one of only 40 attorneys in the country to be selected for the “ABA on the Rise- Top 40 Young Lawyers” award. In 2022, she received the TBA YLD’s President’s Award for her service to the division. In 2017, she was awarded the TBA YLD President’s Recognition award. In 2020, Ms. Faith was selected for membership in the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, in which membership is limited to one third of one percent of all lawyers in America. She has been nominated to be a Super Lawyer Rising Star since 2017, and she maintains a 10.0 Superb Rating from Avvo. She was also awarded the AILA Pro Bono Hero award in 2014.

Ms. Faith is also very active in Chattanooga and around the South East. She served as Board Chair for La Paz of Chattanooga in 2020 and 2021. In addition, Ms. Faith volunteers for various organizations such as TIRRC, Midsouth Immigration Advocates, Justice for Our Neighbors, the University of Tennessee College of Law, etc. She was previously a member of the Foreign Ministry of Mexico’s PALE program, which provides legal advice and services to Mexican nationals residing in the U.S.

When she is not working for the betterment of immigration practices and the legal community, she spends her time cooking, gardening, and relaxing with her husband, Justin, and children, Bennett and Adeline.