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Sophia Goring-Piard
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Contact information
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
555 Montgomery St, 4th Floor
San Francisco CA 94111
United States
Sophia assists individual, multinational and corporate clients with various aspects of corporate U.S. immigration, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residence, compliance issues and corporate restructuring. Her experience also includes handling extraordinary ability cases in the sciences and business, outstanding professor and researcher matters, and reentry permits.
Sophia returned to Fragomen in her current role after spending several years as a solo practitioner handling nonimmigrant visas, employment and family-based immigration, waivers and removal defense matters. Sophia had previously worked with Fragomen as a Law Clerk and then as an Associate for seven years, representing Fortune 500 companies throughout various industry sectors on all aspects of corporate U.S. immigration, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residence and naturalization.
Sophia has provided pro bono services to the Harlem, Brooklyn and Bronx communities of the New York City area and in Westchester County, New York throughout her career. Her services have included representation in asylum and removal proceedings, family-based cases, special immigrant juvenile petitions, U visas, VAWA self-petitions, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and general immigration consultations.
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2000
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., 1994
More from Sophia
Admissions
Bar Admissions: New York, Massachusetts
Practice Limited to Federal Immigration & Nationality Law
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2012 to 2025
Listed in Crain’s New York Business’s Notable Black Leaders, 2022
Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics, Fordham University School of Law, 1997 to 2000
Thurgood Marshall Fellowship, City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women and Children Project, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1999
Professional accomplishments
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Member, New York State Bar Association, Commercial and Federal Litigation – Committee on Immigration Litigation
Member, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Publications and lectures
Speaker, “Navigating the Corporate Climb: Lessons from Women at the Top.” Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) 8th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 10 November 2024.
Sophia’s insights
November 7, 2024 — November 10, 2024 | Conference
August 19, 2024 | Awards
August 17, 2023 | Awards
