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Sydney joined Fragomen in 2016 as an Associate in the firm’s Atlanta office, where she provides comprehensive business immigration services to clients with a focus on nonimmigrant visas and permanent residence. Sydney first worked with Fragomen in 2013 as a Law Clerk with the firm’s Knowledge group, where she provided consulting services on global mobility issues.

Sydney served in the Department of Justice Honors Program as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Atlanta Immigration Court from 2014 to 2016. In this position, she worked on a broad range of issues, including asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, removability and waivers. 

While in law school, Sydney interned with the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation.

Sydney has represented clients in family-based immigration and asylum cases as a member of The George Washington University Law School’s Immigration Clinic. She was also actively involved as a senior Board Member of her law school’s Immigration Law Association, coordinating dozens of events, panels and pro bono opportunities. 

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  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude , 2014
  • Emory University, B.A., magna cum laude , 2011

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Bar Admissions: Georgia

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Named to Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2026

Honors Program Attorney, The Department of Justice, 2014-2016

Order of the Coif (Top 10% of Graduating Class), The George Washington University Law School, 2014

Emory Scholar Program, Emory University, 2007-2011

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