Brittany Faith

Partner

Brittany Faith is head of Abbott, Weiss’ Immigration Practice Group. Ms. Faith has extensive experience serving clients throughout the world with their immigration needs, including family-based immigration petitions, employment-based 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 Bar Association (ABA), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), the Tennessee Bar Association (TBA), as well as numerous local bar associations, non-profits, and media outlets.

In addition to her role at Abbott, Weiss, Ms. Faith serves her community as a leader through her involvement in bar associations. She currently serves as one of the twenty-one nationally elected Elected Directors on the AILA Board of Governors and as East Tennessee Governor for the TBA. Ms. Faith also has served in many leadership roles as part of the ABA and TBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD). She is especially proud that she was part of the reinvigoration of the Southeast Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women (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 including the 2021 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award by AILA for her outstanding contributions made as a young lawyer in the field of immigration and nationality law, the 2019 “ABA on the Rise- Top 40 Young Lawyers” award, and the 2023 University of Tennessee’s Volunteer 40 Under 40 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.

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

Leadership

Tennessee Bar Association (TBA)

• East Tennessee Governor (2023-2025)
• Tennessee Bar Leadership Law (2025)
• Young Lawyers Division President (2022-2023)

American Immigration Lawyers Association

• AILA Board of Governors Elected Director (2021-2025)
• AILA Well-Being Committee (2021-2025)
• AILA Membership Experience Committee (2024-2025)
• AILA Texas Chapter Spring Conference Planning Committee (2025)
• AILA Annual Conference Special Sessions Track Chair (2024)
• AILA Well-Being Committee Programs Chair (2023-2024)
• AILA Rome District Chapter Distance Learning Chair (2022-2023)
• AILA Annual Conference Special Sessions Committee Member (2023)
• AILA National Nominating Committee (2020 and 2023)
• AILA Ethics Committee (2021-2022)
• AILA Global Migration Studies Steering Committee (2021-2022)
• AILA Distance Learning Committee (2020-2021)
• AILA Midsouth Chapter Chair (2019-2021)
• AILA Annual Conference Family Law Track Committee (2020)
• AILA Vision and Strategic Planning Committee on Political Engagement (2019)
• AILA Gold Standard Committee (2016-2017)
• AILA Midsouth Tennessee CBP Liaison (2015-2016)
• AILA Pro Bono Hero (2014)
• AILA Midsouth Law Student Liaison (2011-2012)

American Bar Association (ABA)

• Commission on Immigration Advisory Board Member (2023-2024)
• Litigation Section Pro Bono Co-Chair (2022-2023)
• Working Group on Unaccompanied Minors Member (2018-2020)

American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD)

• Fit2Practice Director (2022-2024)
• Commission on Immigration Liaison (2021-2023)
• Co-Director Practice Services (2020-2022)
• Chair Immigration and Naturalization Committee (2017-2020)

Chattanooga Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (CBA YLD)

• President (2017)

La Paz Chattanooga

• Head of Legal Rapid Response Committee (2025)
• Board Chair (2020-2021)
• Head of Unidos Contigo Legal Team (2017)
• Latino Leadership Awards Co-Chair (2017)

Southeast Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (SETLAW)

• President (2015)

Midsouth Immigration Advocates

• Board Chair (2015-2016)

Member

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• Chattanooga Bar Association and Chattanooga Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
• Tennessee Bar Association and Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers, Fellow
• Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts Immigration Task Force
• Southeast Tennessee Legal Association for Women
• Young Professionals of Chattanooga
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow

Skills

• Proficient in Spanish

Awards

• UT Alumni Volunteer 40 Under 40 Award 2023
• TBA YLD President’s Award 2022
• AILA Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award 2021
• ABA Star of the Quarter 2020
• ABA “On the Rise- Top 40 Young Lawyers” 2019
• Midsouth Super Lawyers Rising Star 2017-2025
• TBA YLD, President’s Special Recognition Award 2017
• La Paz Chattanooga, Volunteer of the Year 2017
• TBA YLD, Star of the Quarter 2015-2019
• Young Professionals of Chattanooga, Public Service Award Nominee 2015
• AILA, Pro Bono Hero 2014
• CBA YLD, Volunteer of the Year 2014
• Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Pro Bono Excellence Award 2014
• UT Pro Bono, Outstanding Pro Bono Service 2012
• TBA Law Student Volunteer of the Year 2011

Bar Admission

• Tennessee (2012)
• Middle District Tennessee (2021)