First Amendment Conflicts in Immigration Law: When Speech Becomes Evidence and Advocacy Becomes Risk

Anne earned her Bachelor of Arts and her Juris Doctor from Marquette University. She is admitted to practice in California (2017, active member), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2021, active member), and Wisconsin (2013, currently inactive member).

Anne has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in Immigration each year since 2023, and in 2026 she was nominated through the Build Fellowship for The Immies’ Thought Leader of the Year Award for shaping the conversation in immigration law. Within the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), she has held numerous leadership roles, including chairing the American Immigration Council Essay Contest Committee and serving on multiple education and conference committees.

Anne’s recent presentations include “F-1 Student to H-1B Worker: Process and Planning in Turbulent Times” for the Student Resource Center in partnership with Interstride (February 2026), “DHS’ Termination of Automatic Extensions for EADs” as a Grossman Young & Hammond webinar (November 2025), and a published analysis of DHS’s proposed changes to the F and J student and exchange visitor rules (October 2025). Her CLE teaching includes “The Reality of Employment Authorization: EAD Strategy” for the Federal Bar Association sponsored by myLawCLE (March 2026) and “Navigating EAD Complexity: Processing Trends, Compliance, and Best Practices” for LawPracticeCLE (May 2026), and her university outreach spans recurring immigration conversations at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and panels at the University of Pennsylvania. She has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and has been quoted in Bloomberg Law and Law360. Her pro bono service includes the Transgender Law Center, Oasis Legal Services, AILA’s Military Assistance Program, VECINA, Project Citizenship, and the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, and she mentors first-generation and underrepresented college students through Braven.

As Counsel with Grossman Young & Hammond, Anne advises employers and foreign nationals on a broad range of employment-based immigration matters, including work authorization and evolving immigration policy. She previously practiced with the world’s largest business immigration provider in its Boston and San Diego offices, representing multinational companies across industries including financial services, retail, entertainment, heavy machinery, clean energy, communications technology and computer software, semiconductors, and athletics, and developing deep experience in corporate immigration strategy and compliance. Earlier in her career, she practiced immigration law in Wisconsin, building the national perspective that continues to inform her work.

Graduated summa cum laude from American University Washington College of Law and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Award for high academic merit and appreciable involvement with the International Law Student Association.

Outstanding Graduate Award from American University Washington College of Law for high academic merit and appreciable involvement with the International Law Student Association.

Joins Grossman Young & Hammond from the US Department of Labor's Office of the Solicitor where she advised the Office of Foreign Labor Certification and Bureau of International Labor Affairs on federal and administrative litigation, rulemaking, and international arbitration. While in law school, she supported asylum seekers in proceedings before USCIS and Immigration Court as a student attorney with the International Human Rights Law Clinic and as a legal intern with a non-profit organization. Her career also includes a paralegal role with a non-profit organization serving domestic violence survivors in family law matters.