Emily Reber-Mariniello

Emily Reber-Mariniello founded ERM Immigration Law, PLLC, in 2012 and has since exclusively represented clients in immigration and naturalization matters. ERM represents clients throughout the state of Washington and worldwide from Seattle. Emily has been admitted to practice before all Washington State courts since 2010, and the Western District of Washington since 2017.  

In 2016 and 2021 Emily received the “Client’s Choice Award” and a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo for the overall quality of her work and her high degree of ethics. In addition, she has been named to The National Advocates: Top 40 Under 40 from 2016-2020, and Top 100 in 2021. Super Lawyers recognized her as a 2019 and 2020 “Rising Star”. She was also named a “Top Three” Seattle immigration attorney by Top Three Rated and is “Highly Recommended” by the Seattle community on the Alignable network. In 2024 and 2025, ERM Immigration Law, PLLC, was recognized as "Best in the Pacific Northwest" for Immigration Law Firm (and in 2024 for Law firms and Immigration Law firms). Emily and her firm have received numerous other recognitions as a Top Ten law firm and attorney practicing immigration law in the State of Washington by various advocate organizations and practice publications.  Emily was the Global Law Experts 2025 Best Immigration Attorney - USA.

Ms. Reber-Mariniello's practice covers a variety of employment- and family-based immigration matters. In her family-based immigration practice, Emily has helped hundreds obtain fiancée visas, green cards, immigrant visas, and citizenship. She has also has successfully handled various types of humanitarian statuses for her clients through asylum, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and VAWA. Emily also handles waivers for various grounds of inadmissibility. Her experience in employment-based matters focuses on E-2 Treaty Investor visas; P visas for entertainers, artists, and athletes; NAFTA Professionals Status (TN); and EB-1 or O Visas for aliens with extraordinary ability EB-2 National Interest Waivers (NIW). 

Before attending college, Emily owned and operated a music events production company in Denver, Colorado. She then enrolled at Colorado State University and received a Bachelor of Arts in 2004. While working as a legal assistant and investigator for a Denver criminal defense law firm, she decided to pursue her legal education and subsequently attended Seattle University School of Law. While there, she served internships with the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender and the Associated Counsel for the Accused, where she represented clients in therapeutic courts as a “Rule 9” licensed intern. Shortly after being awarded her Juris Doctor in 2010, she established ERM Immigration Law, PLLC.  

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