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also known as Brianna Williams, Brianna Guerin
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Brianna E. Williams is an attorney and founder of Mélange, a full-service employment law firm focused primarily on the unique needs of employees. From negotiating employment and severance agreements to representing individuals before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and in courts across multiple jurisdictions, Brianna’s practice covers the gamut of everything related to the employment relationship – from hiring to separation.
Brianna also provides preventative advice to employers. Through Mélange, Brianna has helped several organizations manage their differences, similarities, and tensions in meaningful ways. She has presented at conferences across the country on the topics of diversity management, OFCCP compliance, and strategic visioning, and her work has been published nationally.
Aside from the law, Brianna has been the “voice” of creatives across the country for over three decades. Prior to entering law school, Brianna was a graphic designer and ran a consulting firm aimed at addressing the unique needs of creative professionals. Through Ethereal Image, Brianna brokered CD replication agreements; assisted her clients with the attainment of copyrights and mechanical licenses; negotiated record deals, management, and booking agreements, and facilitated the distribution of her clients’ releases through established outlets. A jazz pianist herself (and the mother of a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist), Brianna’s love for the arts is deeply personal.
Brianna is also an active member of the community. She has served as the Director of Communications for the National Bar Association; an instructor at Morehouse College’s Project Identity Saturday Institute; has served as a guest lecturer in Music Business at Loyola University and strategic visioning at Oglethorpe University, and is an advisory board member of Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University and a board member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession. Brianna has been recognized as one of the Nation’s Best Advocates: Top 40 Under 40 by The National Bar Association and IMPACT, as a Super Lawyer, and as a member of The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40.
Brianna serves as a hearing officer for DeKalb County and is a registered neutral certified by the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. A graduate of Tulane University (Bachelor of Science in Psychology) and Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert School of Law (Bachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor), Brianna is admitted to practice in both Georgia and Louisiana.
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Practice Areas
33%-45%
State: California
Acquired: 2024
No misconduct found
State: Louisiana
Acquired: 2009
No misconduct found
State: Georgia
Acquired: 2008
No misconduct found
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Posted by Shellz | December 04, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
Just excellence personified
She helped me with my severance agreement. She got me more money than was initially offered. She kept me updated and communicated well and often through this process! Highly highly recommend!!!!!!
Posted by anonymous | November 06, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
Great experience with a highly skilled Employment Lawyer
Briana was an advocate for me and was able to negotiate additional money for my case. She is timely with her communication and follow up and extremely skilled in employment law. I would highly recommend her.
Posted by anonymous | June 28, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
Individual won against big corporation.
Brianna was very helpful in negotiating an exit package after my company put me on a performance plan after returning to work after a medical emergency. I would highly recommend Brianna. She made this process as stress free as possible. Thank you!!!
Posted by Angela | April 21, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
The best lawyer hands down!
Brianna is the best and only lawyer that I will ever utilize for anything that has to do with labor, employment, etc. Her confidence is over the roof and was so reassuring. When I felt like throwing in the towel from feeling overwhelmed, she was ready to "take her earrings off" to fight and she resol...
Posted by anonymous | December 22, 2022 | Employment & Labor
Attorney
As an attorney myself, I was looking for an experienced and highly skilled employment attorney who understood the unique things about me, believed in my case, and who could provide me counsel asap. I found all of that in Brianna! She is awesome! She is an excellent listener and skilled negotiator. I ...
"I have worked with Brianna on a couple of cases, and we have consulted with each other about matters numerous times. Brianna is always prepared to represent her clients with vigor and she is well versed in the law. I endorse Brianna Williams."
"I have known Ms. Williams for several years. I refer all of my employment inquiries to her. She is an excellent lawyer. Recently I had a client with a criminal and an employment issue and we worked together on the matter to achieve a good result for the client. Ms. Williams is an excellent attorney."
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Employment and labor lawyer
Criminal defense lawyer
Family lawyer
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2018
Rising Star, SuperLawyers
2017
Rising Star, SuperLawyers
2010
Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Under 40, National Bar Association / Impact DC
2013 - Present
Founder & CEO, Mélange | A Williams Firm
2013 - 2015
Of Counsel, Stokes Wagner Hunt Maretz & Terrell
2010 - 2013
Associate, Stokes Roberts & Wagner, ALC
2009 - 2010
Associate, Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP
2007 - 2009
Federal Law Clerk, United States District Court in the Middle District of Louisiana for the Honorable Ralph E. Tyson, Chief Judge
2012 - Present
Diversity Leadership Academy - American Institute for Managing DiversityMember
2012 - Present
Genesis ShelterBoard Member
2011 - Present
Women's Foodservice ForumMember
2010 - Present
Georgia Lawyers for the ArtsMember
Voting Member
Member
2011 - 2012
Georgia Association of Black Women AttorneysVice President of Technology
Settled
Settled
2007
JD/BCL
1998
BS - Bachelor of Science
2013
The Importance of Building Your Personal Brand
2013
Career Speed Dating
2013
2012
My Life as a Lawyer
2012
I've Got A Secret...Don't Bet On It!
2011
The Church is a Business Too! A Primer on Why Internal Audits are Crucial
2011
Leadership for Managers
2010
BP, Challenger, and Internal Audits: How Preventing Small Mistakes Can Avert Big Disasters
2009
Networking for Career Success
2013
2012
2011
2010
English
Legal Answers
I had harassment case and I just got severance agreement regarding performance What should I do?
17 Apr 2018
Do I have any rights in being fired when I simply asked to go to the doctor for major female issues?
18 Dec 2017
My employer wants me to sign a waiver that will release them from being liable for a possible lawsuit in order to keep my job?
29 Sep 2017