Immigration Attorney – Assessments, Marketing

Alma

Immigration Attorney handling assessments and marketing for a startup focused on making immigration more accessible and human. Collaborating with sales and legal teams to optimize cases and strategy.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You'll be the primary legal partner to our sales and client-facing teams: assessing eligibility, advising on strategy in real time, deciding which cases we should take, and progressively productizing that expertise so the standard work scales and you can focus on the hard cases.
Review daily visa assessments and deliver clear, criterion-by-criterion verdicts (viable / viable with disclaimers / not viable) with clear risks
Think in pathways, not single visas — compare and sequence options across O-1A/B, EB-1A/B, EB-2 NIW, H-1B (including founder/beneficiary-owner H-1Bs), L-1, E-2, TN, and consular processing to find the best path for our clients
Act as the team's real-time legal help desk: unblock AEs on live deals, answer eligibility questions quickly, and take prospect consultations (including paid second opinions) when needed
Make go/no-go calls on case intake: spot red flags (status gaps, prior denials, undisclosed facts, employer or litigation issues) and use your judgement to make decisions
Apply current law to live situations — track fast-moving USCIS trends and policy changes (e.g., recent founder-H-1B guidance, evolving RFE patterns) and translate them into actionable advice
Partner with product, GTM and operations to standardize and "productize" the assessment process
Mine assessment data for patterns — recurring weak criteria, intake gaps, requested-vs-recommended pathway mismatches — and turn them into guides, FAQs, lead magnets, decision tools, and thought-leadership
Write and edit immigration guides, website copy, internal explainers, templates, and workflows that make complex topics intuitive and human; keep our existing knowledge base (evidence lists, sample docs, articles) accurate and current
Publish rapid, lawyer-backed "news breakdowns" on regulatory changes, and review legal accuracy and tone on our blog
Support the legal team on active casework and RFE responses at a reduced capacity, reporting to our Head of Legal
Attend and present at in-person events — for immigrant founders, researchers, and mobility leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have at least 4 years practicing employment-based immigration law
You've worked across a broad range of visa types (O-1A/B, EB-1A/B, H-1B, L-1, E-2, TN, PERM), with bonus points for cracking tricky O's and EB-1's and for hands-on RFE strategy
You can quickly compare pathways and articulate a defensible strategy under time pressure
You're licensed to practice and hold a J.D. or LL.M. from an accredited institution
You're comfortable using AI tools and curious about how technology can scale legal work
You think analytically and creatively — you can look at patterns across many cases, not just one file at a time
You love distilling complex law into clear writing and persuasive storytelling
You're energized by cross-functional work with sales, content, product, and operations
You're proactive and excited to shape how immigration knowledge is delivered at scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hyper-competitive base salary based on experience
Performance-based incentives (equity / sales commission)
100% health coverage + vision + dental
20 days PTO + 10 federal holidays
$250/month wellness allowance
A front-row seat to startup growth, with mentorship from legal, tech, and business leaders
Opportunities to shape internal systems, lead on strategy, and build something new

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Hard Skills & Tools

employment-based immigration lawvisa assessmentsO-1AO-1BEB-1AEB-1BH-1BL-1E-2TN

Soft Skills

analytical thinkingcreative thinkingclear writingpersuasive storytellingcross-functional collaborationproactivitystrategic decision-makingtime managementproblem-solvingcommunication

Certifications

J.D.LL.M.