Legal Contracts Manager
Seismic
Business Immigration Attorney
Corporate Immigration Attorneys
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
About the role
- Prepare and file employment-based immigration cases, especially EB1, EB2-NIW, and RFEs.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, working with diverse clients.
- Understand the impact on client success.
- Effectively handle various employment-based visa types.
Requirements
- Diligently prepare cases, legal strategies, and cover letters.
- Develop an expert-level understanding of your client cases. This includes preparing immigrant/non-immigrant petitions with in-depth knowledge of the application process and requirements, specifically in EB1, EB2-NIW, O-1, and RFEs.
- Manage various projects and deadlines, and prepare and revise documents.
- Be able to explain legal terminology to clients succinctly in a timely manner.
- Research unique legal issues by identifying applicable statutes and judicial decisions.
- Stay up-to-date on legislative changes that may affect immigration.
- Develop solutions to complex legal questions.
- Provide training to client companies and individuals on substantive legal topics and updates about new immigration laws and regulations.
- Partner with colleagues to share information, resolve client issues, and support all client projects.
- Regularly and effectively communicate with clients and foreign nationals regarding procedural, case processing issues, and case strategy.
- Possess the skill set to assess the eligibility of corporate foreign national employees for non-immigrant and immigrant visa status in the U.S.
- Work with esteemed global mobility personnel and the office of general counsel. This will involve preparing petitions and applications for submission to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the respected United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for non-immigrant and immigrant status for foreign national employees.
- Supervise the work of paralegal staff in record keeping and document preparation to ensure no mistakes are made.
Benefits
- Possess a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited US law school, demonstrate a strong academic background, and be admitted to a US state bar in good standing.
- 1-2 years of experience with EB1, EB2-NIW, O-1, and RFEs a plus
- Bilingual in Mandarin is a plus.
- High-level organizational skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong time management and attention to detail, alongside the ability to effectively multitask in a fast-paced, high-volume law firm setting.
- Adaptability and willingness to learn across various practice areas.
- High-level organizational skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
- Ability to independently work on daily tasks, proactively, and with minimal supervision.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
EB1EB2-NIWO-1RFEimmigrant petitionsnon-immigrant petitionslegal strategiescase processingdocument preparationlegal research
Soft skills
communicationclient managementproject managementproblem-solvingtrainingcollaborationtime managementattention to detailadaptabilityinterpersonal skills
