Description:
About the Position:Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is seeking an experienced Immigration Attorney to join its Immigration practice. This position may be filled at the Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel level, depending on the selected candidate's experience and qualifications.
The attorney will handle a defined portfolio of employment-based immigration matters and work closely with the firm's Immigration team to provide practical, timely, and client-focused counsel. This is an opportunity for an experienced immigration attorney to take primary responsibility for sophisticated filings while helping the practice meet increasing client demand.
Responsibilities:
- Support attorneys in the preparation and filing of a broad range of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters, from initial case opening through adjudication.
- Prepare first drafts of forms, support letters, filing packages, and RFE responses for H-1B, L-1, TN, E-1/E-2, O-1, P and H-2A/H-2B matters under attorney supervision.
- Assist with more complex employment-based petitions that require substantive legal and factual analysis, including L-1, E, O-1, and RFE responses.
- Coordinate collection, organization, and review of supporting documentation; identify evidentiary gaps; and prepare draft requests for information for attorney review.
- Support PERM labor-certification cases, including reviewing prevailing wage requests, recruitment steps, audit-file assembly, and related Department of Labor filings.
- Prepare and coordinate I-140 immigrant petitions and supporting materials, including EB-1 multinational manager petitions, outstanding researcher, and PERM-based immigrant matters.
- Track case deadlines, agency notices, filing requirements, and post-filing developments, and move assigned matters forward in accordance with established case plans.
- Conduct legal and factual research on business-immigration issues, agency procedures, and case-specific questions, and summarize findings.
- Collaborate closely with attorneys, paralegals, and administrative staff to maintain accurate case records, efficient workflows, and high-quality work product.
Qualifications:
- At least three years of experience practicing employment-based immigration law.
- Demonstrated experience managing nonimmigrant and immigrant worker petitions, including PERM labor certification matters.
- Substantial familiarity with USCIS, Department of Labor, and related employment-based immigration filing processes.
- Strong legal writing, document-drafting, organizational, and client-service skills.
- Ability to manage multiple matters and detailed filing deadlines simultaneously with accuracy and sound judgment.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a broader legal team.
About You:
- Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Licensed and in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Michigan bar admission, or willingness and ability to become admitted, is preferred but not required.
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position, including prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing, and the ability to lift up to 25 pounds as needed
