Description:
You'll be in immigration court most weeks, standing next to families on the hardest day of their lives. We make sure you're not doing it alone: a support team of paralegals and legal assistants handles prep alongside you, so your time goes to strategy and advocacy.What you get:
- $90,000–$150,000+ base, depending on experience
- Hybrid schedule: 2 remote days per week
- A paid Friday off every month (after 90 days) — a three-day weekend, every month
- 20 days of paid vacation annually after your first year
- Health insurance and 401(k)
- Paralegals and legal assistants on your cases, and supervising attorneys to strategize with
- Fun Fridays, team events, and a real path into leadership as the firm grows
What You'll Do:
- Appear at Master Calendar hearings for detained and non-detained clients — pleadings, relief strategy, scheduling
- Handle bond motions and custody redeterminations for detained clients
- Review and strengthen applications and evidence: asylum/withholding/CAT, EOIR-42A and 42B cancellation, adjustment before the court
- Draft motions: prosecutorial discretion, terminate, administrative closure, reopen/reconsider
- Prepare clients and witnesses, and keep families informed with clarity and compassion
- Guide paralegals and legal assistants on case prep, filings, and deadlines
What We're Looking For:
Must Have:
- JD and active bar membership in good standing in any U.S. state or territory (Florida Bar a plus)
- Experience appearing in immigration court (Master Calendar hearings at minimum)
- Strong research and writing (Westlaw, Lexis, or similar)
- The organization to own deadlines across a busy docket
Strongly preferred:
- Fluent Spanish
- Individual Hearing experience
- Detained docket and bond experience
- Experience guiding paralegals or legal assistants
- Newer attorneys with strong clinic, clerkship, or nonprofit removal-defense experience: we want to hear from you too.
