Description:
Overview:Join our dynamic team as a Senior Associate in a prestigious corporate immigration law firm, reporting directly to esteemed Income or Equity Partners. As a Senior Associate, you'll spearhead client management and handle intricate immigration cases. This role involves overseeing a team of legal professionals, including attorneys and paralegals, to ensure exceptional case preparation and submission.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Advocate for clients in various business immigration law matters, handling complex cases with finesse.
- Represent the firm at client sites, presenting at meetings, and fostering robust client relationships.
- Maintain consistent, high-level communication with our diverse client base.
- Supervise and lead a team, allocating case work, providing training, and ensuring impeccable accuracy in all assignments.
- Collaborate with fellow attorneys, sharing insights and updates within the realm of business immigration law.
- Offer valuable input into attorney-related policies and procedures, contributing to law practice projects.
- Address and support the evolving needs of the practice, providing partnership assistance where necessary.
- Play a pivotal role in hiring and performance reviews for associates and paralegals.
- Lead initiatives to uphold and enhance the quality and uniformity of legal work across the firm.
Qualifications:
- A proven track record with a minimum of 5+ years as a corporate immigration attorney.
- Exceptional proficiency in English communication (secondary languages a plus) - both written and oral.
- Proficient in utilizing various computer tools and software.
- A J.D. degree and licensure to practice law in the U.S.
Working Conditions:
- Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.
- Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach daily.
- Able to perform general office administrative activities: copying, filing, delivering and using the telephone.
- Able to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
- Regular and on-time attendance.
- Must be able to prioritize, schedule, and complete testing required for multiple applications with overlapping schedules.
- A certain degree of creativity and flexibility is required.
- Hours may exceed 40 hours per week.
- Occasional travel by conventional means including aircraft, motor vehicle and the like within the region and to other locations as required.
Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with this job.