Senior Business Immigration Attorney

Overview

This role involves serving as a Senior Associate within a business immigration practice. The position focuses on end-to-end management of immigration matters, advising senior-level clients, and leading teams through quality and risk-focused delivery.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the broader implications of business immigration legal points, including potential shifts and developments in legal issues and precedents.
• Provide strategic business immigration guidance and act as a strategic advisor to senior-level clients.
• Serve as a key account manager by overseeing a portfolio of high-profile clients and managing the quality and risk associated with new and existing business relationships.
• Manage projects and immigration cases end to end, taking the lead on major client issues.
• Allocate resources and responsibilities to ensure successful project completion; monitor and measure performance to support high quality and growth.
• Develop and implement strategic plans to maintain and strengthen client relationships across the team, office, and broader collaboration regionally and globally.
• Anticipate market and regulatory changes and provide market intelligence as a recognized technical expert internally and externally.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives for direct and/or indirect teams by identifying and implementing opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of processes, products, or services.
• Identify business development opportunities and develop significant new business through client relationship building.
• Manage or collaborate on pitch meetings and RFPs, including preparation and debrief meetings, and participate in client presentations.
• Provide team-wide leadership and directly or indirectly supervise Associates and other staff, including mentoring, coaching, and performance management.
• Ensure self and team follow firm protocols for file maintenance, record keeping, and use of firm systems, including data quality in Connect and other firm technology.
• Proactively build relationships with colleagues across different teams locally, regionally, and firmwide.
• Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policies to mitigate risk and support regulatory, operational, and client compliance.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• U.S. JD or LLM required.
• Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association.
• 8+ years of experience at Associate level.
• Acknowledged as an expert in immigration law.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Dedication to exceptional client service.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with competing demands.
• Ability to contribute to a positive work environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior team management experience strongly preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range

$196,000.00 - $255,000.00

This salary range reflects factors including skills, experience, qualifications, work location, work arrangement, licensure and certifications, and applicable laws. Placement within the range varies based on these factors to support internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits

• 27 PTO days + Federal holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans
• 401K plan, with company matching

Screening & Employment Conditions

All offers and/or employment contracts are contingent upon successful completion of the firm’s pre-employment screening process. This process may include verifying identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the offered position’s location, and conducting a comprehensive background check where permitted by local regulations.

The firm uses limited AI-assisted tools for administrative screening purposes only—never for decision-making. All hiring decisions are made by people. Applicants may have rights to information and explanations regarding the use of such tools, or may request human review, as required by applicable regional laws.