Senior Immigration Attorney (8+ yrs)

Overview

This role involves expanding the Immigration Practice team’s talent with a senior attorney (Chicago) to support a national practice. The position focuses on handling visa and permanent residency matters for U.S. companies and their foreign national workforce.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex employment-based immigration matters, including:
  • Employment-based green cards
  • Employment-based non-immigrant visas
  • H-1Bs, L-1s, O-1s, E-1, E-2, E-3
• Handle matters arising under the U.S. Mexico-Canada America (USMCA) Free Trade Agreement (TNs) or other laws governing ports of entry to the United States
• Provide advisory and other services, including:
  • Managing client deliverables
  • Preparing foreign nationals for visa and consulate interviews
  • Responding to audits
  • Providing I-9 guidance
  • Handling federal administrative court matters
  • Resolving border problems
  • Preparing relevant filings
• Support business development priorities through portable business and experience managing client relationships (preferred)
• Mentor and supervise junior lawyers and specialized paralegals (preferred)

Requirements

• Senior attorney level with eight (8) or more years of experience
• Superior written, oral, and analytic abilities
• Deep knowledge of U.S. immigration laws, regulations, and policies

Preferred Qualifications

• Portable business
• Experience managing client relationships
• Experience mentoring and supervising junior lawyers and specialized paralegals

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $200,000–$350,000
• Actual pay may be adjusted based on location, experience, volume and nature of portable business, or other job-related factors permitted by law.
• Bonus Program
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Group Life AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401k & Roth Plan Options with Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account Plan Options
• 10 Annual Holidays
• Paid Time Off

Location

• Chicago, Illinois, United States

Additional Information

• The employer is not working with any search firms in connection with filling this position.