Senior Immigration Attorney (8+ yrs)

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Attorney to support its Immigration Practice and its national practice. This role involves handling visa and permanent residency matters for U.S. companies and their foreign national workforce, including employment-based green cards and employment-based non-immigrant visas.

Preferred locations include Albany, Buffalo, Chicago, Garden City, New York City, or Rochester.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support immigration matters involving:
  • Employment-based green cards
  • Employment-based non-immigrant visas
  • H-1B, L-1, O-1, E-1, E-2, and E-3 matters
  • Matters arising under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement (TNs) or other laws governing ports of entry to the United States
• Provide advisory and related 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 issues
  • Preparing relevant filings
• Build and maintain portable business and client relationships
• Mentor and supervise junior lawyers and specialized paralegals

Requirements

• Eight (8) or more years of experience in U.S. immigration practice
• Deep knowledge of U.S. immigration laws, regulations, and policies
• Superior written, oral, and analytic abilities
• Ability to provide advisory and other services across the full range of immigration work described above

Preferred Qualifications

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

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $152,000–$225,000
• Actual pay may be adjusted based on location, experience, volume and nature of portable business, or other job-related factors permitted by law.

Additional benefits include:

• 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

Rochester, New York, United States (other preferred locations: Albany, Buffalo, Chicago, Garden City, or New York City).