Senior Immigration Attorney (8+ yrs)

Overview

The organization seeks to expand its Immigration Practice by hiring a senior attorney in Albany, New York. This role supports the national immigration practice, handling the complexities of visa and permanent residency applications for U.S. companies and their foreign national workforce.

Responsibilities

• Support employment-based immigration matters, including:
  • Employment-based green cards
  • Employment-based non-immigrant visas (including H-1Bs, L-1s, O-1s, E-1, E-2, and E-3)
  • Matters arising under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement (TNs)
  • 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-related problems
  • Preparing relevant filings
• Manage client relationships and maintain portable business
• Mentor and supervise junior lawyers and specialized paralegals (preferred)

Requirements

• Senior-level experience in U.S. immigration law
• Eight or more years of experience
• Deep knowledge of U.S. immigration laws, regulations, and policies
• Superior written, oral, and analytic abilities

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.

Other 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

• Albany, New York, United States

Additional Information

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