Sr Operations Staff Attorney

Overview

This Senior Staff Attorney role independently drafts and reviews standard immigration applications, motions, briefs, and client communications, and manages assigned portions of immigration matters. The attorney supports clients in obtaining documents and remaining united with their families through accurate legal work, clear client communication, and routine hearing coverage under supervision. The position includes greater independence than an Operations Staff Attorney and involves routine work requiring limited substantive edits.

Responsibilities

• Participate in hiring staff attorneys by assessing legal knowledge, drafting skills, and role fit.
• Lead technical onboarding and training covering immigration case processes, legal review standards, and firm procedures.
• Conduct case shadowing and review attorney work products to identify development needs.
• Provide timely, specific feedback to strengthen legal analysis, accuracy, professional judgment, and independent execution of routine assignments.
• Serve as a primary resource for staff attorney questions and routine legal issues; clarify guidance and escalate complex, novel, or high-risk matters to supervising counsel with supporting analysis and recommended next steps.
• Lead daily case and workflow huddles to communicate priorities, review progress toward task goals, and identify obstacles; coordinate follow-up to support timely completion while maintaining legal quality and client service standards.
• Draft, review, and update legal procedures, training materials, and review resources to reflect approved practices and changes in immigration requirements; recommend improvements and obtain appropriate approval before implementation.
• Take ownership of assigned escalations, corrections, and deadline-sensitive cases; assess underlying issues, coordinate corrective action, and complete required legal work within established timelines, seeking supervisory guidance when matters exceed scope.
• Research immigration statutes, regulations, agency guidance, and relevant decisions to resolve case questions and support legal recommendations; translate findings into practical guidance and share relevant developments with staff attorneys and supervising counsel.
• Serve as attorney of record on assigned immigration matters as applicable (pursuant to Form G-28 for USCIS matters or Form E-28 for immigration court matters); maintain familiarity with case status, key legal issues, and required filings.
• Develop and recommend legal strategies for assigned USCIS matters and immigration court cases by analyzing facts, evidence, and available legal options; implement approved strategies and obtain supervising counsel’s direction and approval for non-standard, complex, or high-risk decisions.
• Independently draft and review standard immigration applications, responses to Requests for Evidence, appeals, and court filings using established legal guidance; provide substantive edits and obtain supervisory review for complex or unfamiliar issues.
• Evaluate filings and supporting evidence for accuracy, completeness, consistency, legal sufficiency, and alignment with the approved case strategy; identify deficiencies, assess potential impact, and ensure necessary revisions are addressed before submission.
• Coordinate corrections and requests for additional information with attorneys, paralegals, and support staff; provide clear direction on required changes, track outstanding items, and verify required attorney review completion before filing.
• Communicate with clients, generally through an interpreter, to explain case status, address questions within scope, clarify next steps, obtain relevant information, document material communications, and escalate concerns requiring additional legal review.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-approved law school.
• Active membership in good standing with a state bar.
• 1–3 years of post-J.D. legal experience in immigration law, with demonstrated proficiency in legal drafting, document review, and client communication.
• Experience preparing and reviewing immigration applications, supporting evidence, responses to Requests for Evidence, and related filings; humanitarian immigration experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance, training, or constructive feedback to attorneys or legal support staff preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing technical guidance, training, or constructive feedback to attorneys or legal support staff.
• Humanitarian immigration experience.
• Working knowledge of immigration law and standard case processes, with strong legal analysis, research, drafting, and document review skills.
• Ability to manage routine assignments independently, produce work requiring limited substantive edits, and recognize complex issues requiring supervisory review.
• Clear, respectful client communication and growing advocacy skills, including communication through interpreters.

Compensation & Benefits

• 401K match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Options for Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care FSA
• Basic life insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Disability insurance
• Voluntary accident insurance
• Voluntary hospital indemnity insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm app subscription

Location

• EST time zone

Work Schedule

• Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM EST