Immigration Associate Attorney

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Job Overview:

An immigration law firm is seeking a full-time Associate Attorney to independently manage a diverse U.S. immigration caseload. The practice includes removal defense, asylum, humanitarian immigration matters, waivers, adjustment of status, consular processing, family-based petitions, citizenship, and immigration appeals. The attorney will represent clients before immigration courts, asylum offices, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), as well as review case packages prepared by paralegals. The position may be performed from the firm's Weston, Florida office or remotely from within the United States, with travel required for hearings, interviews, and other appearances.

Duties:

• Independently manage a caseload covering a broad range of immigration matters.
• Represent clients in removal defense and cancellation of removal proceedings.
• Handle affirmative and defensive asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture matters.
• Handle VAWA petitions, U visas, and other humanitarian immigration matters.
• Prepare and manage waivers of inadmissibility, including Forms I-601, I-601A, and I-212.
• Handle adjustment of status, consular processing, and family-based petitions.
• Assist clients with naturalization and citizenship matters.
• Appear at master calendar and individual merits hearings before immigration courts.
• Represent clients at asylum office and USCIS interviews and appointments.
• Prepare clients and witnesses for testimony.
• Conduct direct and cross-examinations and present oral arguments.
• Draft pre-hearing statements, briefs, motions, legal memoranda, particular social group formulations, and country conditions submissions.
• Prepare and file required appearance forms and other immigration filings.
• Prepare appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and motions to reopen or reconsider.
• Conduct legal research and verify cited authorities using primary legal sources.
• File documents through EOIR ECAS and maintain calendars and deadlines for assigned matters.
• Communicate and negotiate with government counsel regarding prosecutorial discretion, stipulated relief, and related matters.
• Review paralegal-prepared case packages for legal sufficiency and provide specific corrections before filing.
• Prepare and review responses to Requests for Evidence, Notices of Intent to Deny, and Notices to Appear.
• Counsel clients in both English and Spanish and maintain accurate records of legal advice.
• Travel to immigration courts, asylum offices, and USCIS field offices when required.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of U.S. immigration law experience.
• Experience independently appearing at immigration hearings and/or interviews.
• Experience across a broad range of family-based, humanitarian, removal defense, and immigration appellate matters.
• Full professional fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish.
• Ability to take testimony and counsel clients in Spanish.
• Active and good-standing admission to the bar of at least one U.S. state.
• Willingness and ability to travel for hearings, interviews, and other appearances.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Experience practicing before immigration courts in multiple states is preferred.
• Regular experience with asylum office and USCIS interviews is preferred.
• Experience drafting Board of Immigration Appeals briefs is preferred.
• Experience supervising or reviewing the work of paralegals is preferred.
• Familiarity with Docketwise and EOIR ECAS is preferred.
• AILA membership is preferred.

Education and Certifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. state.
• AILA membership is preferred.

Skills:

• Removal defense and immigration court advocacy.
• Asylum and humanitarian immigration law.
• Family-based immigration.
• Waivers of inadmissibility.
• Adjustment of status and consular processing.
• Immigration appeals and motion practice.
• Legal research, brief writing, and analytical skills.
• Direct and cross-examination.
• Oral advocacy and hearing preparation.
• Client counseling in English and Spanish.
• Case and deadline management.
• Review and supervision of paralegal work.
• EOIR ECAS and electronic immigration filing systems.
• Strong attention to detail and legal accuracy.
• Ability to independently manage a diverse immigration caseload.

Benefits:

• Discretionary quarterly bonus opportunities.
• Health insurance allowance toward eligible individual coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Payment of bar dues.
• Continuing legal education support.
• Payment of AILA membership.
• Reimbursement of approved business travel expenses.
• Professional development assistance.
• Remote or in-office work options.

Company info

BCG Attorney Search
801 Brickell Avenue, Suite 900
Miami
Florida
United States 33131
Phone : (305) 570-3575
Fax : (213) 895-7306