Legal Assistant - Thriving Immigration Law Firm

Job Description

Job Description

A thriving Immigration Law Firm in MIDTOWN WEST is looking for an enthusiastic Legal Assistant to join their growing team! Seeking a wonderful team player to handle administrative support and client communication.

$60-68k base +  paid OT + discretionary bonus, benefits.

5 days week / in office (Monday-Friday)

Typical working hours : 9am-6pm

2+ years of experience in immigration law is required

Responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to :

• Provide legal administrative support, service, and expertise to staff and clients
• Receive and organize mail. Including scanning and uploading mail into client folders as well as timely notifying team members of importance notices.
• Timely notifying clients of receipt notices, approval notices, and employment / travel authorization approvals
• Prepare and send out case engagement agreements, questionnaires, and initiation packages
• Assist Supervising Paralegal and Partners with case initiations, preparation, and filings
• Prepare, organize, and maintain spreadsheets and or other workflow management systems to track client information and cases.
• Come into the office as needed for printing, compiling, and mailing out cases. Team members will do their best to coordinate so that filings are limited to just a single or a couple of days.
• General filing; organization of files
• Submit and track case inquiries; check statuses of cases with USCIS
• Researching and maintaining up to date knowledge of changing immigration laws

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