Immigration Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

IMMIGRATION MANAGING ATTORNEY (BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH)

The Immigration Law Office of Moises L. Barraza, LLC is a family-run practice dedicated to providing high quality, trustworthy immigration services to individuals and families. We specialize in strategizing and winning even the most complex immigration cases. We have a great work environment, and we provide healthy work-life balance and lots of growth opportunities.

We are looking to hire an Associate who is a licensed attorney, has experience working in immigration law, and is a motivated initiative-taker, leader, and problem-solver. The ideal Associate Attorney for our firm will be passionate for expanding the growth and mission of our law firm, which is “To Give Immigrants the Greatest Chance of Success”. This position is specifically designed for a competent individual who is looking for a long-term career with great work-life balance and growth potential within our office.

Position Overview :

Duties of the Associate Attorney at the Immigration Law Office of Moises L. Barraza, LLC, may include (but are not limited to) the following :

• Leading client consultations, screening for legal issues, and signing client contracts;
• Handling existing client appointments and taking care of any issues that arise throughout the duration of the case;
• Conducting legal research and drafting legal motions and briefs;
• Reviewing paralegal work product of compiled applications to submit to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and / or the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR);
• Preparing clients for interviews and hearings, including : USCIS interviews, consular processing interviews, Master Calendar Hearings, and Individual Hearings;
• Attending client interviews and hearings, including : USCIS interviews and Master Calendar Hearings;
• Preparing and submitting relevant motions and court filings;
• Working with Legal Assistants to be aware of the Court Case calendar and ensuring that the Firm and clients are prepared for all court deadlines;
• Managing any EOIR-related deadlines, such as I-589 submissions within the one-year deadline, submitting well-written court documents (including but not limited to motions and Pre-Hearing Statements) at least one month before the court deadlines for said documents;
• Meeting with clients to prepare all applications related to removal defense cases, including but not limited to : Asylum (I-589), Cancellation of Removal, etc.;
• Overseeing the drafting and editing of clients’ personal statements to include only relevant information and remove irrelevant information;
• Reviewing client forms for applications : making sure forms are filled correctly, without errors, and submitted on time to meet any and all deadlines;
• Managing incoming documents : communicating with clients and Legal Team to ensure that clients submit all requested documents on time and according to guidelines;
• Preparing court cases and documents for individual hearings, including but not limited to :

Reviewing Legal Assistant’s drafts of Pre-Hearing Statements (PHS), including reviewing the chronology of events to ensure it is relevant and concise, reviewing exhibits to ensure that they are fully organized, and adding legal arguments to support the claims;

Qualifications :

Salary and Hours :

Salary and benefits package will be offered within a range of $150,000-$200,000, commensurate with skill, ability, and experience. Normal office hours are Monday-Friday, 9 : 00am-5 : 30pm, with a 30 minute lunch break. This position is expected to work in office at least four days a week with one remote day per week available. Our Firm strongly believes in providing work-life balance, so a full time work week is considered 40 hours, and no evening or weekend hours are expected.

To Apply :

Please submit the following to Sarah Barraza, Director of Operations. Include your name in the title of every attachment. We are only able to consider an application that includes all of these elements.

Note that all writing (including cover letter and writing sample) must be applicant’s original written work and not written or drafted by AI or another person.