Immigration Attorney

Job Overview
A law firm seeks an Immigration Attorney in Greenwood Village, CO. The attorney will manage a diverse caseload and provide strategic legal counsel across various immigration matters, ensuring high standards of client service.

Duties

• Manage a caseload of family-based, employment-based, humanitarian, and removal defense matters.
• Conduct client meetings and develop customized immigration strategies.
• Prepare and review petitions, applications, waivers, motions, appeals, and supporting documentation.
• Represent clients before USCIS, EOIR, ICE, CBP, and related courts and tribunals.
• Attend hearings, interviews, and immigration-related proceedings.
• Conduct legal research and draft legal memoranda.
• Maintain regular communication with clients regarding case progress and strategy.
• Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and support staff to ensure efficient case management.
• Stay current on changes in immigration laws, regulations, and agency policies.
• Participate in business development, community outreach, and professional networking activities.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and active license and good standing with any U.S. state bar.
• Excellent written, analytical, and oral advocacy skills.
• Ability to independently manage deadlines.
• Strong client service orientation and attention to detail.
• Desire to be in the courtroom and fight for clients.

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

Certifications

• Active license and good standing with any U.S. state bar.

Skills

• Fluency in Spanish or another commonly spoken language among immigrant communities preferred.
• Experience in family-based immigration, asylum, VAWA, U visas, and removal defense preferred.
• 2-5 years of immigration law experience preferred.
• Trial practice or immigration law experience preferred.
• Prior courtroom and immigration hearing experience preferred.
• Experience preparing and filing complex immigration petitions and applications preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. immigration laws, regulations, and procedures preferred.
• Familiarity with immigration case management software preferred.

Benefits

• Not specified.