Business Immigration Associate

Title: Business Immigration Associate (3 years)

Location: US-Chicago

Job Description:

About the Role: A career as an Associate at Fragomen gives you the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group. Our exclusive focus on immigration means you will practice in an exciting, dynamic, and challenging environment with talented individuals who share your passion for immigration. Working in a collegial, team-oriented environment, Fragomen Associates learn from the industry's leading experts. Our unwavering dedication to excellence and industry best practices is bolstered by cutting-edge technological innovation, enhancing the experience for both our clients and our exceptional staff.

How will you make a difference as an Associate at Fragomen? 

• Develop an understanding of the client base, supported industries, and the firm’s practice areas and services
• Utilize legal precedents to address client situations and develop creative solutions
• Research complex technical immigration issues and formulate solutions, including completing appropriate documentation
• Execute case preparation and filings, and develop strategies for complex matters
• Clearly articulate complex issues to a variety of audiences
• Understand the business strategy of both the practice area and the firm overall
• Build, strengthen, and maintain strong client relationships with key stakeholders, Partners, and others
• Participate in client meetings, briefings, workshops, Q&A sessions, and proactively provide client reporting
• Communicate proactively with clients following SLAs and team protocols, ensuring responses are precise, efficient, and well-organized
• Ensure adherence to firm protocols for file maintenance, record keeping, and use of firm systems, including data quality standards
• Meet individual and team productivity goals and identify opportunities to cross-sell or bill for out-of-scope services
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of processes, products, or services
• Participate in marketing and business development opportunities
• Ensure adherence to firm standards and policies to mitigate risk and maintain regulatory, operational, and client compliance

Leverage your valuable skills and experience to make an impact at Fragomen:

• JD or LLM degree required;
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as an attorney required;
• Membership in a U.S. state bar or the District of Columbia bar required;
• Experience researching complex technical immigration issues and formulating solutions, including completing appropriate documentation;
• Experience utilizing legal precedents (e.g., BALCA decisions, USCIS Policy Memoranda, DOL Policy Memoranda) to address client situations and develop solutions;
• Experience providing mentoring, coaching, and performance management feedback to Associates and support staff;
• Understanding immigration law requirements from a business perspective, including billing goals, corporate policy implementation, and HR requirements;
• Experience drafting and reviewing complex legal analyses in response to government requests;

• Experience drafting and reviewing complex immigration petitions, including: O-1, TN, H-1B, and L-1 petitions; EB-1 (a), (b), and (c) petitions (extraordinary ability, multinational manager, outstanding researcher); National interest and I-140 petitions; and EB-2 and EB-3 PERM applications;

Benefits:

At Fragomen, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits which includes:

• 27 PTO days + Federal holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans
• 401K plan, with company matching

Compensation:

The salary range for this role reflects a variety of factors considered in compensation decisions, including but not limited to an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, work location, work arrangement, licensure and certifications, and applicable laws. Placement within the range will vary based on these factors, and compensation decisions are made to ensure internal equity and alignment with market data.

A reasonable and good-faith estimate of the current salary range for individuals able to work a hybrid schedule in the office locally is:

$142,000.00 - $178,000.00

You may also be eligible to take advantage of our benefits offering, 401K, and paid time off plans.

All offers and/or employment contracts are contingent upon the successful completion of the Firm’s pre-employment screening process. This process may include verifying the candidate’s identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the offered position’s location, and conducting a comprehensive background check, where permitted by local regulations.