Supporting Immigration Specialist at Boutique Brooklyn Firm

Do you like business immigration, north Brooklyn, and dogs?

DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP (“D&S”), a boutique firm in Williamsburg with a dog-friendly office, is looking for an experienced Supporting Immigration Specialist (paralegal-level position) to join their growing team.

In this role, you will support paralegals and attorneys with drafting, assembling, and filing H-1B, L-1, TN, and O-1 nonimmigrant visa petitions and immigrant I-140 EB-2s and EB-3s as well as AOS applications.

Here’s important information about the role:

• Start Date: As soon as possible (with the understanding that currently employed candidates will need to give notice).
• Salary Range: $65,000 to $75,000 per year, depending upon qualifications and experience.
• Work Location/Schedule: Casual and dog-friendly office environment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with hybrid/remote schedule.
• Benefits: Health, vision, dental, and life insurance, 401(k) with employer matching, self-managed PTO, up to 12 paid holidays and 2 flex days, summer Fridays, and firm Macbook.
• Experience/Education Required: 1 to 3 years with H-1Bs, L-1s, TNs, O-1s, EB-2s, EB-3s, and AOS, as well as a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent.
• Preference: PERM experience is a big plus. Also familiarity with Google Docs and Drive and Adobe.

More About You

You have a strong interest in business immigration law, the ability to work independently and autonomously while managing multiple deadlines, and can provide thoughtful, professional immigration support to attorneys, case managers, and clients.

What else?

• You are driven, proactive, and self-motivated with excellent communication and triage skills.
• You can work very quickly and accurately in a fast-paced environment with high productivity. This is not a role to coast in.
• You take pride in your work, understand the importance of hyper attention to detail, and have a desire to grow in the position and with the firm.

The ideal candidate values being part of a collaborative and tight-knit team and is interested in being a key player at a firm where hard work and dedication are rewarded.

More Of What You Will Do

In addition to case preparation and filing, in your day-to-day you will:

• Monitor case processing before and after filing, including the preparation of approval packages.
• Monitor and meet internal and external deadlines on assigned cases and proactively communicate case progress to supervisors.
• Ensure client records and files are kept organized and updated.
• Maintain client databases and reports with respect to approval and validity dates of visa petitions, and assist with case milestone and expiration monitoring.

In this role, you will have administrative support from office assistants who take the lead in scanning mail and performing other key admin tasks.

About D&S

Founded a decade ago by Dana DiRaimondo & Sarah Schroeder, immigration attorneys from BigLaw, the firm prides itself on being different from a traditional law firm model. The firm’s open and inclusive culture is built around the concept of “accountable flexibility” where employees are provided freedom and flexibility in return for staying accountable for the work they produce.

The firm rewards high performers with more flexibility and opportunities for growth, raises, promotions, and additional discretionary compensation where firm profits permit. The partners aim to avoid micromanagement and instead provide their team with the resources, training, and guidance needed to do their best work in a sustainable way.

Dana and Sarah genuinely care about job satisfaction for their employees and check-in regularly. This helps ensure that the firm's and employees' needs are met. Their team members recognize and value this approach, which is reflected in their retention rate–the firm’s first hire ever, who started as an Immigration Specialist, remains with them over eight years later is now the COO and Immigration Manager.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should follow instructions to submit a cover letter (addressed to Sarah Schroeder) and Resume/CV.

DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity status, veteran status, family history and genetic information, or any other protected status.

***ImmigrationJobs is partnering with DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP to conduct a search for this role. Please direct all questions about the role or firm to Joey McKeown at ImmigrationJobs.***