What are the responsibilities and job description for the Attorney position at Planet Professional?
Contract through Jun 30, 2025 (potential to extend up to 18 months)
Hourly : $48.50
Redmond, WA - onsite
Job Description :
The main function of an Attorney is to research legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents. A typical Attorney is responsible for conducting research to support a legal proceeding, formulate a defense or to initiate legal action.
Review of non-immigrant and immigrant visa filings. Require a Law Degree from a credible university and admission to the bar. 1 plus year of immigration experience, preferably in employment-based immigration, but will also accept family-based immigration experience. Normal rhythm of business with petition review. Coming into a busy time of the year based on volume increase.
Typical Day in the Role :
- Purpose of the Team : The purpose of this team is to work on employment-based immigration.
- Key projects : This role will contribute to supporting high volume U.S. business immigration operations including petition review, I-9, e-mail response support, and ensuring legal compliance with daily filings.
- Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm : The role will consist of -
- Use U.S. immigration legal knowledge to ensure daily workflow targets are completed and maintain integrity of the onsite case preparation program.
- Train admins on USCIS filings, USCIS document processing, and PERM job postings, assist with daily admin questions, and review work product to ensure legal accuracy and quality.
- Assist with root cause analysis and resolution for legal and operational issues.
- Identify and propose legal process improvement ideas to increase legal quality, improve employee experience, streamline workflow, and build operational resiliency.
- Complete remote and onsite legal review of filings.
- Address legal questions that arise related to I-9 completion and E-Verify.
- Support complex E-Verify issue resolution.
- Train and monitor admins who support I-9 reverification.
- Assist managers with understanding PERM requirements and obligations during applicant review
- Respond to emails from visa dependent employees on topics including visa and green card eligibility, travel, and maintenance of status.
Salary : $49
