Associate Immigration Attorney

About the company

Our client is a law firm.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own a caseload of employment-based immigration matters from intake through filing, while advising prospective clients and helping shape how the practice operates. This is an early hire role working alongside a senior attorney and offering input on technology used for drafting and review.

What you'll do

- Manage your own caseload of employment-based work visa petitions from intake through filing.

- Conduct initial consultation calls with prospective clients to assess strategy and fit.

- Draft, review and submit petitions, handling the full lifecycle of each matter.

- Work with a senior attorney to develop flexible, practical methods for building petitions and document them as reusable guides.

- Give feedback to the engineering team on drafting and review tools.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- J.D. from an accredited law school.

- Active U.S. bar membership in good standing in any state.

- 1 to 3 years of business immigration experience, including caseload management, petition review and submission.

- Experience with extraordinary ability and national interest petitions and with employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant filings.

- Strong legal writing skills, including building persuasive arguments.

- Ability to advise founders and engineers directly in a client-facing capacity.

- Adaptable, high-agency and entrepreneurial mindset with enthusiasm for building at an early-stage company.

- Ability to work in the office 5 days a week.

Bonus points

- Experience at a large immigration firm or a boutique immigration practice.

- Experience working with founder or startup clients.

- Experience with RFE and NOID responses.

- New York bar membership.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 185,000 per year

- Equity

- Health insurance

- Paid time off

- Professional development and bar dues support

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States or New York, NY, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time