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
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