Associate Immigration Attorney

Pay: $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a fast-growing immigration law firm with meaningful, high-impact work helping families, individuals, and businesses navigate complex immigration matters.
• Take real ownership of your caseload instead of being micromanaged or limited to narrow tasks.
• Work on a wide range of immigration matters, including family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, asylum, removal defense, waivers, and federal litigation.
• Step into a mid-level role with strong growth potential, leadership opportunity, and performance-based incentives.
• Be part of a driven, high-performing team that moves quickly, takes challenging cases, and cares deeply about client outcomes.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in the Greater Philadelphia area, with in-office collaboration required and some flexibility built into the schedule.

Note: Candidates must have an active U.S. bar license in good standing, federal bar admission or eligibility, and hands-on immigration law experience managing cases with limited supervision.

About Us

We are a fast-growing immigration law firm serving clients across the Greater Philadelphia area and beyond. Our work is focused on helping individuals, families, and businesses through complex immigration, citizenship, naturalization, and litigation matters with integrity, urgency, and personal attention. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage a caseload of immigration matters from intake through resolution with limited senior attorney oversight.
• Handle at least two areas of immigration practice, such as family-based petitions, employment-based petitions, asylum, removal defense, waivers, or federal immigration litigation.
• Develop case strategy, make filing decisions, communicate with clients, and move matters forward efficiently.
• Draft, review, and oversee immigration filings, legal briefs, motions, support letters, evidence packets, and related documentation.
• Appear in immigration court, USCIS interviews, hearings, and other proceedings as applicable.
• Supervise and support paralegal staff by assigning work, reviewing output, tracking deadlines, and maintaining accountability.
• Identify urgent issues, flag bottlenecks, and help keep cases progressing in a high-volume environment.
• Communicate with government agencies, including USCIS, ICE, immigration courts, and the U.S. Department of State.
• Contribute to firm systems, workflow improvements, case prioritization, and overall operational momentum.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school.
• Active U.S. bar license in good standing required.
• Federal bar admission required or strongly preferred.
• 2+ years of immigration law experience preferred, especially in a high-volume law firm setting.
• Experience independently managing immigration cases from start to finish.
• Ability to handle at least two immigration practice areas without heavy supervision.
• Experience supervising paralegals or legal support staff strongly preferred.
• Removal defense, immigration court, asylum, waivers, or federal immigration litigation experience strongly preferred.
• Strong writing, organization, client communication, and case management skills.
• Spanish or another second language is a plus, but not required.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will do meaningful legal work that directly impacts families, businesses, and individuals.
• You will have autonomy, responsibility, and the chance to be trusted with important matters.
• You will join a team that values urgency, accountability, compassion, and excellent legal work.
• You will have room to grow into a leadership role as the firm continues expanding.
• You will be rewarded for performance, case ownership, and your contribution to the team's success.
• Compensation starts around $100,000+, with higher compensation available for more seasoned candidates and strong incentive upside.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance