Immigration Paralegal II

Berry, Appleman & Leiden • Richardson, TX

78d • Hybrid

About The Position

A Paralegal is responsible for coordinating with Attorneys in the preparation, filing, and monitoring of various immigration and nationality law matters. Additionally, a Paralegal should have a comprehensive knowledge of the immigration process, mastery of multiple case types, and increasing company client interaction. This role has excellent career-pathing opportunities including the ability to grow into a Senior Paralegal or other career paths.

Requirements

• 2+ years of U.S. corporate immigration experience
• Bachelor's Degree; 1-year law-related experience under licensed attorney; or PL certificate from ABA approved program
• Comfortable and ability to thrive in an extremely high-volume environment
• Demonstrates sound judgement
• Ability to execute and work well with minimal supervision
• Strong attention to detail and ability to catch errors and correct work and the work of others
• Superior client service skills
• Effectively able to prioritize cases, caseload and other assigned tasks (i.e. projects, company management responsibilities, etc.)
• Ability to meet deadline and goals
• MS Office, Scan/Copy; learn, apply and effectively navigate daily use of propriety software

Responsibilities

• Under direction of Senior Paralegal/Attorney, takes lead in email/phone client communications.
• Provides guidance to assignees regarding proprietary systems and case processing.
• Increased understanding of client communication procedures and requirements.
• Inputs client services rendered and sends to Accounting for processing.
• Complete competence of case types previously handled and continually strives to advance and broaden knowledge base; demonstrates increasing levels of independence in case handling.
• Processes more advanced and varied corporate immigration cases.
• Evaluates cases, relays concerns, and proactively escalates to the appropriate BAL team members(s).
• Prepares forms, letters, documents and correspondence for attorney review; adapts tools and resources for casework which deviates from templates; increases knowledge of BAL best practices.
• Manages status of all filed applications and petitions and finalizes documents after attorney review.
• Utilizes document and data management systems to prepare, monitor, and record all aspects of client casework as per BAL policy.
• Prepares internal caseload reports for management.
• Shares process flow with assignees; Identifies problematic cases and discusses strategies and/or solutions with Attorney.
• Performs research to obtain information such as background on a company or industry, current wages, processing procedures, standard processing times, etc.
• Initiates contact with government agencies to obtain necessary information; alerts Senior Paralegal and/or attorney regarding potential process delays/problems.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Sick time
• Unlimited vacation
• 401(k) with company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree