Managing Attorney
About The Position
New Frontier Immigration Law represents individuals and families navigating some of the most consequential legal moments of their lives. We are one of the fastest-growing immigration law firms in the US, handling a high and growing volume of matters monthly across Removal Defense, Humanitarian relief (T-Visa, U-Visa, VAWA), Family-based, Employment-based, and Consular processing, supported by a legal team of 10+ attorneys and 50+ support staff. With that volume comes significant responsibility. Legal excellence must be consistent. Supervision must be real. Risk must be proactively managed so our clients are protected at every stage of their case.
Requirements
- Active U.S. law license in good standing.
- Significant immigration law experience across Removal Defense, Humanitarian, Family-based, Employment-based, and/or Consular matters.
- Demonstrated experience supervising attorneys in a law firm environment and implementing strategic change.
- Direct experience handling bar complaints or professional responsibility compliance.
- Experience operating within high-volume legal settings.
- Process-oriented, systems-minded, and decisive; comfortable integrating with operations without compromising ethics.
Nice To Haves
- Six Sigma or other operations certifications a plus.
Responsibilities
- Supervise 10+ attorneys across multiple immigration practice areas.
- Establish and enforce firm-wide legal quality standards, templates, argument structures, and review protocols.
- Define supervision requirements and escalation thresholds, and intervene when case strategy requires correction.
- Conduct structured legal performance and quality reviews.
- Serve as lead authority on bar complaints and professional responsibility matters.
- Design preventive supervision systems that reduce exposure before issues arise.
- Audit case documentation for compliance and defensibility.
- Establish documentation standards and red-flag triggers for elevated review.
- Track and analyze RFE trends across case types to identify systemic drafting or evidentiary weaknesses.
- Develop preemptive strategy updates and practice playbooks based on pattern data.
- Lead structured legal review sessions and partner with Legal Operations to implement improvements.
- Conduct high-level conversations with concerned or dissatisfied clients when legal authority is required.
- Provide clear, disciplined explanations of strategy and risk, and make principled decisions regarding case posture in collaboration with leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
