# Business Immigration Associate

**Company**: Fragomen
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

A career as a Business Immigration Associate at Fragomen gives you the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group.

As a Business Immigration Associate, you will develop an expert-level understanding of your client base and the industries you support, as well as the firm's practice areas and services provided.

Responsibilities:

- Develop an expert-level understanding of your client base and the industries you support as well as the firm's practice areas and services provided.

- Positioned as a senior member of the client team, independently oversee, and manage assignments with minimal supervision.

- Utilize legal precedents to address specific client situations or requests and develop creative solutions.

- Research complex technical immigration issues and formulate solutions, including completion of appropriate documentation.

- Independently execute case preparation and filing and develop strategies for complex matters.

- Articulate relatively complex issues to a variety of audiences.

- Understand the business strategy of the practice area and the firm as a whole.

- Build, strengthen, and maintain strong client relationships with key stakeholders in client accounts, as well as Partners and other relevant stakeholders.

- Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols and with a precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organized response.

- Directly or indirectly supervise junior Associates and other staff, providing mentoring, coaching, and performance management.

- Ensure self and team follow firm protocols with respect to file maintenance, record keeping and use of firm's systems including data quality in Connect and other firm technology.

- Meet individual and team productivity goals and identify opportunities to cross sell or bill for out-of-scope services.

- Proactively identify and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of processes, products, or services.

- Proactively identify and take part in marketing and business development opportunities.

- Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational and client compliance.

- Engage, collaborate, and share knowledge with teams locally, regionally, and firmwide.

Requirements:

- U.S. JD or LLM required

- Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association

- 3-5 years of experience at Associate level

- Exceptional working knowledge and understanding of immigration law

- Prior team management experience preferred

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Dedication to exceptional client service

- Demonstrated attention to detail

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with competing demands

- Ability to contribute to a positive work environment

Benefits:

- 27 PTO days + Federal holidays

- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans

- 401K plan, with company matching

## Skills

### Required
- immigration law
- client management
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- team management
- prior experience in immigration law

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