Description
A career as a Senior Associate at Fragomen gives you the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group.
As a Senior Associate, you will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the broader implications of business immigration legal points, including the potential shifts and developments in legal issues and precedents.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Displaying strategic business immigration knowledge, assuming the role of a strategic advisor to senior-level clients.
- Overseeing a portfolio of high-profile clients and managing the quality and risk associated with new and existing business relationships.
- Managing projects and immigration cases from end to end and taking the lead on major client issues.
- Allocating resources and responsibilities to ensure successful completion of projects, monitoring and measuring performance to ensure high quality and growth.
- Developing and implementing strategic plans to maintain and strengthen relationships with clients within the team, office, and more broadly in collaboration with colleagues regionally and globally.
- Anticipating market and regulatory changes and providing market intelligence to the team and clients as a recognized technical expert both internally and externally.
- Leading the continuous improvement process for direct and/or indirect teams, including seeking out and implementing opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of processes, products, or services.
- Proactively identifying and taking part in business development opportunities and developing significant new business through client relationship building.
- Managing or collaborating on pitch meetings, RFPs, etc., holding prep and debrief meetings, and participating in client presentations.
- Providing team-wide leadership and directly or indirectly supervising Associates and other staff, providing mentoring, coaching, and performance management.
- Ensuring 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.
- Proactively developing a network of relationships with colleagues within different teams locally, regionally, and firmwide.
- Ensuring self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational, and client compliance.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- U.S. JD or LLM
- Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association
- 8+ years of experience at Associate level
- Acknowledged as an expert in immigration law
- Prior team management experience strongly preferred
- Excellent verbal and written 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
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- 27 PTO days + Federal holidays
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans
- 401K plan, with company matching
The salary range for this role is $196,000.00 - $255,000.00.