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About the Role
Harris Beach Murtha is seeking an Immigration Paralegal to assist in preparing nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications for corporate and individual clients. This role offers a purpose-driven opportunity to change lives.
Responsibilities
- Prepare business-based nonimmigrant (H-1B, L-1, TN, E, and O-1) and immigrant (employment and family-based) petitions, including forms and supporting documentation.
- Manage high-volume corporate client accounts and provide comprehensive immigration services.
- Compile and maintain records of immigration filings, documentation, and client activity.
- Review immigration regulations and apply them to various case scenarios.
- Write detailed and complex supporting argumentation.
- Enter case information into the case management system.
- Complete a minimum of 1400 billable hours annually.
Requirements
- 3+ years of Business Immigration paralegal experience required.
- Experience in business and family-based immigration (preferred, not required).
- Superior writing/editing skills for complex support letters.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Experience with MS Office.
- Expertise with computer-assisted legal resources.
- Ability to manage multiple high-volume priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Maintain a professional, cooperative, positive, and flexible attitude.
- Exhibit the ability to effectively multi-task, meet deadlines, and provide solutions in a fast-paced office setting.
- Demonstrate good organizational skills for prioritizing workload.
- Believe in the firm’s core values: integrity, respect, accountability, ingenuity, teamwork, and inclusion and engagement.
- Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm.
- Comfortable working in the office every day, with the potential to work a hybrid schedule after training.
Skills
- Business Immigration paralegal experience
- Business and family-based immigration
- Writing/editing skills
- Written communication skills
- Oral communication skills
- MS Office
- Computer-assisted legal resources
- Multi-tasking
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Client service
Location
- Albany, NY
- New York City, NY
- Boston, MA
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years of Business Immigration paralegal experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in a field emphasizing writing or communication
Salary/Compensations
- Albany, NY: $31.25 - $40.87/hour
- New York City, NY: $36.06 - $45.67/hour
- Boston, Massachusetts: Salary information not explicitly stated for Boston, but implied to be within a similar range based on location.
About the Company
- Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP, bringing over 250 years of combined history.
- The firm has a strong Northeast presence with global reach, serving a diverse client base including Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, and public sector entities.
- Practice areas span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, and more.
- Lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
Equal Opportunity
- Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
- The firm’s policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment.
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Harassment or discrimination of any kind based on protected characteristics is strictly prohibited.
- Compliance with Human Rights Law and other non-discrimination provisions is maintained.