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About the Role
A career as a Business Immigration Associate at Fragomen offers the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group in an exciting, dynamic, and challenging environment focused exclusively on immigration. Associates learn from industry leaders, benefiting from cutting-edge technology and a collegial, team-oriented atmosphere.
Responsibilities
- Develop an expert-level understanding of client base, industries supported, and firm's practice areas and services.
- Develop case strategies, including research, drafting, reviewing, client counseling, and triaging initiations.
- Identify and solve escalations and areas of underperformance.
- Regularly communicate with clients and foreign nationals regarding procedural, case processing issues, and case strategy.
- Support clients in immigration program management and compliance.
- Assess eligibility of corporate foreign national employees for non-immigrant and immigrant visa status.
- Work with client global mobility personnel to prepare petitions and applications for submission to government agencies.
- Draft and prepare letters and legal documents, typically based on established precedents.
- Conduct research to support client requests and projects.
- Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols, with precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organized responses.
- Partner with colleagues to resolve client issues, share information, and support client projects.
- Directly or indirectly supervise junior Associates and other staff, providing mentoring and coaching.
- Regularly seek out and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization with processes, products, or services.
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn and effectively implement guidance and direction from supervisors and experienced colleagues.
- Use firm technology accurately and in line with team and client protocols, ensuring accurate and complete data entry.
- Actively contribute to team meetings and firmwide activities.
- Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational, and client compliance.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- U.S. JD or LLM required
- Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association
- 2-3 years of experience at Associate level
- Expanded practical understanding of immigration law
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to proofread documents, draft fluent prose, and avoid grammatical mistakes without the aid of AI engines
- 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
Location
- Local office
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Associate level
Education Level
- U.S. JD or LLM
Salary/Compensations
- $144,000.00 - $180,000.00
Benefits
- 27 PTO days + Federal holidays
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans
- 401K plan, with company matching
About the Company
- Fragomen is a global immigration law firm.
- The firm focuses exclusively on immigration law.
- Fragomen utilizes cutting-edge technological innovation.
- Fragomen values its people and offers a broad range of benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- All offers and/or employment contracts are contingent upon the successful completion of the Firm’s pre-employment screening process.
- This process may include verifying the candidate’s identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the offered position’s location, and conducting a comprehensive background check, where permitted by local regulations.
- We use limited AI‑assisted tools for administrative screening purposes only - never for decision‑making.
- All hiring decisions are made by people.
- Applicants may have rights to information and explanations regarding the use of such tools, or request human review, as required by applicable regional laws.