Associate Attorney: Immigration

Guia Legal Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Guía Legal Group in Miami, FL, is seeking an attorney to manage a real immigration docket, including affirmative filings and removal defense, with opportunities to argue before the courts. You will work in Spanish and English, travel for hearings when needed, and supervise paralegals.

Remote consideration is allowed, but you must live within reach of an immigration court and be prepared to attend hearings as required.

Qualifications

• Active bar license in good standing in any U.S. jurisdiction.
• Immigration experience with affirmative filings preferred.
• Comfort in the courtroom and ability to handle hearings confidently.
• Professional fluency in Spanish, spoken and written.
• Remote work allowed only if you can travel to hearings and live within commuting distance of an immigration court.

Responsibilities

• Own a caseload of affirmative immigration matters from intake through decision.
• Appear in immigration court for master and individual calendar hearings, and represent clients at USCIS interviews.
• Build and argue removal defense cases, including asylum and cancellation of removal, with direct access to the founding attorney.
• Make strategic calls on files to keep matters moving without prompting.
• Meet with clients and families in Spanish and English; explain options and set expectations.
• Direct paralegals and case managers on files and deadlines; review evidence packets.
• Travel to hearings and interviews outside your home area when required.

Skills

Spanish fluency

Bar license

Courtroom presence

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Guía Legal Group | Miami, FL (remote considered. Must live within reach of an immigration court) | Full-Time

You have stood in front of an immigration judge, or you are ready to, and you would rather run a case than draft pieces of someone else's. We are looking for an attorney who wants a real docket and the responsibility that comes with it.

Guía Legal Group is a Miami immigration firm founded in 2017 by attorney Marlene Markowitz. We represent clients before USCIS, in ICE custody, and before the immigration courts, across affirmative and defensive matters: adjustment of status, family and marriage petitions, naturalization, U and T visas, asylum, cancellation of removal, and deportation defense. Most of our clients speak Spanish, and we serve them wherever they are.

What You Will Do

• Own a caseload of affirmative immigration matters from intake through decision: adjustment of status, family-based and marriage petitions, naturalization, U and T visas, and related filings.


• Appear in immigration court for master and individual calendar hearings, and represent clients at USCIS interviews.


• Build and argue removal defense cases, including asylum and cancellation of removal, with direct access to the founding attorney while you build that experience.


• Make strategy calls on your files and keep every matter moving without waiting to be asked.


• Meet with clients and families in Spanish and English: explain their options, set honest expectations, and deliver difficult news when the facts require it.


• Direct paralegals and case managers on your files: assign drafting, review evidence packets, and own the deadlines.


• Travel to hearings and interviews outside your home area when a case requires it.

What We Are Looking For

Required

• Active bar license in good standing in any U.S. jurisdiction. (Federal immigration practice does not require Florida admission.)


• Hands-on immigration experience that includes affirmative filings: as an attorney, or as an immigration paralegal before you were admitted.


• Comfort in the courtroom. You prepare thoroughly, and you are not rattled by a judge, opposing counsel, or a hearing that changes direction.


• Professional fluency in Spanish, spoken and written.


• If remote: you live within commuting distance of an immigration court and can travel for appearances.

Preferred

• Two or more years of immigration practice, including removal defense.


• Litigation experience in another practice area (family law, criminal, or similar) combined with a genuine immigration background.

The families on your docket are deciding whether they get to stay together. We want the attorney who prepares every case like that is true.