Associate Immigration Attorney

JAM; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

JAM, a US-based AI-native immigration practice, is hiring an Associate Immigration Attorney for a remote/hybrid role. Manage the full case lifecycle from intake through filing on O-1A, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW and H-1B petitions, and help build scalable playbooks using AI drafting.

Advise founders and engineers, argue eligibility, and help document repeatable workflows for consistent use.

Requirements: J.D., active US state bar, 1–3 years business immigration experience; New York bar is a plus.

Qualifications

• J.D. from accredited law school.
• Active bar in any US state (New York bar a plus).
• 1–3 years of business immigration experience.
• Experience with O-1A, EB-1A, NIW and H-1B petitions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage O-1A, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW and H-1B petitions from intake through filing.
• Run consultations to assess visa options and case strength.
• Build persuasive arguments linking achievements to eligibility.
• Advise founders/engineers on strategy, evidence requirements and next steps.
• Help document scalable workflows and provide AI-drafting feedback.

Skills

Case management

Legal writing

Client counseling

Drafting

Education

J.D. from accredited law school

Job description

Associate Immigration Attorney - USA (Remote/Hybrid)

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: $Negotiable + Equity + Bonus + Benefits

This AI-native immigration practice is looking to hire an attorney to join an ambitious start-up reimagining how immigration law is delivered. This is an opportunity for an early-career business immigration attorney to combine substantive legal practice with a hand in building the systems behind it. You’ll advise start-up founders and technical talent and manage petitions from intake through filing. Alongside your caseload, you’ll help build scalable, repeatable playbooks. You’ll also give engineers practical feedback on AI-assisted drafting and review tools. You’ll be one of the founding legal team members and help define how the entire practice operates. Early team members get meaningful equity. AI-native from day one—you won’t be bolting AI onto old workflows. You’ll practice immigration law with purpose-built AI tools and shape how those tools evolve based on your real case experience.

The Role:

You’ll take responsibility for the full case lifecycle, including:

• Managing O-1A, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW and H-1B petitions, from initial assessment and evidence gathering through drafting, review and submission.
• Running free attorney consultations with prospective clients, assessing visa options, case strength and suitability for the practice.
• Building persuasive legal arguments that connect a client’s achievements to the relevant eligibility criteria.
• Advising founders and engineers directly, explaining strategy, evidence requirements and next steps clearly.
• Learning the practice’s approach to creative, client-first case-building and helping document it for consistent use.
• Using the platform and AI-assisted drafting tools, with feedback to engineering on how those workflows can better support legal work.

The Person:

You’ll need a J.D. from an accredited law school, active bar membership in good standing in any US state, and 1–3 years’ business immigration experience. New York bar membership is a plus.

Your experience should include employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant petitions, hands-on case management, petition review and submission, and work on O-1, EB-1A or NIW cases. Strong legal writing and the confidence to advise clients directly are essential.

Experience at a large immigration practice or a specialist boutique would be useful. Work with start-up or founder clients, and experience responding to RFEs or NOIDs, would also be valuable.

This role is aimed at an early-career associate rather than an established mid-to-senior attorney. It will suit someone who takes initiative, follows cases through and is willing to reconsider familiar approaches—not simply reproduce a previous firm’s playbook.