Legal Assistant

Americandream; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 2,755,000 - 4,133,000; Part time

Job summary

American Dream Law Office, PLLC is seeking an independent contractor paralegal to help keep immigration cases moving—document management, data entry, calendaring, and client follow-up. This is fully remote for someone based outside the United States and aligned with U.S. Eastern time.

No legal experience is required—we train. The role emphasizes strong English writing and speaking skills, with additional weight given to Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole or Portuguese.

Qualifications

• High proficiency in English, in writing as much as on the phone.
• Care with detail and follow-through, because nobody is in the room to check.

Responsibilities

• Chasing the paperwork a filing is waiting on, and knowing exactly what is still missing.
• Getting documents named, filed and findable before anyone has to ask.
• The seat we promote paralegals out of.
• Keeps cases moving — documents, data entry, calendaring, client follow-up.

Skills

English proficiency

Attention to detail

Follow-through

Job description

Keeps cases moving — documents, data entry, calendaring, client follow-up. Fully remote, for someone based outside the United States.

What the role is

• An independent contractor engagement, worked on U.S. Eastern time.
• Chasing the paperwork a filing is waiting on, and knowing exactly what is still missing.
• Getting documents named, filed and findable before anyone has to ask.
• The seat we promote paralegals out of.

What we are looking for

• No legal experience required — we train.
• High proficiency in English, in writing as much as on the phone.
• Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole or Portuguese is worth real weight.
• Care with detail and follow-through, because nobody is in the room to check.

About the firm

American Dream Law Office, PLLC is an immigration law firm based in Tampa, with offices in St. Petersburg, Orlando, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C., representing clients across Florida, New York, D.C. and internationally.

We do one thing. Immigration is not a department here — it is the whole practice: removal defense and crimmigration, asylum and VAWA self-petitions, family and business petitions, and federal court litigation when a case has run out of administrative road.

The firm was founded by Attorney Ahmad Yakzan, who is admitted in Florida and in multiple U.S. federal circuit courts, is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, was named a SuperLawyers Rising Star in immigration from 2017 through 2020, and has held Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating since 2019. He hosts The American Dream Podcast and keeps a library of educational immigration videos in English, Spanish and Arabic.