Removal Defense Immigration Attorney (Remote)

American Immigration Lawyers Association; Tucson (AZ); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm is seeking a full-time remote immigration attorney to manage a caseload focusing on removal defense cases in Arizona. The role involves client interaction, legal research, and collaboration with a team of attorneys. Candidates should have substantial litigation experience in immigration courts and a commitment to advocating for immigrant rights.

Benefits

Monthly performance-based bonuses

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

Retirement plan

Payment of bar dues

Annual MCLE courses

Mileage reimbursement

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ removal defense experience.
• Proficiency in Spanish is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a limited caseload of immigration cases.
• Prepare evidentiary submissions for immigration court.
• Conduct investigations and discovery to support client claims.

Skills

Litigation

Legal Research

Client Communication

Strategic Thinking

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

Green | Evans-Schroeder (GES) is recruiting to fill a full-time remote immigration attorney position, focusing on immigration court removal defense practice. Our law firm has developed a national reputation for leaning into challenging and complex immigration cases, moving the needle forward in immigration law with progressive and high-impact litigation and advocacy.

Working at GES is a rewarding experience for those who share our mission, which is to protect and advance the rights of the immigrant community. Our core values emphasize working collaboratively in a team-oriented environment; always demonstrating respect and dignity to our clients, and to ourselves; and embracing courage and creativity to overcome obstacles.

With an eye to the future, we have recently expanded our footprint from Tucson to Phoenix, and we are excited for the opportunity to serve and help more clients and their families, in Arizona, and around the world. As we continue on our journey, we remain committed to responsibly developing an organizationally healthy, diverse, and cohesive team of passionate immigration advocates.

Summary

Our law firm is seeking to hire a full-time remote immigration attorney who will be responsible for managing a limited caseload of his or her own cases and working as co-counsel on a larger shared caseload of removal defense cases, primarily in the Arizona immigration courts. Qualified applicants will have substantial experience in litigating removal defense cases in United States immigration courts. As a remote removal defense attorney, you will be responsible for working with clients and their families to identify and develop creative detention and removal defense strategies, working with clients and witnesses to prepare them for testimony, preparing briefs and other filings for individual calendar hearings, and collaborating closely with other lawyers in the firm who will attend most of the court hearings, and who will almost always try the case at the merits hearing stage.

What You'll Do

• Manage a limited caseload of immigration cases appropriate for a remote attorney
• Work as part of a two-attorney, one paralegal team on a larger caseload of removal defense cases, primarily in the Tucson, Phoenix, Eloy, and Florence Immigration Courts
• Identify strategies to vigorously defend the firm’s clients against detention, findings of removability, and in support of applications for relief, including for asylum, withholding and CAT protection
• Make remote appearances for master calendar and bond redetermination hearings, when remote appearance is appropriate and permissible
• Conduct investigations and discovery to effectively support our clients’ claims with persuasive evidence
• Prepare evidentiary submissions for filing with the immigration court
• Work closely with clients, lay witnesses, and expert witnesses to prepare written declarations, and to prepare witnesses for in-court testimony
• Legal research and writing; primarily drafting and filing motions, prehearing statements, and briefs with the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Effectively communicate with other attorneys and experts in the field—locally and nationally—to leverage as much knowledge and advice as possible for the benefit of our clients
• Analyze the immigration consequences of criminal convictions by providing “Padilla consults” to criminal defense attorneys
• Perform consultations for potential clients who are interested in the law firm’s service

Compensation and Benefits

We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package that compares to the top-rated immigration law firms across the country, which includes:

• Monthly and quarterly performance-based bonuses that allow attorneys to earn significantly more than their base salary
• Paid Time Off (PTO), accrued biweekly
• Five (5) days sick time
• Minimum thirteen (13) days vacation time with opportunity to accrue additional vacation/personal leave each year
• Eleven (11) paid holidays
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Payment of bar and professional organization membership dues
• Payment of annual MCLE courses - additional paid professional development opportunities
• Mileage reimbursement for travel between offices and places of work
• Attorneys who choose to continue their careers with our law firm are considered for promotion along a partnership track which offers additional opportunities and compensation

What You’ll Bring

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Must be licensed to practice law by the highest court of any state
• Minimum five years’ removal defense experience
• Proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred but not required
• And, most importantly, a commitment to our mission and values

*All applicants must submit a resume, a cover letter, and two (2) writing samples.