Senior Immigration Attorney — Employment-Based (Remote)

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP in Detroit seeks an experienced Immigration Attorney to join its Immigration practice, with potential placement at Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel depending on experience and qualifications. The attorney will manage a defined portfolio of employment-based immigration matters, working closely with the team to provide practical, timely, and client-focused counsel.

This is an opportunity for an experienced attorney to take primary responsibility for sophisticated filings

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Michigan bar admission preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support attorneys in the preparation and filing of employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters from case opening to adjudication.
• Prepare first drafts of forms, support letters, filing packages, and RFE responses for H-1B, L-1, TN, E-1/E-2, O-1, P and H-2A/H-2B matters under attorney supervision.
• Assist with more complex employment-based petitions requiring substantive legal and factual analysis, including L-1, E, O-1, and RFE responses.
• Coordinate collection, organization, and review of supporting documentation; identify evidentiary gaps; and prepare draft requests for information for attorney review.
• Support PERM labor-certification cases, including reviewing prevailing wage requests, recruitment steps, audit-file assembly, and related Department of Labor filings.
• Prepare and coordinate I-140 immigrant petitions and supporting materials, including EB-1 multinational manager petitions, outstanding researcher, and PERM-based immigrant matters.

Skills

Legal writing

Document drafting

Organizational skills

Client service

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.) from ABA-accredited law school

Job description

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP in Detroit seeks an experienced Immigration Attorney to join its Immigration practice, with potential placement at Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel depending on experience and qualifications. The attorney will manage a defined portfolio of employment-based immigration matters, working closely with the team to provide practical, timely, and client-focused counsel.

This is an opportunity for an experienced attorney to take primary responsibility for sophisticated filings