About the Role: A career as a Business Immigration Associate at Fragomen gives you the opportunity to work with a smart, motivated, and diverse peer group. Our exclusive focus on immigration means you will practice in an exciting, dynamic, and challenging environment with talented individuals who share your passion for immigration. Working in a collegial, team-oriented environment, Fragomen Associates learn from the industry?s leading experts. Our unwavering dedication to excellence and industry best practices is bolstered by cutting-edge technological innovation, enhancing the experience for both our clients and our exceptional staff. This role is an on-site position in our Atlanta, GA office, with a hybrid work scheduled. How will you make a difference as an Associate at Fragomen? Develop an expert-level understanding of your client base and the industries you support as well as the firm?s practice areas and services provided. Positioned as a senior member Develop case strategies, including researching, drafting, reviewing, counseling clients and triaging initiations. Identify and solve escalations and areas of the underperformance. Regularly communicate with clients and foreign nationals regarding procedural, case processing issues, and case strategy. Support clients in immigration program management and compliance. Assess eligibility of corporate foreign national employees for non-immigrant and immigrant visa status. Work with client team, independently oversee, global mobility personnel to prepare petitions and manage assignments with minimal supervision. Utilize applications for submission to government agencies for non-immigrant and immigrant foreign national employees. Draft and prepare letters and legal precedents documents, typically based on established precedents. Conduct research to address specific support client situations or requests and develop creative solutions. Research complex technical immigration issues and formulate solutions, including completion of appropriate documentation. Independently execute case preparation and filing and develop strategies for complex matters. Articulate relatively complex issues to a variety of audiences. Understand the business strategy of the practice area and the firm as a whole. Build, strengthen, and maintain strong client relationships with key stakeholders in client accounts, as well as Partners and other relevant stakeholders, (e.g., take part in client meetings, briefings, workshops, Q&A sessions, proactively provide client reporting etc.).projects. Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols and with a precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organized response. Partner with colleagues to resolve client issues, share information, and support client projects. Directly or indirectly supervise junior Associates and other staff, providing mentoring, coaching, mentoring and performance management. Ensure self coaching while proactively sharing immigration knowledge and team follow firm protocols with respect to file maintenance, record keeping and use of firm?s systems including data quality in Connect and other firm technology. Meet individual and team productivity goals and identify opportunities to cross sell or bill for out-of-scope services. Proactively identify expertise. Regularly seek out and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of with processes, products, or services. Proactively identify Demonstrate a willingness to learn and take part in marketing effectively implement guidance and business development opportunities.direction offered by supervisors and experienced colleagues. Use firm technology accurately and in line with team and client protocols, ensuring accurate and complete data is entered. Actively contribute to team meetings and firmwide activities. Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational and client compliance. Engage, collaborate, and share knowledge with teams locally, regionally, and firmwide. Other duties as required. Leverage your valuable skills and experience to make an impact at Fragomen: U.S. JD or LLM required Member of a US State bar or Washington DC bar association 3-5 2-3 years of experience at Associate level Exceptional working knowledge and Expanded practical understanding of immigration law Prior team management experience preferred Excellent written and verbal communication skills skills, including the ability to proofread documents, draft fluent prose, and avoid grammatical mistakes without the aid of AI engines Dedication to exceptional client service Demonstrated attention to detail Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with competing demands Ability to contribute to a positive work environment Benefits: At Fragomen, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits which includes: 27 PTO days + Federal holidays Medical, Dental, and Vision plans + FSA & HSA Plans 401K plan, with company matching Learn More About Fragomen: Please take time to read About Us, explore the Meaningful and Impactful Work we do for our clients, and review the standard Benefits we offer. You can find all the material to the right of this page. All offers of and/or employment contracts are contingent upon the successful completion of the Firm?s pre-employment screening process. This includes process may include verifying the candidate?s identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the United States for the offered position, position?s location, and conducting a comprehensive background check. In some cases, IT vetting and onsite onboarding may also be required prior to employment.check, where permitted by local regulations.
Qualification
Juris Doctor (JD) / Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Practice Areas & Specialty
Immigration, Labor & Employment
