Senior Immigration Attorney

Pay: $145,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Take ownership of meaningful immigration matters and directly impact individuals and families navigating life-changing legal issues.
• Step into a true senior leadership role where you will guide attorneys and paralegals while maintaining your own sophisticated docket.
• Work fully remotely from anywhere in the United States.
• Handle a diverse mix of USCIS, humanitarian, and removal defense matters rather than being limited to one area of immigration law.
• Join a collaborative team that values strong judgment, accountability, compassionate client service, and high-quality legal work.

Location: Nationwide, fully remote. You may live anywhere in the United States as long as you hold an active law license in good standing in any U.S. state and have authority to practice before EOIR.

Note: Candidates must have 10+ years of U.S. immigration law experience, including substantial hands-on experience across USCIS matters, humanitarian immigration, and removal defense. This is a senior managing-attorney position requiring proven experience supervising attorneys and paralegals while independently managing an active docket.

About Us

We provide compassionate, thoughtful, and results-focused immigration legal services to individuals and families navigating complex immigration matters. Our team combines strong legal advocacy with personalized client service, and we believe experienced attorneys should have the autonomy to make sound decisions while helping develop the professionals around them. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage an active immigration docket from strategy through filing, hearing, and resolution.
• Handle USCIS, humanitarian, and removal defense matters.
• Lead family petitions, adjustment of status, waivers, asylum, withholding of removal, CAT claims, cancellation of removal, bonds, detained matters, naturalization, RFEs, NOIDs, motions, and EOIR proceedings.
• Supervise attorneys and paralegals, establishing clear expectations for deadlines, work quality, and hearing readiness.
• Review and strengthen legal filings before submission.
• Make strategic decisions regarding case theory, evidence, and filing strategy.
• Handle complex client conversations with professionalism, judgment, and empathy.
• Maintain accurate deadlines and case activity through MyCase and internal production calendars.
• Mentor attorneys and help strengthen the quality and consistency of the immigration practice.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of U.S. immigration law experience.
• Significant experience with USCIS matters, humanitarian immigration, and removal defense.
• Active law license in good standing in any U.S. state.
• Authority to practice before EOIR.
• Proven experience supervising attorneys and paralegals.
• Strong independent docket and deadline management skills.
• Experience with detained and non-detained immigration hearings preferred.
• Texas Bar membership or Board Certification in Immigration and Nationality Law preferred.
• Spanish language skills are helpful but not required.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Fully remote flexibility anywhere in the United States.
• High-level autonomy and meaningful decision-making authority.
• Opportunity to lead, mentor, and develop other immigration professionals.
• Diverse and sophisticated immigration caseload.
• Mission-driven work that directly affects clients and families.
• Collaborative environment built around accountability, professionalism, and compassionate advocacy.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

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