Staff Attorney

• →Provide support and leadership to assigned team(s).
• →Provide coverage for attorneys on vacation and leave of absence.
• →Assist with the maintenance of case work quality and consistency on the assigned team(s).
• →Evaluate cases and assist in providing case strategies and/or solutions to issues.
• →Guide client and employees through processes.
• →May liaise with other attorneys or departments in the firm on projects.
• →May conduct comprehensive review of filings.
• →May provide supervision of other employees, as required.
• →Perform legal research and prepare legal memoranda and/or legal briefs.
• →Analyze facts, patterns and complex legal issues to provide sound legal advice.
• →Prepares immigration-based filings for complex case management.

• Experience working as a business immigration attorney or immigration law clerk preferred.
• J.D. degree and must be licensed to practice law in the U.S.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to speak/write a secondary language is a plus.
• Superior client service skills.

• Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.
• Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach daily.
• Able to perform general office administrative activities: copying, filing, delivering and using the telephone.
• Able to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Regular and on-time attendance.
• Must be able to prioritized, schedule and complete testing required for multiple applications with overlapping schedules.
• A certain degree of creativity and flexibility is required.
• Hours may exceed 40 hours per week.
• Occasional travel by conventional means including aircraft, motor vehicle and the like within the region and to other locations as required.

Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with this job.

Berry Appleman & Leiden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of BAL to ensure an equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. BAL prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

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