Legal Administrative Assistant - Immigration

Offit Kurman, a growing full-service law firm, is seeking a Legal Administrative Assistant to join its Bethesda, MD office. Candidates must possess 5 years of legal administrative experience and have a strong ability to quickly learn new tasks and procedures. Prior experience supporting immigration matters is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Organize and maintain filing and retrieval systems.
• Manage calendars, organize and schedule external and internal meetings, teleconferences, networking events, etc.
• Open, maintain, and close client files.
• File documents with various courts.
• Correspond with clients, foreign nationals and government officials via phone, email, and in-person, as needed.
• Assist clients and attorneys with gathering information needed for various applications.
• Edit and finalize a variety of legal documents.
• Complete and track expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and reimbursements.
• Organize attorney travel arrangements.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of transactional and/or immigration experience supporting attorneys with a variety of employment-based petitions, PERM labor certifications, visa applications, and applications for adjustment of status.
• Proactive work style and analytical skills: able to read, review, verify and route correspondence, reports and legal documents.
• Excellent client service skills with proven record of building effective relationships with both internal and external clients.
• Outstanding administrative, organizational, and writing skills. Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Experience in immigration-based document management systems such as Docketwise, LawLogix EDGE or other databases is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2017 (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Internet research skills, document management systems, attorney time entry software.

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the United States. Offit Kurman offers a collegial and professional work environment, as well as competitive salary and benefits, to include Paid Time Off and 401(k) matching. We are a proud EEO employer and we are committed to a diverse workforce.