What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Immigration Attorney position at Passage Immigration Law?
FAMILY IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY POSITION
Passage Immigration Law helps businesses and families navigate the U.S. immigration maze. Our headquarters are in Portland, Oregon and we have satellite offices in Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California.
We are seeking to hire a full time family immigration attorney with 2 years of immigration law experience who is based in the Portland metro area. We are looking for a qualified attorney to start as soon as possible.
All Passage employees work remotely with occasional trips to the Portland office. This family immigration attorney would need to come into the office approximately two to three times per week for a few hours at a time.
Our law firm has implemented a four day work week for all employees. Our law firm is open Monday through Friday but we have two dedicated teams. One team has Monday off and the other team has Friday off. We each work four 10 hour days.
We also offer self-managed, unlimited PTO for all employees.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Represent families with adjustment of status, waivers, immigrant visa petitions, and fiance visas.
- Assist individuals with naturalization, asylum, VAWA, and crimmigration issues.
- Manage paralegal and legal assistant support staff.
- Manage open cases and communicate with clients by email and phone.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Member of state bar (preferably State of Oregon).
- At least three years of experience working as an immigration attorney.
- Strong analytical and strategic problem solving skills with extreme attention to detail.
- Superb interpersonal skills and track record of getting along well with colleagues and clients.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
Fluency in another language is a plus.
SALARY and BENEFITS:
- Competitive Compensation. (Salary with the option to switch to 50% commission. This is the choice of the attorney)
- Four day work week.
- Self-managed, unlimited PTO.
- Health and dental insurance.
- 401K with company match (upon minimum period with firm).
- Bar dues, insurance, CLE covered by the firm.
- Flexibility in regards to remote work and working from home.
TO APPLY: Please send cover letter, resume and references with the subject “Family Immigration Attorney Application”. In your cover letter please note what would be your earliest start date.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $62,668.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
Schedule:
- 4x10
COVID-19 considerations:
Attorneys are usually doing consultations over zoom with clients rather than in-person meetings.
Application Question(s):
- Are you currently located in the Portland Oregon Metropolitan area and able to commute here a couple times a week?
License/Certification:
- Bar license (Required)
Work Location: One location