About This Role
This immigration paralegal role involves assisting in the preparation of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications for both corporate and individual clients. It suits a candidate with paralegal experience who is looking for work that changes lives and has a strong drive to manage high-volume client accounts.
Responsibilities
- Manage high-volume corporate client accounts and work closely with clients to provide comprehensive immigration services
- Compile and maintain records of immigration filings, other documentation, and records of activity on behalf of clients
- Review immigration regulations and be able to apply them to various case scenarios
- Perform research using all available immigration research tools including government agencies' websites
- Write detailed and complex supporting argumentation
- Enter case information into case management system
- Prepare a wide variety of business-based nonimmigrant (H-1B, L-1, TN, E, and O-1) and immigrant (employment and family-based) petitions, including forms preparation, and supporting documentation
Requirements
- 3+ years of Business Immigration paralegal experience
- A Bachelor’s Degree in a field emphasizing writing or communication
- Superior writing/editing skills for complex support letters and strong written and oral communication skills
- Experience with MS Office and expertise with computer assisted legal resources
- The ability to manage multiple high-volume priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a professional, cooperative, positive and flexible attitude
- Exhibit the ability to effectively multi-task, meet deadlines, and provide solutions in a fast-paced office setting
- Demonstrate good organizational skills for prioritizing workload
- Believe in the firm’s core values: integrity, respect, accountability, ingenuity, teamwork, and inclusion and engagement
- Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm
- Complete a minimum 1400 billable hours annually
- Comfortable working in the office every day, with the potential to work a hybrid schedule after training
Nice to have:
- Experience in business and family-based immigration
Important Details
- Locations: Albany, NY; New York City, NY; and Boston, MA offices
- Work format: Hybrid opportunity available
- Anticipated weekly schedules: Albany and New York City, NY: 40 hours/week; Boston, Massachusetts: 35 hours/week
About the Company
Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP, with a combined history of more than 250 years. The firm has strong Northeast presence with a global reach, serving Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. Its practice areas span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates. The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut, New York state, Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey.
