Immigration Legal Assistant

Full-time

No

# Immigration Legal Assistant at Greenspoon Marder

Greenspoon Marder is a leading law firm that is looking for an Immigration Legal Assistant to join their team in New York. This role offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative and legal support to the Immigration & Naturalization Practice Area.

## Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Immigration Legal Assistant will be responsible for a range of duties, including:

- Greeting clients and taking all client calls
- Calendaring and scheduling meetings, calls, and deadlines
- Receiving all incoming and outgoing mail, including ensuring all notices are scanned and saved to the case management system
- Sending out regular communication to clients regarding notices received from USCIS
- Organizing and filing of all applications, including copying, scanning, printing and organizing documents for cases, that are submitted to the USCIS, DOL or other government agencies
- Opening new clients, facilitating running conflicts and open matters
- Preparing engagement letters for new clients or self-pay matters
- Processing closing out matters and ensuring all bills are reconciled
- Tracking payments for retainers and other invoices and ensuring they are posted on the appropriate client accounts
- Following up on payments for invoices with outstanding balances
- Processing expense reports and invoices in ChromeRiver and coordinating check requests
- Working closely with billing coordinators for processing invoices and statements
- Editing and revising documents, including redlining, comparing, redaction and document indexing
- Entering Attorney time
- Editing and commenting on pre-bills preliminarily and ensuring client costs are posted and processed appropriately
- Following up and tracking case status on filings
- Coordinating shipment of important documents to clients
- Inputting documents and information into the file database and case management software
- Assisting in checking and retrieving client travel history and entry documents (I-94) from appropriate government website
- Communicating with clients to receive case relevant documentation
- Navigating the case management system to update information, input case numbers, and maintain client contact information
- Using case management system to prepare initial drafts of basic USCIS forms (. G-28, I-485, I-765, and I-131).

## Salary and Benefits

The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, including:

- Heavily subsidized health insurance premiums
- Some health plans include Firm paid HSA contributions ranging from $600 and $1,200 annually
- Free dental insurance for employees and inexpensive options for dependents
- Free vision insurance for employees and inexpensive options for dependents
- Tax advantaged account options like Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- Life Insurance, paid by the Firm
- Long-Term Disability Insurance, paid by the Firm
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) options from day one. Eligible for discretionary Firm matching contribution after 1 year of service

Greenspoon Marder is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

## Apply for Immigration Legal Assistant at Greenspoon Marder

Greenspoon Marder is seeking an organized and detail-oriented individual to join their Immigration & Naturalization Practice Area as an Immigration Legal Assistant. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative and legal support to the Immigration & Naturalization Practice Area. This role offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter to the contact address provided.

Heavily subsidized health insurance premiums, some health plans include Firm paid HSA contributions ranging from $600 and $1,200 annually, free dental insurance for employees and inexpensive options for dependents, free vision insurance for employees and inexpensive options for dependents, tax advantaged account options like Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts, life insurance, paid by the Firm, long-term disability insurance, paid by the Firm, employee assistance program (EAP), traditional and Roth 401(k) options from day one. Eligible for discretionary Firm matching contribution after 1 year of service.

All inquiries will be kept confidential.

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