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Title : Immigration Paralegal II

Location : New York - Long Island
Refer to Job # OFUZ822065

Immigration Paralegal II The candidate is responsible for providing general support to Paralegals and Attorneys with a variety of tasks and activities. Learn and understand the immigration process by assisting in the preparation of documents and applications while learning how to communicate with clients. Project a professional image for the firm through in-person and phone interaction. Assist the Senior Paralegals and Attorneys with the management of corporate immigration cases and client interactions. Independently handle cases and will begin to teach and mentor others. Manage legal document preparation and management, research, and case management which requires knowledge of the legal system, terminology, and procedures in addition to clerical and administrative skills. Under the direction of Senior Paralegal/Attorney, takes lead in email/phone client communications. Provide guidance to assignees regarding proprietary systems and case processing. Increased understanding of client communication procedures and requirements. Input client services rendered and send to Accounting for processing. Complete competence of case types previously handled and continually strives to advance and broaden knowledge base; demonstrate increasing levels of independence in case handling. Process more advanced and varied corporate immigration cases. Evaluate cases, relay concerns, and proactively escalates to the appropriate BAL team members(s). Prepare forms, letters, documents, and correspondence for attorney review; adapts tools and resources for casework that deviates from templates; increases knowledge of BAL best practices. Manage the status of all filed applications and petitions and finalizes documents after attorney review. Utilize document and data management systems to prepare, monitor, and record all aspects of client casework as per BAL policy. Prepare internal caseload reports for management. Share process flow with assignees. Identify problematic cases and discusses strategies and/or solutions with Attorney. Perform research to obtain information such as background on a company or industry, current wages, processing procedures, standard processing times, etc. Initiate contact with government agencies to obtain necessary information; alerts Senior Paralegal and/or attorney regarding potential process delays/problems. The candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree with 1-year of law-related and 3-5 years of high-volume U.S. corporate immigration experience under licensed attorney; or, PL certificate from ABA approved program; comfortable and able to thrive in an extremely high volume environment; demonstrate sound judgment; ability to execute and work well with minimal supervision; strong attention to detail and ability to catch errors and correct work and the work of others; superior client service skills; effectively able to prioritize cases, caseload, and other assigned tasks (i.e. projects, company management responsibilities, etc.); ability to meet deadlines and goals; MS Office, Scan/Copy; learn, apply and effectively navigate daily use of propriety software.

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