Business Immigration Associate

Ogletree Deakins • Full-time • Raleigh, North Carolina, United States • $48.46k - $71.01k / year • 3m ago

Position Summary:

This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career with one of the largest law firms in the United States. Ogletree Deakins is an international law firm with 60 offices throughout North America and Europe. We have one of the largest business immigration practices in the United States. Our immigration practice group comprises experienced, dedicated immigration lawyers and paralegals who work with domestic and international corporations and businesses to develop appropriate strategies to facilitate the international transfer of skilled employees.

Our Raleigh, NC office has an opportunity for a Business Immigration Associate to join their fast-paced business immigration practice! We provide comprehensive immigration services to clients of all sizes across industries, including many Fortune 500 companies. This role is based in our Raleigh, NC office, and we’re open to relocation.

We offer a collegial, collaborative, challenging, and growth-focused work environment with innovative technology, customized resources and processes, and continuous skill-based training and professional development.

Requirements:

Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and be in good standing. During employment, you must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
Experience working in a high-volume business immigration practice group.
4+ years of experience with employment-based visas (NIV and IV).
Experience with PERM applications, H-1B, L-1, TN, and E visas is required.
Excellent writing, organizational, and research skills.

We are not working with outside recruiters for this position.

Benefits:

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.

Firm Overview:

Ogletree Deakins has one of the largest Business Immigration practices in the United States and provides a wide range of legal services to employers seeking temporary business visas and permanent residence for foreign national employees.

We provide comprehensive immigration services to clients of all sizes, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. Our practice is designed to provide superior client service at competitive fixed fee rates. Our attorneys are proactive in handling client matters, from case initiation and strategy/planning to successful case completion, and always remain accessible to all our clients.

We are fully committed to diversity in the legal profession and across all workplace environments and strongly encourage diverse candidates to consider the firm.

Equal Opportunity Employer.