Senior Associate Attorney

Senior Associate Attorney

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Associate in a prestigious corporate immigration law firm, reporting directly to esteemed Income or Equity Partners. As a Senior Associate, you'll spearhead client management and handle intricate immigration cases. This role involves overseeing a team of legal professionals, including attorneys and paralegals, to ensure exceptional case preparation and submission.

Primary responsibilities include advocating for clients in various business immigration law matters, representing the firm at client sites, maintaining consistent, high-level communication with our diverse client base, supervising and leading a team, collaborating with fellow attorneys, offering valuable input into attorney-related policies and procedures, addressing and supporting the evolving needs of the practice, playing a pivotal role in hiring and performance reviews for associates and paralegals, and leading initiatives to uphold and enhance the quality and uniformity of legal work across the firm.

Qualifications include a proven track record with a minimum of 5+ years as a corporate immigration attorney, exceptional proficiency in English communication, proficiency in utilizing various computer tools and software, and a J.D. degree and licensure to practice law in the U.S.

Working conditions include the ability to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time, ability to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach daily, ability to perform general office administrative activities, ability to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally, regular and on-time attendance, ability to prioritize, schedule, and complete testing required for multiple applications with overlapping schedules, a certain degree of creativity and flexibility, hours may exceed 40 hours per week, and occasional travel by conventional means including aircraft, motor vehicle and the like within the region and to other locations as required.

In accordance with Washington D.C.'s Wage Transparency Law, the expected salary range for this position is between $176,800 and $187,900. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, geographic location, and other job-related factors as permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, a discretionary annual bonus, and a supportive, team-oriented culture, we offer an outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, sick time, unlimited vacation, and 401(k) with company match.

Berry Appleman & Leiden is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of BAL to ensure an equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. BAL prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment. BAL does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. BAL is under no obligation to pay any referral compensation or recruiter fee in the absence of a current executed Recruitment Services Agreement.