Legal Assistant (Employment-Based)

Are you passionate about Immigration? Do you enjoy working with people from all over the world? If so, consider applying to join the Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan team. Since its founding in 1975, Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan, P.C. has focused exclusively on U.S. immigration and nationality law. In the ever-changing field of immigration law, our top-rated Chicago law firm continuously helps reunite loved ones. It represents various clients, including individuals, families, and business clients ranging from small local employers to multinational corporations. Our mission is to make the U.S. stronger, one case at a time.

Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan, P.C. is a full-service U.S. immigration law firm handling employment-based and family-based matters, removal defense and asylum, naturalization, worksite compliance, and everything in between. We currently have 11 attorneys exclusively dedicated to immigration law and are seeking to hire a full-time Legal Assistant to assist us in our employment-based cases.

Essential Functions:
• Prepare to file various non-immigrant visa applications (H-1B, E-3, TN, L-1, H-1B1, O-1, R-1, etc.)
• Work with attorneys and clients preparing a variety of different I-140 visa petitions (self-sponsored and employer-sponsored)
• Assist with family-based immigration applications
• Review, organize, analyze, and manage all paper documents, electronic evidence, filings, and internal work products for immigration matters
• Track the status of filings and initiate any follow-up that may be necessary
• Create and maintain LawLogix database
• Draft cover letters
• Communicate with clients, both individual and corporate, as well as government agencies

Education, Experience, and Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience as an immigration paralegal in a law firm (preferred)
• Strong knowledge of procedural requirements for various types of non-immigrant visas and client processes
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and LawLogix

Essential Capabilities:
• Maintain strict confidentiality of client information.
• Interact effectively and professionally with all attorneys, staff, clients, vendors, and other outside parties.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organization and project management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Able to use judgment to make sound, justifiable recommendations and to know when and to whom to escalate issues.
• Understand legal concepts and issues relevant to the immigration practice.
• Learn new skills as technology changes.
• Identify what work needs to be done and perform typical job functions with minimal direct supervision.
• Think creatively and solve problems.
• Prioritize work on multiple projects to meet established deadlines.
• Work effectively in a culturally and educationally diverse environment.

Please send a resume and cover letter to mmhpc.jobs@mmhpc.com