The Jr. Associate Attorney position requires you to take initiative, have a strong work ethic, and to have attention to detail. A substantial portion of the Associate Attorney’s time will be dedicated to case review. The Jr. Associate Attorney is the gatekeeper of the work coming out of the legal department and is responsible for the quality of the work being passed to the founding Attorney. During the case review, you will need to demonstrate your keen attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to connect various pieces of information. The position requires leadership, cross-functional teamwork, and exemplary dedication toward the Vergara Miller Law Firm’s mission of “changing people’s lives".
Task and Responsibilities
- Review of Consultation notes, Analyze and confirm case legal strategy
- Complete a detailed Final Case review of the client’s petitions
- Correct, edit, audit data on packets and compare data on packets with existing documents.
- Share Areas of Opportunities w/ team via the Opportunity for Review process
- Manage IR cases that have been sent to Revision Review (RR)
- Get these cases out of RR ASAP and into Final Review (FR)
- Have high level communication with the legal team to resolve legal questions
- Attend USCIS interviews and represent clients in removal proceedings in all states
- Prepare legal documents including briefs, motions, pleadings, appeals
- Phone /In-person meetings with clients to answer client questions
- Emergency motions, Analyze information
- Innovate, develop, and implement process improvement initiatives
Skills required
- Bilingual - English & Spanish
- Passed the BAR in the US
- Tech Savvy
- Code Switching capabilities
- Fast learner
- Active listener
- Attention to detail
- Proactive
- Strong time management
- Excellent verbal communication & Social skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Multitask
- Tech Savvy
- Great customer service
Four Principles of a Culture of Performance
- Enrollment - you actively choose every day when you wake up that you want to be a part of what we're doing here at Vergara Miller Law Firm
- Agreements - I will never tell you what to do. We will create agreements and then you will tell me; What are you going to do? When will it be done, i.e. date, time, and timezone? That you are going to make sure that it gets done
- 100 x 100 - Everybody cares. You are 100% responsible 100% of the time for everything in the organization. you will look out for the firm and raise conversations about other things that you see as being off
- Unoffendability - We prioritize performance over ego and feelings at no point should anybody in this organization ever again hesitate or think for a second about how somebody is going to take feedback that will be given to them. Feedback will never be given with the intent to hurt and it will never be taken as if somebody gave it even if they did give it to be hurt
Application Process
To fulfill our commitment to deliver the highest quality of service, we aim to identify individuals who share our passion through a comprehensive hiring process that begins with the submission of your resume and cover letter (please include your favorite color so we know you're not a bot), is supplemented by personality assessments and job-specific skills tests, and involves two to three rounds of interviews.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Remote