• Job Description

  Req#: 4832

  Overview

  Mayer Brown LLP is a leading global law firm with offices in 27 key business centers across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential.

  If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are achievement, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Paralegal Department in our Washington D.C. office as a Paralegal - Global Mobility and Migration.

  The Global Mobility and Migration (GMM) paralegal will assist the GMM team with managing the mobility needs of clients. As a paralegal with 4+ years experience, you will be responsible for handling high-volume visa processing for employment based categories including H, L, TN, E-3, E-1/E-2, O-1, PERM, and EB1/2/3.

  Responsibilities

  Essential Functions:

  • Prepare US employment-based, non-immigrant and immigrant visa filings to US Department of Labor, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Department of State and US Customs and Border Protection
  • Draft PERM Labor Certification advertisement text, prevailing wage requests, and recruitment documents, and prepare PERM applications and compliance files, meticulously tracking timelines of each step along the PERM case lifecycle
  • Compile immigration eligibility documents and analyze individuals’ potential immigration benefits, including H-1B, E-3, L-1, TN, E-1/E-2 and O-1 visa processing
  • Communicate clearly and effectively, based on attorney advice, on immigration benefits, government procedures and case processing time lines
  • Meticulously track and report on visa expiration dates and filing deadlines
  • Maintain client files online and offline
  • Respond to immigration inquiries in a timely manner and adhering to submission deadlines
  • Mentor and train junior paralegal staff when required
  • During absences acts as back-up to other paralegals for specific case projects
  • Other duties as requested by attorneys and manager

  Qualifications

  Education/Training/Certifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree with solid academic credentials and 4+ years’ of relevant experience required

  Professional Experience:

  • Experience must include managing various priorities simultaneously in a high-volume and fast-paced environment required
  • Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm required
  • Strong organizational and case management skills to manage multiple cases at different stages required

  Specific Technical Skills:

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products required
  • Proficiency in legal terminology and immigration database software, such as INSZoom or similar required

  Performance Traits:

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively in a professional manner with all levels of the Firm and outside parties such as filing vendors and personnel at jurisdictions of filing
  • Detail-Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
  • Must possess a desire to work in a fast-paced and high-volume environment, an attention to detail, strong organizational skills and enjoy providing top quality customer service skills to assist our growing GMM team in managing the mobility needs of our diverse, Fortune 500 client base
  • Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
  • Must possess a curiosity to learn new areas of the law and think creatively, as we seek to provide all team members with a diverse portfolio of immigration and mobility matters
  • Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm
  • Must be a self-starter with a high level of initiative
  • Ability to anticipate needs of lawyers and paralegals
  • Maintains confidentiality and exercises discretion
  • Exercise solid strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Strong sense of accountability for responsiveness and professional work product

  Physical Requirements:

  • May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs
  • Travel as neeed

  The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

  The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

  We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401 (k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

• About the company

  Mayer Brown is a global law firm. It has offices in 27 cities across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, with its largest offices being in Chicago, Washington, DC, New York City, Hong Kong, and London.

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