We are hiring an attorney to own EB-2 National Interest Waiver and EB-2 PERM-based cases from intake through approval. This is a substantive, case-owning role — not a review-and-sign position. You will build the merits strategy, shape the evidentiary record with the client, draft the petition narrative, and carry the case through RFEs and appeals where necessary.
The practice runs on a technology-forward, high-accountability model. We expect volume and we expect quality, and we build systems so those two things don't compete.
What You'll Do
- Conduct merits assessments on prospective EB-2 NIW candidates and give clients a candid, documented evaluation of their prospects before they retain — including telling people no when the record doesn't support a filing.
- Develop Dhanasar three-prong strategy: substantial merit and national importance, well positioned to advance the endeavor, and balance-of-factors. Translate a client's technical work into a coherent national-interest theory.
- Draft and finalize I-140 petitions, petition letters, endeavor statements, and evidentiary indices.
- Build recommendation-letter strategy: identify appropriate independent and dependent recommenders, direct drafting, and ensure letters are substantively differentiated rather than templated.
- Handle RFEs, NOIDs, denials, motions to reopen/reconsider, and AAO appeals.
- Manage EB-2 PERM-track matters where applicable, including prevailing wage determinations, recruitment compliance, and audit responses.
- Handle adjustment of status and consular processing on approved petitions, including inadmissibility issues that surface downstream.
- Supervise paralegals and case managers on your docket; review their work product before it goes out.
- Maintain clean, contemporaneous case documentation sufficient to withstand file audit.
- Communicate directly with clients on strategy, timeline, and risk — in writing, in the file.
Required Qualifications
- J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum 3 years of employment-based immigration practice, with demonstrated EB-2 NIW volume. Please indicate approximate number of NIW petitions personally drafted and your approval rate.
- Working command of Matter of Dhanasar, current USCIS Policy Manual guidance on NIW, and the evidentiary posture USCIS has taken over the past two adjudication cycles.
- Ability to read technical, scientific, or entrepreneurial subject matter and extract the legally relevant argument from it.
- Strong, efficient legal writing. We will ask for a redacted writing sample — a petition letter, not a law review note.
- Comfort with a case management platform and with documenting your work in it as you go.
Preferred
- Prior experience across multiple EB-2 client profiles: academic researchers, physicians, engineers, founders and entrepreneurs, and skilled professionals in emerging technology fields.
- EB-1A / EB-1B experience and the judgment to identify when a client should be filing under a different category.
- Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Portuguese, or Farsi proficiency.
- Experience in a high-volume practice with defined SOPs.
- Prior supervisory experience.
What We're Looking For
Judgment more than pedigree. The core skill in this practice is deciding, early and honestly, which cases are viable and building the strongest possible record for the ones that are. We are not interested in an attorney who files everything and hopes.
We also want someone who will flag a problem the day they see it. Ethics, competence, and candor to the client are non-negotiable and are treated as operational requirements, not aspirations.
Pay: $250,000.00 - $350,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote
