Immigration Attorney
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE NAT · Greenbelt, MD - Greenbelt, MD 20770
The Immigration Attorney manages a high-volume caseload involving a broad range of affirmative and defensive immigration matters, including asylum, family-based petitions and visas, adjustment of status, employment authorization applications, naturalization, hardship waivers, cancellation of removal, U- and T-Visas, and related motions, appeals, and legal memoranda. The Immigration Attorney provides direct legal representation before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and other governmental agencies, helping individuals and families seek protection, stability, and permanent lawful status in the United States.
Essential Functions
• Provide comprehensive immigration legal advice, counseling, and direct legal representation with an emphasis on removal defense. Other matters will include affirmative asylum, adjustment of status, family reunifications, naturalization, U and T visas, and other humanitarian and family-based relief applications.
• Conduct client consultations, evaluate eligibility and legal risk, develop case strategy and explain legal options, responsibilities, timelines, and potential outcomes in clear, client-centered language.
• Prepare, review, and file applications, petitions, motions, briefs, declarations, exhibits, and other supporting evidence, ensuring submissions are accurate, complete, timely, and consistent with applicable law and agency requirements.
• Represent clients at USCIS interviews, biometrics or related appointments when appropriate, master and individual calendar hearings, bond hearings, and other proceedings before EOIR.
• Pursue administrative appeals or motions to reopen or reconsider as assigned.
• Utilize the team’s calendaring and case-management system for filing deadlines, hearings, interviews, work-permit renewals, client follow-up, and supervisory review.
• Organize and maintain client files including updating thorough notes in a timely manner using the Docketwise immigration software management system.
• Train interpreters, volunteer attorneys and others to assist the legal team.
• Devise creative solutions to maximize the legal team’s efficiency in order to support the greatest possible number of clients, many who have protection needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.