SIJS matters, including predicate order hearings in state court and the I-360 and I-485 filings that follow. We carry a heavy humanitarian and removal defense docket, alongside family-based and adjustment work, and need another attorney to take cases from start to finish.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Walnut Creek, California
Description
Immigration Attorney
We carry a heavy humanitarian and removal defense docket, alongside family-based and adjustment work, and need another attorney to take cases from start to finish.
The work
Your own docket of affirmative and defensive protection cases, consultation through decision
Screening for humanitarian relief, withholding of removal, and CAT
I-589 filings, declarations, exhibit indexes, country conditions
SIJS matters, including predicate order hearings in state court and the I-360 and I-485 filings that follow
Adjustment, removal of conditions, and naturalization filings, and appearing with clients at those interviews
Briefs, pre-hearing statements, motions, RFE and NOID responses
Master calendar and individual hearings at EOIR, appeals to the BIA
Prepping clients and witnesses, including for cross
Directing paralegals on case builds
Watching the dates: the one-year filing bar, call-ups, biometrics, the EOIR clock
You need
Active bar license in a U.S. state, in good standing
Turkish at native level, English at professional level
In person preferred, hybrid or remote considered
Willingness and ability to travel for in-person hearings and interviews
The ability to run a full docket without dropping details
Immigration experience preferred, not required. Newly admitted attorneys who want to build this practice are welcome to apply.