Lead BIA, Post-Filing Attorney

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategy for BIA appeals and associated post-decision issues, encompassing issue identification, standards of review, preservation matters, and procedural alternatives.

• Supervise the drafting and quality assessment of notices of appeal, appellate briefs, motions, supporting records, and other legal filings.

• Evaluate filing deadlines, briefing timelines, jurisdictional requirements, and procedural status.

• Counsel attorneys on motions to reopen or reconsider, along with other post-decision or post-filing actions.

• Collaborate with removal-defense attorneys and case teams to secure records, verify litigation history, and maintain a cohesive strategy.

• Manage a reduced personal caseload while offering legal strategy, quality control, mentoring, and escalation assistance.

• Deliver daily legal guidance to assigned attorneys and provide functional oversight to paralegals and legal assistants.

• Review attorney outputs and filings for accuracy, completeness, legal adequacy, deadlines, and adherence to professional responsibilities.

• Act as an escalation resource for intricate matters, strategy modifications, and heightened legal or ethical risks.

• Track case aging, filing deadlines, workload distribution, and quality trends; raise concerns regarding resources or processes as needed.

• Work with lead paralegals and operations leadership on distributing caseloads, managing workflows, training, and staffing requirements.

• Mentor and onboard attorneys, provide constructive feedback, and assist with departmental training initiatives.

• Engage in leadership meetings and contribute to escalations and process enhancement efforts.

• Offer functional, operational, and managerial legal oversight for Associate Attorneys and provide legal direction to supporting paralegals and legal assistants.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from a recognized law school.

• Active bar license in good standing in a jurisdiction relevant to the assigned responsibilities.

• 3–5 years of experience in immigration law, specifically in the relevant practice area.

• 1–2 years of experience in people management, supervision, or team leadership.

• Significant experience with immigration appeals, BIA procedures, legal research and brief writing, as well as post-decision or post-filing immigration practice.

• Proven ability to oversee legal work while directing, reviewing, and developing other attorneys.

• Exceptional skills in legal writing, research, communication, organization, and professional judgment.

• Capacity to collaborate across distributed attorney, paralegal, and operations teams and to appropriately escalate legal risks.

• Preferred: experience with EOIR litigation, motions practice, complex procedural analysis, coordination between trial and appellate teams, supervising geographically dispersed teams, and enhancing legal quality-control processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Certification/recognition as a Great Place To Work.

• Reduced individual caseload, facilitating capacity for legal strategy, quality control, mentoring, and escalation support.

• Opportunities for mentoring, onboarding, and professional development through departmental training and consistent legal practices.