About Us
The Law Office of Sharon Abaud is a mission-driven immigration law firm dedicated to providing high-quality legal services to immigrants and their families. Guided by our core values—Dedication, Resourcefulness, Empowerment, Accountability, and Mission-Driven (DREAM)—we are passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of our clients. We are seeking a highly organized, ambitious, and bilingual (English/Spanish) Paralegal to manage case progressions and support our legal team across various complex immigration matters.
Why Join Us?
At The Law Office of Sharon Abaud, we believe in creating a collaborative, supportive environment where everyone on our team is empowered to contribute to our clients' success. We offer more than just a job—we provide an opportunity to build a long-term career and make a real impact.
Our employment package includes:
- 100% Remote Work flexibility.
- Competitive salary.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- Direct growth and internal promotion opportunities.
Core Responsibilities
1. Advanced Case Management & Caseload Ownership
- Caseload Execution: Independently manage an assigned caseload, ensuring each legal matter progresses efficiently according to the firm’s workflow, priorities, and filing deadlines.
- Prioritization: Dynamically prioritize cases based on upcoming filing deadlines, urgent client circumstances, case age, and firm-wide targets.
- Tracking & Compliance: Maintain accurate, real-time updates in CampLegal, Asana, Google Drive, and all applicable case trackers. Document all substantive client communications, case developments, and follow-up efforts on the same business day.
- Agency Monitoring: Proactively monitor USCIS, EOIR, NVC, CEAC, and other agency correspondence to ensure that receipts, RFEs, NOIDs, interview notices, and deadlines are addressed immediately.
2. Case Preparation, Drafting & Substantive Review
- Legal Drafting: Assist attorneys in preparing and drafting immigration petitions, motions, waivers, and specialized applications (including I-751 petitions, U-Visas, T-Visas, VAWA cases, family-based adjustment applications, and naturalization).
- Pre-Attorney Quality Control: Conduct rigorous, substantive reviews of immigration forms, supporting evidence, client declarations, cover letters, and assembled filing packages before sending them to attorney review.
- Risk Identification: Identify factual inconsistencies, missing evidence, potential eligibility concerns, and case-specific risks, escalating them promptly to the supervising attorney.
- Case Summaries: Prepare clear and comprehensive case summaries for attorney review, outlining outstanding issues, critical deadlines, and recommended next steps.
- Final Package Audit: Review final assembled filing packages to confirm that all forms, evidence, translations, signatures, fees, cover letters, and exhibits are 100% complete and correctly organized.
3. Client Communication & Proactive Support
- Client Engagement: Maintain consistent, empathetic communication with clients to request outstanding documents, forms, signatures, declarations, and approvals.
- Legal Guidance: Assist clients with completing required forms, explain administrative legal procedures, and answer case questions under attorney supervision.
- Interview & Court Prep: Schedule appointments and prepare clients thoroughly for USCIS interviews, court appearances, consular processing, and other immigration-related hearings.
4. Cross-Team Collaboration & Operational Excellence
- Interdepartmental Coordination: Partner seamlessly with the Forms, Writings, Assembly, Customer Service, Billing, and Attorney teams to resolve case blockers and prevent unnecessary delays.
- Strategy & Growth: Actively participate in case strategy discussions, team meetings, firm trainings, and continuous quality-improvement initiatives.
- Mentorship: Assist with the training, onboarding, and guidance of junior team members when requested.
- Legal Research: Conduct targeted legal research related to immigration law trends and specific case issues under the direction of the supervising attorney.
Qualifications
- Bilingual Fluency: Full professional fluency in both English and Spanish is strictly required (written and verbal).
- Experience: 2+ years of experience as an immigration paralegal handling VAWA, U-Visa, T-Visa, family-based adjustments, waivers, and I-751 petitions is highly preferred.
- Technical Proficiency: Experience managing high-volume cases using CampLegal, Asana, and Google Workspace.
- Laser Focus & Detail: Exceptional organizational skills, sharp analytical abilities to spot case inconsistencies, and the capacity to handle sensitive information with strict confidentiality.
- Cultural Alignment: A deep, demonstrable commitment to the firm’s DREAM values (Dedication, Resourcefulness, Empowerment, Accountability, and Mission-Driven).
How to Apply
If you are a detail-oriented, mission-driven legal professional looking to grow with us, please follow these instructions carefully:
- Email your resume to: n.ramirez@abaudlegal.com
- Use the exact subject line: DREAM Paralegal Applicant - [Your Full Name]
- In the body of the email, please include a brief statement explaining what our DREAM core values mean to you in your daily work as a paralegal.
