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aiLegal · 1 month ago

Managing Attorney - Removal Defense and Federal Litigation

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$180K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

aiLegal is an immigration law firm powered by AI technology with a strong reputation for delivering excellence, efficiency, and client-centric service. The Managing Attorney will lead the removal defense and federal litigation team, ensuring high-quality legal work and team productivity while handling complex immigration litigation cases.

CollaborationDocument ManagementDocument PreparationKnowledge ManagementLegalLegal TechSaaSSoftware

Responsibilities

Serve as lead attorney on complex matters in removal defense and federal litigation

For standard cases, attorneys focus on the last phase of service assembly line in legal review, sign-off, and post-filing explanation to our clients

For complex cases, attorneys may drive all phases of service assembly from drafting, finalizing, explaining, to legal review, sign-off, and post-filing explanation to our clients. to ensure accuracy and strategy from the start

Coordinate and manage attorneys for court appearance or ICE reporting

Review and sign filings, providing legal strategy and quality assurance

Decide when cases should follow standard workflow, attorney-driven workflow, or non-assembly line workflow

Ensure standard cases, attorney-driven cases, and non-assembly line cases, progress seamlessly through assembly line

Supervise attorneys, paralegals, and law clerks, providing guidance, training, and quality control

Conduct weekly and monthly performance check-ins, ensuring staff are meeting billing and filing requirements

Enforce accountability by monitoring credit hour production, and case progress through Jira reports and dashboard

Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture with clear expectations, and consistent feedback

Collaborate with operations to improve SOPs and streamline workflows

Ensure timely filing and adherence to internal SOPs

Monitor and report case metric (credit hours, deadlines, client satisfaction) to firm leadership

Implement process improvements to increase efficiency and standardization

Collaboration with intake, customer service, and operations teams to ensure seamless case management

Qualification

Immigration law expertiseCourtroom advocacyFederal litigation experienceSupervision of legal teamProject management (Jira)Organizational skillsLeadership skillsMentoring skillsCommunication skills