[Hiring] Business Immigration Associate @Manifest Law

Role Description

As a Manifest Attorney, you guide clients through one of the most important decisions of their lives and carry matters forward to the outcome they need. Your responsibilities include:

• Owning a matter from handoff through final submission, building the legal strategy, and managing every milestone.
• The opportunity to work across a variety of immigration cases or focus on your specialty — H-1B, L-1A/B, TN, E-1/E-2/E-3, O-1A, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW, and PERM labor certification — with clients ranging from funded startups to large enterprises.
• In a strategic consulting capacity: use your legal judgment to assess which prospects have legitimate cases, build trust quickly, and set honest, clear expectations.
• In a case management (production) capacity: manage the client relationship through the life of the case and work with the paralegals in your team on document collection, organization, and filing logistics.
• Advise clients directly on petition strategy, RFE response, and compliance obligations, including managing high-volume employer accounts, HR contacts, and deadlines.
• Use Manifest's AI tools and technology to support case quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active U.S. bar admission.
• Strong working knowledge of employment-based immigration, including NIV and IV matters.
• Clear, confident communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Comfort in a high-cadence environment with real volume expectations.

Requirements

• Mid-Senior Level Associate (Yrs 4–7).
• Hands-on with high volume employment-based cases, for example H-1B, PERM, and/or intracompany-transfer experience.
• Comfort working directly with HR contacts; proactive ownership approach.

Benefits

• Higher-agency work: Administrative weight of practice is reduced, allowing focus on strategy, drafting, and client interaction.
• No billable hour requirement: Work is judged on outcomes rather than hours recorded.
• Remote by design: Legal side of the firm operates remotely.
• Real upside: Competitive pay with incentives tied to client outcomes and firm performance.
• Ground floor opportunity: Attorneys grow with the firm into senior roles and leadership.
• Your experience shapes the practice: Attorney feedback informs technology evolution.

Compensation & Pay Transparency

Manifest is a remote-first firm, and this role is open to candidates in the United States. The good-faith salary range for this position is $115K - $190K USD. This range reflects base compensation and may not include bonus, equity, or other components of total compensation. Actual pay is determined by various factors, including location, experience, education, and skills.

Our Use of AI in Recruiting

Manifest uses AI-powered tools to support administrative aspects of our recruitment process. These tools do not make hiring decisions, and no candidate is advanced, screened out, or otherwise dispositioned without review by a member of our human recruiting team.