[Hiring] Co-Counsel – Immigration Attorney, Case Production @Manifest Law

Role Description

Build and carry individual immigration cases — EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and O-1A — through every milestone from a clean handoff to a strong, filing-ready submission, with a Managing Attorney's second-chair review before anything files.

• Carry a full production caseload — roughly 35-40 active matters at a time — with complete control over how you structure your own days and week.
• Own the client relationship through the life of each case, not just the file: clients should always feel informed and never have to chase you for updates.
• Use Manifest's AI tools and technology — automated handoffs, smart draft tracking, and a unified case-context hub — so every hour you put in goes toward case-advancing work, not coordination.
• Work exclusively with Manifest for the duration of your engagement, focused entirely on case production — consultations are handled by Manifest's consulting associates, not by you.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active U.S. bar admission
• Minimum 3 years' experience as a practicing attorney, with hands-on work in EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, O-1A, H-1B, or family- and marriage-based matters — solo practitioners welcome
• Rigor, ownership, and strong writing across extraordinary-ability and high-skilled petition work
• Client-management polish: you own the relationship, not just the file
• The ability to take a matter from a clean handoff to completion without being managed
• Comfort with a 1099 independent-contractor engagement and a full, exclusive production caseload

Requirements

• This is contract case production, paid per case rather than by hour or salary.
• You are engaged as an independent contractor (1099/W-9), exclusively to Manifest for the duration of the engagement, with no benefits or paid time off.
• Each case carries its own agreed fee, paid out on a predictable monthly cycle as cases are signed and filed.
• Manifest sources and assigns a full caseload; you're also free to bring in cases on your own.
• Self-originated cases — matters you bring in through your own network — are paid at a higher rate than Manifest-sourced cases.
• Every case, regardless of source, is worked to Manifest's standard: aggressive SLAs, rigorous legal quality, and client communication that earns loyalty.
• For solo practitioners: you keep your own book of business, run through Manifest's platform instead of on your own.
• We handle admin, billing, and marketing — you focus on the cases.
• It's a co-counsel model: full practice-team support and infrastructure, without the overhead of running a practice alone.

Benefits

• Higher-agency work: Intake, document collection, status tracking, and client updates run through Manifest OS — the administrative weight of practice, handled.
• No billable hour: We charge clients flat fees, so there's no timekeeping requirement and no billable target.
• Remote by design: The entire legal side of the firm works remotely.
• Real upside: Pay is competitive from day one, with incentives tied to client outcomes and firm performance.
• Ground floor: Attorneys who join now grow with it: into senior roles, into leadership, into shaping what the practice becomes next.
• Your experience shapes the practice: Attorney feedback and firsthand case experience directly inform what the firm builds next.

Compensation & Pay Transparency

This is contract case production, paid per case rather than by hour or salary. You are engaged as an independent contractor (1099/W-9), exclusively to Manifest for the duration of the engagement, with no benefits or paid time off.

Carrying a full-time caseload of 34-40 cases would result in the equivalent salary of approximately $150-190K+, depending upon volume of cases you take and complexity of cases, along with other factors.

Our Use of AI in Recruiting

Manifest uses AI-powered tools to support administrative aspects of our recruitment process, such as organizing applications and surfacing candidate information for review.