Senior EOIR Removal Defense Paralegal / Team Lead

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🇨🇴 Colombia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💼 Paralegal

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Dalal & Mehta LLC

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 1980

⚖️ Legal

Legal

Dalal & Mehta LLC is a law firm specializing in immigration services and family law, particularly for clients seeking to navigate the complexities of immigrating to the United States. Based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, they provide personalized legal advice and support, offering services such as family immigration, employment-based visas, citizenship services, humanitarian relief, and immigration appeals. The firm prides itself on its extensive experience and successful track record in handling diverse and challenging immigration cases. Dalal & Mehta is known for its client-centered approach and commitment to helping individuals and families achieve their American Dream.

📋 Description

• Oversee approximately three Removal Defense Paralegals • Assign and monitor work, workloads, and case distribution • Review hearings, deadlines, casework, and task completion • Conduct regular case and task audits • Identify overdue, incomplete, or at-risk work and escalate significant issues • Train and support paralegals and answer procedural and workflow questions • Maintain a limited personal caseload of approximately 5–15 EOIR matters • Handle Master Calendar Hearing matters, Individual/Merits Hearing preparation, defensive asylum, withholding of removal, CAT, Cancellation of Removal, Adjustment of Status before EOIR, detained proceedings, bond matters, VAWA-related matters, motions, prosecutorial discretion requests, and BIA-related matters • Prepare forms, motions, declarations, exhibits, indexes, supporting documentation, and court filing packages for attorney review • Manage the department’s overall EOIR caseload and master hearing/deadline calendar • Track hearings, filing deadlines, attorney appearances, case developments, court orders, and scheduling updates • Establish internal preparation deadlines and monitor ECAS and EOIR case information • Oversee case opening, assignment, transfer, reassignment, onboarding, handoffs, and closing • Maintain templates, checklists, SOPs, filing procedures, and workflows • Ensure cases progress proactively and identify missing documents, evidence, client actions, and next steps • Support attorney hearing preparation, exhibit filing, declarations, evidence collection, case summaries, client preparation appointments, and strategy meetings • Communicate with clients on procedural requirements and case preparation • Monitor client document requests, follow-ups, reminders, communications, and escalated concerns • Ensure Lawmatics, Docketwise, Microsoft 365, and other firm systems accurately reflect case statuses, deadlines, tasks, notes, and documents • Track and report department KPIs including hearings, deadlines, overdue tasks, detained cases, workloads, audit results, filing accuracy, and productivity • Remain available for team support, urgent case matters, attorney requests, deadline issues, and time-sensitive needs until 5:00 PM Eastern Time

🎯 Requirements

• Prior U.S. immigration paralegal experience • Substantial EOIR/removal defense experience • Strong knowledge of EOIR procedures and terminology • Experience preparing immigration court filings • Experience managing court deadlines and hearing calendars • Experience supporting attorneys in removal proceedings • Strong written and spoken English • Excellent attention to detail • Strong administrative and organizational abilities • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously • Ability to prioritize detained and urgent matters • Ability to work independently in a remote environment • Ability to supervise, train, and support other team members • Ability to hold team members accountable professionally • Strong client-service skills • Strong problem-solving skills • Ability to recognize problems and escalate them appropriately • Comfortable using technology in a fully remote environment • Strong general technology skills and ability to quickly learn new systems • Experience with or familiarity with Docketwise, Microsoft 365, Adobe/PDF document preparation, ECAS, EOIR Automated Case Information, and USCIS online systems preferred • Spanish proficiency is a plus but is not required • Reliable high-speed internet • Reliable computer equipment • Professional and quiet workspace • Ability to participate in video meetings • Excellent remote communication habits • Ability to work and remain available from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time • Resume and brief explanation of EOIR/removal defense experience required • Candidates without meaningful EOIR/removal defense experience may not be considered

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time remote position • Flexible structuring of the latter portion of the workday • Two 30-minute breaks during the workday • Ability to generally log out from regular active work at 3:00 PM Eastern Time while remaining available until 5:00 PM Eastern Time • Reliable computer equipment and professional remote-work setup required/offered as work infrastructure