Immigration Strategy Attorney – Consultations Only

Job Description: • Conduct consultations with prospective clients and provide clear, confident explanations of Manifest’s services and process. • Evaluate prospective clients for extraordinary ability and high-skilled immigration pathways, including EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, O-1A, and related categories. • Communicate in a way that feels calm, professional, and supportive, even when clients are anxious or unfamiliar with immigration terminology. • Explain complex legal concepts in simple, accessible language to clients from diverse backgrounds and countries. • Review client information during consultations, assess viability, and classify case strength (e.g., strong / moderate / weak / unclear). • Identify key indicators of high potential (e.g., strong publications, awards, high-profile work, strong salary, press, critical roles, membership, judging, original contributions). • Identify common red flags, missing information, credibility issues, or factors that weaken case strategy. • Provide clear next-step guidance, including whether a client should proceed, reposition, or not move forward. • Make strong, fast judgment calls on fit and communicate decisions with clarity and empathy. • Capture clear consultation notes and recommendations in the firm’s systems. • Ensure lead data is complete and consistent for follow-up and downstream workflow. • Maintain clean records so nothing falls through the cracks. • Track and flag high-priority candidates or time-sensitive cases. Requirements: • 5+ years of law practice experience, with significant exposure to U.S. business immigration. • Strong working knowledge of extraordinary ability and high-skilled categories, including EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, O-1A, and related strategies. • Fast learner. You keep up with changing government policies and can quickly identify a proposed policy’s or regulation’s potential real-life impacts to applicants. • Deep comfort assessing candidacy quickly and accurately across a wide range of professional profiles. • Exceptional communication skills. You are crisp, warm, confident, and highly articulate. • Strong judgment and triage ability: you can quickly interpret a profile, assess case strength, and recommend the right next step. • Highly personable and emotionally intelligent. You know how to build trust quickly and make clients feel heard. • Ability to clearly explain complex legal ideas in simple language to clients. • Organized and reliable. • Comfortable working in a high-volume consultation environment. • Ability to work independently, maintain professionalism, and represent the firm with polish and confidence. Benefits: • Join a high-performing team reimagining how immigration law gets done • Build deep relationships with attorneys who treat you as a strategic partner • Work remotely, flexibly, and with autonomy • Be part of a mission-driven company helping world-class talent live and work in the U.S. Apply tot his job