Experience

Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Immigration Paralegal

  • Jun 2006 - Present

  Oversee all aspects of case management from retainer to completion of forms, and collection of evidence for attorney review for over 400 immigration cases ranging in matters from defensive applications for relief in removal proceedings; consular processing; family, VAWA, and asylee-based adjustment of status; VAWA self-petitions; asylum; DACA; TPS; naturalization and derivative citizenship; removal of conditions on permanent residency; I-601A provisional waivers; I-601 fraud waivers; PERM. Prepare application forms and organize exhibits for attorney review before submission to immigration court; regularly confer with attorney on case strategy; liaise with clients to provide case status report and ensure client’s timely provision of requested supporting documents. Assist attorneys in drafting motions, appeals, and legal brief letters and preparing filings with the Board of Immigration Appeals, immigration court and USCIS. Assist attorneys in drafting, preparing and filing petitions for review with U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. Show less



Clarke & Associates

• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Immigration Paralegal

  • Jun 2001 - Jun 2006

  Assisted Senior Associates and Junior Associates in preparation and filing of applications and petitions for business (H-1B/R- visas, Labor Certification, Petition for Alien Worker, PERM), family-based visas (adjustment of status, petition for alien relative), naturalization, certificates of citizenship, and asylum. Assisted Associates in the preparation of legal pleadings including Motions to Reopen/Motions to Reconsider; researched immigration law case precedents; reviewed and compiled exhibits for applications for relief from removal for submission to Immigration Court; consulted with clients regarding b immigration requests for further evidence; communicated with U.S. Department of Homeland Security deportation officers on behalf of detained clients. Show less