Posted: 21-May-26
Location: Chicago (and remote), Illinois
Type: Full Time
Salary: $140,000 - $170,000
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About Meltzer Hellrung
Founded in 2014, Meltzer Hellrung is a new-generation immigration firm built to disrupt and improve how companies, employees, and families navigate the immigration process. We pair deep legal expertise with a service-first mindset and proprietary technology to help high-growth corporations scale their immigration programs, access global talent, and expand into new markets.
Our clients range from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed unicorns.
Our Values
- Authentic. We share our ideas, strengths, and vulnerabilities openly. Honesty and openness foster an environment where everyone feels valued.
- Owners. We take full responsibility for our actions and outcomes. Owning our work honors our colleagues and the people we serve.
- Resilient. We carry the weight of our clients’ expectations as their advocates and pursue every option to deliver the best outcome.
- Growth-Minded. We approach our craft, our firm, and our careers with an innovative spirit — always looking to improve and add value.
Voyager: Our Proprietary Platform
Launched in 2022, Voyager is the technology backbone of our service promise: transparent, fast, and secure. By reducing information silos and keeping every stakeholder aligned on case status, Voyager cuts communication overhead and gives attorneys more time to do high-value, strategic work.
The Role
As a Managing Attorney, you will lead clients through the full lifecycle of work visas and green cards for their foreign national employees. You’ll be a trusted strategic advisor — guiding hiring decisions, visa strategy, and the most efficient path to securing benefits — for a portfolio of mid-volume SME clients across HR, People Operations, General Counsel, and C-suite stakeholders.
You’ll work across a diverse case mix, including H-1B, TN, E-2, O-1, EB-1A, and National Interest Waivers, with the support of a strong paralegal and junior attorney bench.
This is a fast-paced role with real client ownership, leadership scope, and a clear path to grow your own book of business.
What You’ll Do
Client Strategy & Counsel
- Evaluate cases and develop case strategies and creative solutions to complex issues
- Guide clients and foreign national employees through every stage of the immigration process
- Lead recurring client account calls on legal updates, process changes, company immigration policy, and best practices
- Maintain long-term relationships with client points of contact throughout their careers
Case Leadership
- Review petitions and responses to government inquiries prepared by paralegals and junior attorneys
- Review global immigration petitions prepared by external counsel partners
- Respond to client and foreign national communications by email and phone
Team Leadership
- Supervise, mentor, and develop assigned attorneys and paralegals
- Provide coverage for attorneys on PTO and leave of absence
- Collaborate with other attorneys and departments on firm projects and initiatives
Subject Matter Depth
- Perform legal research and prepare memoranda or legal briefs when necessary
Required
- Licensed attorney in the United States
- Minimum 7 years of experience in a high-volume business immigration environment
- Deep NIV experience: H-1B, H-1B1, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN, L-1, O-1, J-1, and B-1
- Full-cycle green card expertise: PERM, I-140, and Adjustment of Status, plus EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, and EB-2 NIW experience
- Track record of independently managing and growing client account relationships
- Experience managing and mentoring account staff, including junior attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants
Strongly Preferred
- Demonstrated ability to generate and retain clients
- An existing book of business
