Case Management Senior Business

Professional Experience

Fragomen Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP New York, New York

Senior Business Immigration Consultant (PERM Specialist) 01/2021 - Present

Address all immigration queries with the client and foreign national regarding travel documents, blanket petitions, extensions, and green card applications.

Work with clients to perform intake of cases, troubleshooting issues and establishing case strategy.

Assist with review of H-1B cases from junior team members.

Oversee status of cases through utilization of case management and billing.

Act as a case management specialist and main point of contactwith employment-based immigration.

Oversee PERM cases, track dates and expirations.

Work with client global mobility personal to prepare applications for submission to the Department of Labor (DOL).

Inform clients and foreign nationals of visa bulletin progressions, retrogressions, USCIS press releases and other updates.

Maintain a caseload of 150+ PERM based applications from initiation step to filing ETA 9089.

Research immigration and government regulations to support client cases.

Analyze case strategy.

Maintain and monitor immigration court rules, procedures and filing fees to ensure proper documents preparations and filing.

Manage assigned cases and assist attorneys to meet deadlines.

Train, supervise, and assign cases to assistant paralegals.

Responsible for bi-weekly meetings to go over cases with clients.

Business Immigration Consultant 07/2018 – 12/2020

Addressed all immigration queries regarding travel documents, blanket petitions, extensions, and green card applications.

Informed clients of visa bulletin progressions, retrogressions, USCIS press releases and other updates.

Prepared and reviewed H-1B specialty occupation visas, L-1A,, L-1B, E-2, E-3, TN applications

Drafted supporting letters, response to evidence, and other correspondences.

Prepared employment-based adjustment of status and consular processing.

Researched immigration and government regulations to support client cases.

Managed and maintained a personal caseload of 150+ NIV and PERM cases.

Maintained and monitored immigration court rules, procedures and filing fees to ensure proper documents preparations and filing.

Managed assigned cases and assist attorneys to meet deadlines by preparing affidavits, drafting forms

Trained and supervised to assistant paralegals.

Assistant Paralegal 2 07/2016 – 06/2018

Addressed all immigration queries regarding travel documents, blanket petitions, extensions, and green card applications.

Informed clients of visa bulletin progressions, retrogressions, USCIS press releases and other updates.

Prepared PERM (ETA Form 9089) and audits.

Prepared H-1B specialty occupation visas, L-1A,, L-1B, E-2, E-3, TN applications.

Maintained a caseload of 110+ PERM cases.

Drafted supporting letters, response to evidence, and other correspondences.

Prepared employment-based adjustment of status and consular processing.

Researched immigration and government regulations to support client cases.

Maintained and monitored immigration court rules, procedures and filing fees to ensure proper documents preparations and filing.

Managed assigned cases and assist attorneys to meet deadlines by preparing affidavits, drafting forms, and organized legal documents and files.

Responsible for calling United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for case updates or issues with pending cases.

Assistant Paralegal 1 01/2015-06/2016

Prepare PERM (ETA Form 9089) and audits.

Prepare H-1B specialty occupation visas.

Prepare employment-based adjustment of status and consular processing.

Maintain and monitor immigration court rules, procedures and filing fees to ensure proper documents preparations and filing.

Manage assigned cases and assist attorneys to meet deadlines by preparing affidavits, drafting forms, and organizing legal documents and files.

Responsible for calling United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for case updates or issues with

Barrister Court Reporting New York, New York

Productions/Administrative Assistant 6/2014-8/2014

Proofread and edited case-sensitive court transcripts and other materials

Facilitated and scheduled court reporters to alleviate backlogging of information.

Manipulated computer databases to record transcripts.

Volunteer/ Intern Experience

United States District Attorney’s Office-Southern District New York, New York

Records Intern 9/2013-5/2014

Organized and indexed case files and performed data entry using LIONS database

Executed research on violent crime in New York City using Lexis Nexis.

Requested court cases

Bronx County Family Court Bronx, New York

Safe Horizon Intern 2/2014-5/2014

Checked clients into court and collected basic intake information.

Performed administrative office duties such as preparing reports, attending to phone calls and directing calls to departments.

Informed clients about services through social media, telephone and e-mail.

District Attorney’s Office of Manhattan-Crime Strategies Unit New York, New York

Criminal Analyst Intern 8/2013-12/2013

Analyzed electronic media and crime patterns through usage of GIS and social media.

Assisted in the prosecution of violent crimes through usage of database software such as Excel.

Codified and categorized data to promote Chain of Custody.

EDUCATION:

John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, New York

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice 8/2011-12/2014

Minors in Law and Psychology

Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, SPSS, time management, critical thinking/problem solving, organization, research, excellent communication skills.

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