Immigration attorney vs general counsel

Differences between immigration attorney and general counsel duties and responsibilities

Immigration attorney example responsibilities.

• Achieve a high success rate for full caseload, including after submission of complex RFE responses.
• Manage highly demanding and detail-orient immigration litigation process as both a leader and member of legal team
• Track LCA and maintain DOL public access files.
• Prepare immigrant employment-base petitions under preference categories EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3.
• Draft motions, waivers, applications, requests for evidence, and appeals to USCIS, EOIR and BIA.
• Represent clients in employment and family-base petitions, including: H-1B, asylum, adjustment of status, and citizenship applications.
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General counsel example responsibilities.

• Assist in liaising with insurance authorities, responding to regulatory inquiries and managing relationship with region from legal and business perspective.
• Review subpoenas and attorney letters for compliance with HIPAA and institutional guidelines and coordinate non-party depositions as needed.
• Prepare dozens of complex commercial transactions in connection to equity and debt securities offerings.
• Handle regulatory, compliance, licensing, and registration matters for securities broker- dealer and register investment adviser.
• Supervise commercial litigation, arbitration and claims, including case strategy, pleadings preparation, hearings, depositions and settlement negotiations.
• Supervise and train unit charge with securing patient medical records, ensuring compliance with Medicare and HIPAA regulations and accreditation standards.
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