Legal Assistant
americandreamBrooklyn (NY)
About the role
Keeps cases moving — documents, data entry, calendaring, client follow-up. Fully remote, for someone based outside the United States.
What the role isAn independent contractor engagement, worked on U.S. Eastern time.
Chasing the paperwork a filing is waiting on, and knowing exactly what is still missing.
Getting documents named, filed and findable before anyone has to ask.
The seat we promote paralegals out of.
What we are looking for:
No legal experience required — we train.
High proficiency in English, in writing as much as on the phone.
Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole or Portuguese is worth real weight.
Care with detail and follow-through, because nobody is in the room to check.
About the firmAmerican Dream Law Office, PLLC is an immigration law firm based in Tampa, with offices in St. Petersburg, Orlando, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C., representing clients across Florida, New York, D.C. and internationally.
We do one thing. Immigration is not a department here — it is the whole practice: removal defense and crimmigration, asylum and VAWA self-petitions, family and business petitions, and federal court litigation when a case has run out of administrative road.
The firm was founded by Attorney Ahmad Yakzan, who is admitted in Florida and in multiple U.S. federal circuit courts, is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, was named a SuperLawyers Rising Star in immigration from 2017 through 2020, and has held Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating since 2019. He hosts The American Dream Podcast and keeps a library of educational immigration videos in English, Spanish and Arabic.
Before you apply
Applying takes about a minute. These four things decide how fast it moves after that.
Your profile is current
It's what we read first. Occupations, seniority and locations matter more than a long history.
Two examples you can talk through
Not a portfolio — just two pieces of work where you can explain the decisions and what you'd change.
A number in mind
What you're on now and what would make you move. We negotiate better when we know both.
Your notice period
Employers plan around it, and it's the question that stalls offers most often.
Once you apply, someone reads it and calls you before anything reaches the employer — usually within two working days.
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