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Jose Castellanos

Summary

Versatile Senior Paralegal with background managing cases, coordinating documents and completing in-depth research to support work in immigration law. Strengths include complex legal writing, preparation of exhibits, legal research, client communication, and team management.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Paralegal

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
02.2022 - Current
  • End-to-end case management for corporate immigration cases, specializing in complex legal writing including National Interest Waivers, Requests for Evidence, Extraordinary Ability petitions, and Outstanding Researcher petitions.
  • Regularly liaise and strategize with senior attorneys on complex legal writing, preparing letters and documentations with minimum supervision.
  • Frequently exceeded monthly and annual goals for billing and filing as a result of an efficient and extensive case load, serving as the primary point of contact for sensitive cases.
  • Navigated an intrinsic case management system, gathering and maintaining confidential client information, providing status updates to clients and senior attorneys, and compiling large quantities of data for clients to ensure compliance with government regulations.
  • Served as the primary point of contact for a high-priority client, liaising with company contacts to understand client expectations, adjusting strategy in order to ensure compliance with critical service-level agreements, and ultimately ensuring a continued partnership between the firm and the client.
  • Illustrated green card and immigration processes and managed communication channels to provide high level of service and consultation to immigration inquiries.

Senior Business Immigration Analyst

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
05.2021 - 01.2022
  • Comprehensive, substantive case management for corporate immigration cases, including client correspondence, client compliance reports, case research, strategy, preparation, management, and maintaining a client-facing case management system.
  • Served as the primary point of contact for a high-priority client, liaising with company contacts to understand client expectations, adjusting strategy in order to ensure compliance with critical service-level agreements, and ultimately ensuring a continued partnership between the firm and the client.
  • Drafted an extensive caseload of high-priority complex petitions, including Requests for Evidence, Adjustment of Status, visas for individuals of extraordinary ability, and extensions of non-immigrant status.
  • Navigated an intrinsic case management system, gathering and maintaining confidential client information, providing status updates to clients and senior level attorneys, and compiling large quantities of data for clients to ensure compliance with government regulations.
  • Managed customer and corporate client expectations, ensuring timely filings and continuous improvement upon profitability and satisfaction scores.

Paralegal

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
06.2019 - 05.2021
  • End-to-end case management for corporate immigration cases, including client communications, case research, strategy, preparation, management, and contact with government agencies.
  • Successfully initiated, drafted, assembled, and filed a total of 239 individual Adjustment of Status petitions in three weeks after the visa bulletin significantly advanced in October of 2020.
  • Managed a doubled caseload during the FY2021 and FY2022 H-1B cap season, preparing and registering individual H-1B petitions for submission into the annual lottery while maintaining a balanced and continuously progressing caseload of non-cap petitions.

Education

J.D. -

UNT Dallas College of Law
Dallas, TX
05-2026

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Legal Studies

Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
05-2018

Skills

  • Exceptional writer
  • Immigration law expertise
  • Legal research skills
  • Schedule management
  • Legal analysis
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Team management and employee development
  • Client communication
  • Exhibit preparation

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Paralegal

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
02.2022 - Current

Senior Business Immigration Analyst

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
05.2021 - 01.2022

Paralegal

Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
06.2019 - 05.2021

J.D. -

UNT Dallas College of Law

Bachelor of Arts - Politics, Legal Studies

Brandeis University

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